From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 117 Hello, Mamba

On December 12, a new month of games began, and the Celtics played away against the Lakers.

The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers can be described as the highlight of every season in the NBA.

These two teams are definitely the most famous rivalries in the history of basketball, and only Real Madrid and Barcelona in football can be compared with them.

Both teams have an extremely glorious history. The Celtics have 17 championships, and the Lakers have 16 championships. The two teams have won 33 NBA championships together. In the 68 years of the NBA, nearly half Time for both teams to dominate the league.

Wilt Chamberlain vs Russell in the 60s.

Magician VS Bird Bird in the 80s.

Kobe Bryant VS Celtics Big Three in the 00s.

In the 90s, if it weren't for the appearance of God, if it weren't for the sudden death of Baias, the number of 33 championships would definitely not be the limit of these two teams.

The NBA is divided into big cities and small cities, big ball markets and small ball markets.For a star, choosing to play for a team is not only to play there, but also to live there.Therefore, players yearn for cities like New York and Los Angeles, where not only the team facilities are perfect, but also the life is rich and colorful, with various nightlife and celebrity parties.

For Jianghu, Los Angeles is actually his favorite city. Compared with New York, Los Angeles has better public security management, and the appearance of the whole city is cleaner and tidy. The most important point is that Los Angeles is the largest city in the west. It is a seaside city.

Moreover, Los Angeles has a temperate Mediterranean climate, with a mild climate throughout the year.In general, it is dry and rainless all year round, with only a little more rainfall in winter.The annual precipitation is about 378 mm, mainly in winter.The average maximum temperature is 23.3°C and the average minimum temperature is 13°C.

Los Angeles is located in an open basin surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on one side.The area is about 1291 square kilometers.Except for local hills, Los Angeles has a flat terrain with an average elevation of 84 meters. This is a standard plain seaside city. Living in such a city will make people feel comfortable and relaxed.

On November 11, after the entire Celtics team arrived in Los Angeles, Jiang Hu immediately asked for leave with the team and couldn't wait to come to Sofia's home.

Regarding Jianghu, the attitude of the team management is laissez-faire. They believe that Jianghu from the East is a humble young man who can control what he does. As long as it does not affect his performance on the field, he can go wherever he wants , no one can restrict his freedom.

Old Stallone wasn't home and was still making movies in Philadelphia.

The second sister, Sistine Stallone, is still busy with her studies. She is studying acting, and her dream is to become an excellent professional actor like her father.

The younger sister, Scarlett Stallone, is concentrating on preparing to shoot commercials, preparing to enter the modeling circle.

Therefore, Sophia's family is currently only left by herself, so she dared to invite Jianghu to her home boldly.

Sophia’s home is in Beverly Hills on the outskirts of Los Angeles. It is one of the most famous wealthy areas in Los Angeles and even in the world. Kobe has settled here all year round. As long as Little Plum Leonard is in Los Angeles, he will basically bring different younger sisters back here. Overnight, the famous actor Nick Jackson and Denzel Washington all live in Beverly Hills.

afterwards.

Sophia leaned lazily in Jiang Hu's arms, and said with a foolish smile:

"I'm completely in love with you, honey."

"How about you come to L.A.? Play for the Lakers so I can watch you at Staples a lot."

Jiang Hu gently stroked Sophia's hair, put his chin on the top of her head, and said with a smile:
"It's not impossible, but I want to help the Celtics win the championship first, and when I become a free agent one day. Los Angeles may be my first choice."

"But not yet, I need to fulfill my mission, because they chose me with the No. [-] pick, which is a kind of trust in me."

And in fact, compared to the Boston Celtics, the Los Angeles Lakers' glory lasted relatively longer, and their influence in the entire world is greater and more widely known.

If Jianghu chooses to change teams, Los Angeles will be a good place to end.

But the problem is: if James' fate is not changed, he will still come to the Los Angeles Lakers with a high probability. With his strength, he will still be the head of the Lakers in the short term.

But if Jianghu changes teams, there is a prerequisite, that is, the core of the team must be absolutely established, the team boss.

So he will not consider this matter until James' strength declines, or he retreats to the second line.

On December 12, the game between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers began.

The heat of this game is not particularly high. After all, the current Celtics and the Lakers are still somewhat different in terms of combat effectiveness. The Celtics currently hold the No. 12 in the Eastern Conference, and the Lakers are only ranked No. [-] in the Western Conference.

However, the battle between Hukai is naturally indispensable to the celebrities on both sides, and the Celtics legend Pierce came to the sidelines to watch the battle.

Kobe and his second daughter Gianna also came to the scene to watch the game before the game.

"Hello, Paul!"

"Hi, Jiang, my good brother!!"

Jianghu walked into the stadium and saw the famous player on the sidelines. He immediately walked up to say hello to Pierce. Although he didn't like Pierce, he was a famous player in the history of the team, so it was impossible to pretend to ignore him.

After perfunctory Pierce, Jianghu walked up to Kobe again and stretched out his right hand.

As a Chinese fan who grew up in the early 00s, it is impossible for Jianghu not to have watched Kobe play. He has watched the Lakers even more than the Rockets. In his last life, he was also a member of 60 billion.

"Hello, Mamba!!"

"Hey buddy, how's it going, it seems like you're getting used to it pretty well."

Kobe smiled and reached out to fist bump Jianghu.

Jianghu smiled and said, "Not bad, simpler than I imagined."

Kobe smiled: "Then look forward to your performance."

The two are shareholders of the same beverage company. Although they haven't met before, they are already in a cooperative relationship. Jianghu now belongs to the spokesperson of BodyArmor beverage and James Harden belongs to the double-headed brand of this beverage company.

So Kobe, who hasn't come to watch the game for a long time after retiring, sat on the sidelines to watch the game today, supporting both the team and the world.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the game will start soon.

Celtics starters: Marcus Smart, Jaylen Brown, Jiang Hu, Marcus Morris, Al Horford.

Lakers starters: Lonzo Ball, Caldwell-Pope, Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez.

The starting lineup of the Lakers is actually not low in the future.

Both Ball and Pope became well-known guards later on. They both have good three-pointers and top-level defense. Ingram is an All-Star small forward. Randall is the future star of the Knicks. Zizi is also the main center of the championship team, Antetokounmpo's most solid right-hand man.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be a big problem for such a lineup to make it to the playoffs.

But the bad thing is that this group of people has not yet reached their peak, and they are also equipped with a head coach who has no technical and tactical ideas-Luke Walton.

It can be said that it could not be more appropriate to describe them as "gathering is a cloud of flying, scattered is full of stars."

This round of the game is the focus of this round. ESPN has conducted a live broadcast across the United States, and there are many things to watch. All major media are looking forward to this game.

The first point of view: In the summer, the Lakers offered Randall + the second pick + the sky-high price chips in the first round to the Celtics' No. [-] pick in order to get Jianghu.

The deal was revealed right after the draft.

The fans of the Lakers scolded all the time. They all thought that Magician and Pelinka had brain problems and were already crazy. They even traded Randall and two high-ranking draft picks for a top pick from Asia.

But the performance since the start of the game has indeed slapped the Lakers fans in the face. Now they are asked to say that the chips offered were not bold enough. If they can add two more first rounds, the Celtics might not be able to make up for it. Resisting the temptation, he agreed to the deal.

The magician seamlessly cleaned up, and the fans affirmed his vision and were full of confidence in his future operations.

The conflict between Jianghu and Ball is also the highlight of this game.

During the summer league, it was rare for Brother Qiu to break his defense against Jianghu. He was always calm and angry at Jianghu to the extreme, and even punched and attacked.

What kind of performance will Ball show in this game, and will he break the defense again?
These are all points of interest to the people who eat melons.

On the Celtic side, Stevens arranged tasks for Jianghu. "Jiang, if you are facing Lonzo today, there must be some inside players covering him, and he will keep running. Keep up with him and don't let him easily go to the inside to shoot. It doesn't matter if he can make more shots from the outside. Use your offensive end. The speed advantage, play as usual, and shoot when you have the opportunity."

Jianghu still wanted to help his teammates score more, but Stevens encouraged him to take more shots. During the time when Irving was injured and retired, Jianghu's tactical threat was the biggest in the entire Celtics team.

If the Celtics want to attack smoothly, Jianghu must first play out his own threat and hurt the opponent. When the opponent's defensive attention is on him, it is time for his teammates to stand up and play. If there is no Jianghu, The Celtics couldn't play a three-dimensional offense and could only stand still one-on-one.

Players from the two teams played, the Lakers players got crazy screams and cheers, and Jianghu got boos from the audience.

But there are exceptions, here is California, a continent with the largest number of Chinese and Asian Americans.

There are still some Chinese or Asians who support Jianghu. They wear a touch of bright green surrounded by golden jerseys, standing on the opposite side of the audience to support Jianghu.

Jianghu waved to them with a smile, thanking them for their support, and at the same time made up his mind silently. Whether it was for the Celtics or for the away fans who supported him, Jianghu had to perform well and lead the team to victory in Los Angeles. victory.

Players from the two teams stand on the field and prepare to jump the ball, and the game officially begins.

With a higher height and wingspan, Lopez defeated Horford and won the jump ball, and the Lakers started the first offense of the game.

The Lakers attacked first, and Jianghu was like a piece of dog skin plaster that couldn't be torn off, clinging to Ball tightly, resolutely not giving him a quick start.

Ball saw Jianghu standing in front of him again like a summer league, and the only word in his mind was "despair".

Both Jianghu's height and wingspan are better than Ball's. At the same time, Jianghu's speed is the fastest among the same height, fast and flexible footsteps, two long arms flying up and down, waving non-stop, giving people a sense of oppression is too strong.

Ball struggled to dribble the ball across half court and then gave it to Randle.

One of Ball's labels is: an off-ball point guard and an excellent setter, who can change the team's offense without holding the ball for a long time.

Jianghu's goal today is to abolish Ball's off-ball assist ability and turn him into a shooter who can only hit iron from beyond the three-point line. As long as he is abolished, the Lakers' offense will be abolished in half.

Randall guarded the ball to observe the situation, and after consideration, he did not pass the ball to Ingram or Pope.He dribbled the ball face-up to a comfortable position, and hit the ground to center Lopez who asked for the ball in the low post on the right.

Randall is 203cm tall and weighs 110kg. When it comes to protecting the ball, Morris has nothing to do with him.

If the Lakers have any advantage against the Celtics, it is only Lopez. With a height of 7 feet and a wingspan of 227, no one in the entire Celtics can match him.

Lopez is also an amazing guy. He was on the same team as Rose. He was selected by the Nets with the 2008th overall pick in the first round of 10 and entered the NBA. He averaged 13+8 per game in his rookie season. He scored 19+8 in the second year and became a member of the Nets. The core of the team, he was selected as an All-Star in the later period.

His draft template was Duncan, but he didn't show any defensive deterrence at the beginning of his career. On the contrary, he played well on the offensive end, with back-up singles, face-up singles, and mid-range jumpers. He is quite proficient in everything. device feel.

From the moment he was traded to the Lakers, everyone thought he would be the next center to be eliminated by the small ball era.
Unexpectedly, he actually changed his fate against the sky and lived out a second life.

Not only has he practiced a superb three-pointer, he has opened up space on the offensive end, and the power of protecting the frame on the defensive end is also increasing day by day. To the best defensive player.

Lopez relied on his height advantage to complete the offense at Horford, hitting Horford with a back and turning around and hitting a jumper.

0:2.

The Celtics attacked in a position, and Ball also came over to stick to Jianghu, trying to interfere with his offense.

The serious look on his face gave Jiang Hu the feeling that if he scored two goals on Ball's head, he would be sorry for his defense.

Jianghu was not in a hurry to move, and said with a smile at the top of the arc: "Brother, you have to keep up, my hand feeling is not bad today."

Before Ball had time to react, Jianghu immediately started to move.

Running from the top of the arc to the right corner, Horford pulled out to cover him.He successfully got rid of Ball's defense, cut to the basket and immediately took off and dunked after receiving a pass from Smart. Before Lopez could react, Jianghu had already smashed the ball into the basket.

2:2.

After the goal, Jiang Hu yelled at the Staples audience, which was the best response to their boos.

As for Ball, the world is completely too lazy to talk to him, and the two are not stars of the same level at all.

Jianghu's own strength is enough to beat Ball, and there is no need to talk trash.

During the summer league, Jianghu sprayed him because of the grievances accumulated during the fan period, but now he is not sprayed because his level is not worthy of Jianghu's trash talking to him.

Jianghu follows Ball closely, and avoids it in advance when encountering a cover. Although the Lakers coach Walton is from the Warriors, he has not taught the current Lakers to learn to move the pick-and-roll, so that Jianghu can always maintain interference with Ball.

Ball didn't have the ability to surpass others quickly. After dribbling the ball to the frontcourt, he couldn't get rid of the rivers and lakes.

Ball's physical fitness is not enough to squeeze Jianghu, Jianghu's weight is only 103kg, but Ball is 17kg lighter than him, only 86kg, Jianghu is like a big mountain in front of him, and there are still wheels under the mountain kind of.

After a few passes from the Lakers, Randle caught the ball at the left free throw line, dribbled another step to the left, and scored a mid-range jumper.

Celtics 2 to 4 Lakers.

Randall's heads-up has two brushes. After he left the Lakers, he was able to thrive, which is inseparable from Wharton's training during the Lakers.

During Randle's rookie period, he was a catch-and-rush insider, a bit like a faster Randolph but with less power and size.

After Walton came to the Lakers, he used Draymond Green and James as templates to ask him to exercise his ability to hold the ball and control the ball. reason.

For the Celtics, the offensive formation of the entire team is completely stretched out, and all five players on the field can catch and shoot. Even Smart has shot 6 of 6 from the field some time ago. No one today Let it go.

Jianghu first ran to the top of the arc on the right, and then slid to the bottom line to cut to the basket. Horford helped him block Ball, and Lopez pulled Jianghu's jersey and did not grab it.

Ball finally knows what an annoying opponent Jianghu is, and his speed is too fast.Even if Jianghu has no one to cover Jianghu when he holds the ball, Ball can't get close to him, and it is easy for him to pass by with the ball in one step.

Smart and Morris Jr. hand in hand to cover the pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, and Morris Jr. turned around and saw that Jianghu was in position and passed the ball.

The moment Jianghu received the ball was unguarded, and Jianghu who rushed over from Ball had already finished his shot, and then made a mid-range jumper.

Celtics 4 to 4 Lakers.

Commentator Bill Walton said:
"Luke's tactical arrangement is problematic. He should arrange Pope to defend Jiang. Pope's speed can barely keep up with Jiang. Lonzo's speed is not at the same level as Jiang's. Brook can't come out at the basket. This Jiang will have countless open opportunities at night."

The person who coached on the field was his son, but he didn't keep any sympathy, but directly told the mistakes of his son's coaching in front of the national live broadcast.

Hubie Brown defended Walton and said: "I think Luke thinks more about the protection of rebounds. Lonzo follows the rivers and lakes, which can isolate him from the penalty area and prevent him from rushing into rebounds frequently. Spoil the Lakers' paint with a second offense."

Bill Wharton pouted and said:

"You think too highly of Luke. He doesn't consider this level of factors at all. He considers offense. Lonzo defends Jiang, Jiang goes to match Lonzo, and Pope will have more jump shots. Compared with Lonzo Zoe's shooting, Pope is Luke's most trusted shooter."

"As for defense? His team has no defensive system at all, and it all depends on the enthusiasm of the players to play a role."

Seeing Bill Wharton crazily demeaning his son regardless of the relationship between father and son, the audience in front of the TV was also very happy. It was so interesting.

The Lakers attacked again, this time the ball was given to Ingram.

The tactics of this Lakers team are basically replicas of the Warriors. Not only is Ingram similar in size to Durant, but his role in the team is exactly the same as the current Warriors' Durant, that is, singles with the ball and stick.

He kept shaking the ball with his back on his back, and while Brown was in a daze, he immediately turned around and pulled it up to shoot.

His height is not as abnormal as Durant's, but his wingspan is not bad, and he is the size of a small Durant, but he has been learning from Kobe in his style of play, and this shot is the same. He leaned back a little, very chic.

"Shu~"

The basketball fell into the net neatly, and the Celtics 4:6 the Lakers.

Kobe on the sidelines also smiled, and together with Jaina, got up and applauded Ingram.

Kobe is also very relieved to see that his mid-range jumper can also find shadows in other players in this league.

He appreciates today's basketball era full of flowers. As a senior, he never crazily belittled the players of this era like O'Neal.

But if you ask him when his favorite basketball was, he will definitely tell you that it was his own era,
In the turbulent 00s, there were countless superstars, each with their own unique offensive methods, instead of pursuing high efficiency like this era.

Seeing the smile on Kobe's face, Jianghu also became a little bit excited.

The Celtics attacked, Jianghu came to the left to catch the ball, and Ball's pursuit was a little faster than before.

Jianghu swayed the ball, Ball was very cautious, raised his arm high and his feet were still stable, Jianghu held the ball in his left hand, bumped Ball, disturbed his balance, and then directly passed Ball, Randall also There was interference from the front. Facing the defense of the two, Jiang Hu didn't intend to pass the ball.

"Shua~" Basketball is advancing again, and the rivers and lakes feel hot.

After scoring the goal, Jianghu proudly ran up to Kobe and made a joke when retreating:

"Hey, how about this trick, old man, one hit two, it feels like an empty seat."

"Hahaha!!" Kobe grinned exaggeratedly, then patted Jianghu's butt and gave him a thumbs up.

"Nice job, man!!"

(End of this chapter)