The Boston Celtics, one of the two strongest teams in NBA history, have the most 16 championships in NBA history.

After nine years since Larry Bird and other 80s superstars retired one after another, the Celtics are back in the top four in the East.

With 10 games remaining, as the Celtics' new centerpiece now, Pierce looks as second place in the East is close at hand, but it seems out of reach.

It's a tough schedule!

The Celtics simply can't be the one to pick the opponent, and they have to fight for every remaining game to have a chance to regain 50 wins after nine years, and it looks like it won't be easy to get six wins in the remaining ten games!

Almost all opponents are playoff teams, the Celtics are not seeded at the beginning of the season, and when it comes to the summer, the top four seeded teams are the Magic, Raptors, Nets, and 76ers, and before the season starts, Grant Hill is reimbursed for the season and has been made to the Raptors, Nets, 76ers, and Hawks.

Who knew that the East had changed suddenly this year, the Raptors and 76ers collapsed, the Celtics, who were ninth in the East last year, were firmly in third, and the Pistons were tenth in the East last year, and they were in the fourth place this year.

Now that they are all in this position, it is impossible for Pierce to give up the second place.

Do your best to win every game!

Coming to Atlanta for a night of rest, Pierce got up early this morning to watch the video of the Hawks' recent games, and after eating at noon, he rented a gym in the hotel and chartered the field to conduct off-ball simulation running and other training.

This game is not broadcast live in the United States, but in Georgia, there is a live broadcast by Time Warner Cable, after the NFL season, Time Warner's live broadcast focus shifted to the NBA, their biggest feature is that they like to broadcast regional games, after the All-Star Weekend, the Hawks' home game, everything that is important and not broadcast live in the United States, they have broadcast.

The first and third games in the East are very interesting for fans, and Time Warner has decided to broadcast the game live in Massachusetts and Georgia.

The game started at half past six in the evening, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Pierce went back to his room to pack his sneakers and other things, and the team cleaned his jersey en masse, and was about to go to Phillips Arena to warm up before the game.

Seeing that the host on the TV happened to be talking about the Eagles news, Pierce froze.

"According to the latest news, multiple people in the Atlanta Hawks suffered from acute gastroenteritis, allegedly related to the food they ate during their celebration after the last game against the Trail Blazers, and according to sources, the Hawks' Sherif Raheem, Jason Terry, Nazr Mohammed, Theo Ratliff and many others were unable to participate in the game against the Boston Celtics......"

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Watching four of the Eagles' five starters in suits behind the bench talking and laughing, Pierce was so angry!

A deep feeling of being humiliated!

Pierce wasn't stupid, he was smart, and he was a little skeptical at first, but seeing the Eagles' black faces in suits, how could he not guess what the Eagles were thinking.

To be used as a gun, to be used as a gun to snipe the Nets!

But this kind of thing, Pierce can't refuse, they need this victory very much!

Angry, unwilling, but resigned to fate......

"Paul, do you think you're winning? Hmph, it's not that easy with me! Liu Mang suddenly appeared next to Pierce.

Pierce was frightened, looked left and right, where did this guy come from?

The relationship between the two is not bad, they were comrades in the All-Star Game and worked together to do Kobe, both of them are the first time, and they entered the All-Star Game, just like the first time, winning the championship, and the feeling similar to the friendship between classmates may be different from many of the partners in the All-Star Game later.

"Why Ace, you're not suspended due to illness?" Pierce said jokingly.

"They didn't call me to the party, I was isolated, and you don't know." Liu Mang is so angry!

This time, this group of guys won't take him to play on rotation!

Liu Mang's expression was really the same as the real one when he said this, because it was indeed true, Coach Kruger said that it would be good to take the first ** rest, and Liu Mang could go up and hone his ability to lead the team alone.

Liu Mang also wants to take turns off!

The two big scorers are not there, go up by yourself, and you must not be defended to death by the opponent! I still have to keep averaging points per game! What if I don't get 20 points?

Coach Kruger wants to let Liu Mang go up and fight, and it may not be so ugly to lose......

Looking at Liu Mang's hateful expression, Pierce felt that he was wrong to blame others?

Pierce's head was a little messy, and he smiled rarely: "Isn't this just right?" None of them can play, Ace you can start. ”

"Starters? No, no, no, I'm still a substitute. After Liu Mang finished speaking, he ran back to the half court on the Hawks bench and began to practice shooting.

Pierce looked at Liu Mang in astonishment, with 10,000 question marks in his head: What is this guy doing here?

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Once the game started, the Eagles fielded a super waterer lineup of Dean Grove, Emmanuor, DeMar Johnson, Reggie Slater, Hannah Mottora, and three players who kept the waterer start.

After the opening, the Hawks defended and defended the basket.

Not to mention, it is rare for the water cooler administrator to get stable playing time, but he can't fight hard, but at the beginning, many fans who were disappointed because the star couldn't play brightly lit up.

However, as the game deepened, the Celtics became familiar with that kind of active confrontation, and the difference in strength came out.

Antoine Walker's outside shots, Pierce's steady singles, and the Gemini's indiscriminate bombardment firmly controlled the initiative.

The Eagles called a timeout.

Let four starts, this is the established strategy for losing, but in the game, you still have to go all out to win!

Coach Krueger replaced Liu Mang, Emmanuor, Chris Crawford, Newbell and Strickland to try to send out the strongest lineup.

Liu Mang's goal today is to score at least 20 points, and if he can score 27 points, it is of course good to let the average score per game exceed 20, but this situation is really hard to say.

The Celtics also brought in their mid-season signing, Rodney Rodgers.

As the best sixth man in the 1999-2000 season, he was once a fierce player, and last summer he got a 2-year 10 million contract from the Suns and went to play penny Hardaway off the bench, and he couldn't fit in at all, and then was robbed back by the Celtics, of course, it seems to be a robbery, no one would have thought that Joe Johnson would average 9+4+3 per game when he arrived in the Suns.

However, even if we see Joe Johnson's performance in the Suns, the Celtics are not losing at this stage, and Rodgers is back to the top of the Celtics, averaging 13 points and 5 rebounds per game to support the bench.

It doesn't seem like 13 points and 5 rebounds are much, but in fact, Rodgers won the season of the best sixth man, and he averaged 13 points and 5 boards per game.

Just like now, Rodgers replaced Celtics' pseudo-starter Eric Williams, Antoine Walker stepped into the power forward position, Kenny Anderson, Rodgers, Pierce, Walker, Tony Barty came on together, and Pierce and Walker continued to play more than 40 minutes per game.

After the two sides rotated the lineup on the court, Liu Mang worked very hard and sadly played crazy on the court, and continued to shoot and score points with a shooting rate of less than forty percent.

Coach Krueger did not stop Liu Mang from shooting, but kept calling a timeout to assign tactics to Liu Mang, and everyone blocked and dismantled Liu Mang, this tactic is similar to the tactics of the university, which is the tactic that the Celtics gave Isaiah Thomas more than ten years later, everyone blocked and dismantled for him, he used his speed to get rid of the opponent and then shoot or break through the inside line to score.

But there is a gap between people, and there is also a gap between teammates and teammates.

Liu Mang's current strength is definitely far from Isaiah Thomas, even if it triggers the bench bandits.

Teammates are also not in the same class.

What Liu Mang is best at is using his teammates' containment and then shooting alone or drawing the ball after the defense is single, and the prerequisite is to have one-on-one opportunities.

This kind of team-wide service blocking style of play...... Liu Mang thinks it's good, if he has the ability of Isaiah Thomas, and he is so high, the scoring champion is not proper, the key is that he doesn't have that strength.

After more than two quarters, halfway through the third quarter, after the Hawks trailed the Celtics by 20 points 51-71, Coach Krueger said that we can't bear it, surrender!

So, Liu Mang left the game with 25 wild shots in more than two quarters, 7 shots, and 22 points.

If it hadn't come up in the third quarter and shamelessly rushed in and licked two fouls, 20 points would have been suspended.

Looking at Liu Mang's stupid end, Pierce was so hot!

Okay, you're thinking about winning, isn't it that easy? Dude is fighting so hard, you surrender like this?

Depend on!

Pierce wanted to slash forty or fifty points, he knew before the game that the Eagles were deliberately resting, and he was ready to play easily, but when the game was about to start, the rookie ran over and said that this game would not be so easy for them to win, and he became vigilant.

Although the opponent has four fewer starters, it seems that there is no problem for the Celtics to win, but Pierce is still very serious, Walker Lang shot, he went in to impact the rebound, Liu Mang continued to block and dismantle to find vacant positions, he frantically went up to interfere with the shooting, blocked the breakthrough, today Pierce played 22 points, 11 boards and 4 steals in the third quarter, and the strength of both offensive and defensive ends was fully displayed.

But......

That rookie just surrendered like that!

Despicable and shameless!