No.1 in basketball scoring-Chapter 876 - 374. Arrogant and unruly bad kid_3

In the summer of 2002, Kenny Anderson entered his contract year. Due to his high salary, nearly ten million, he was traded by the Celtics. In the next two seasons, the Celtics’ performance plummeted, dropping from 49 wins to 44 wins, then to 36 wins.

The second big brother was Payton. After the Lakers’ F4 collapsed in the summer of 2004, he was traded to the Celtics. With Payton’s help, Pierce led the team to a bounce-back, achieving 45 wins and ranking third in the East.

However, in the playoffs, they unluckily faced the Pacers. The Pacers had only dropped to sixth place because multiple players were suspended after a brawl. Even without Artest, their lineup was far stronger than the Celtics. Ultimately, the Celtics lost in game seven, being upset by the lower seed.

In the summer of 2005, after Payton’s two-year mid-level exception contract with the Lakers expired, he left the Celtics and continued to follow O’Neal. The Celtics immediately collapsed.

Without a player with outstanding ability, a rich resume, and strong team-leading experience to assist, Pierce couldn’t carry the team. In the four seasons he led alone, they achieved 44 wins, 36 wins, 31 wins, and 24 wins respectively.

He seemed fearless, but in reality, heavily relied on leadership.

In the original timeline, he had Garnett as a teammate. Garnett’s team-leading performance could be questioned, but hardly anyone doubted his leadership ability.

Here, his luck is also good, with the White Devil as a leader who can urge him to calm down and not give errant commands...

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Neither team made substitutions.

The Hawks needed to chase points. Their starting lineup was their most powerful offensive lineup, and naturally, they continued with it.

For the Bobcats, their starting lineup was also their most offensively potent. Facing the significant advantage of a 9-point lead at the start, Carlisle was not careless.

For the Hawks, a team weak in the interior and top-heavy, the floor of their strength is very low. Without a strong interior foundation, their ceiling is also difficult to predict.

Pierce and Joe Johnson, two top-level isolation scorers who both averaged over 25 on their own, took turns playing. Besides them, there was Bibby, often ignored by opponents but suddenly striking. Even the Lakers with Kidd and Kobe’s perimeter combination had been taken down by them. fгeewёbnoѵel_cσm

Coming back from the timeout, the Hawks were on offense.

Joe Johnson posted up high on Zhang Yang, turned around for a fadeaway jump shot... and hit!

At his peak, the contemporary Jordan, truly able to dominate opponents one-on-one.

In the transition between offense and defense, the successful tactic continued, adjusting after being restricted based on the opponent’s defensive changes. This was the standard operation for the advantaged side.

Zhang Yang continued to the right baseline for a mid-range shot, running through the long two-point area to the high post with Okafor’s off-ball screen as Felton broke through.

While moving, Zhang Yang analyzed the defensive strategy against him from Horford’s foot movements and Pierce’s trailing defense—relentlessly limiting his shots within the three-point line and free-throw line.

In response, his choice was...

He slowed down before using the screen. When Okafor rolled down early, he accelerated again, brought a rhythm change, quickly reached the left side of the free-throw line, and received the ball from Felton, who passed from the right elbow.

Facing Pierce’s chase and Horford’s help defense, Zhang Yang caught the ball, turned, dribbled, did a step-back, and released the ball before landing...

Made a one-on-two step-back long two!

Zhang Yang’s ’Hamblen Step-back Shot’ is one of his signature scoring methods, but Pierce and Horford truly didn’t expect this guy to dare take such a shot while facing a double team!

Especially Pierce, who thought he was confident enough and even proudly believed no one was more confident than him.

Now his perception was refreshed... No, he is still the most confident, but the guy in front of him can no longer be described as confident. He is wild! Arrogant! So wild and arrogant beyond measure!

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