From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 124 Crazy Chasing Points, Classic Hammer Tactics

After listening to Lowry's analysis, DeRozan instantly felt more confident.

For the team's lineup this season, DeRozan has sufficient confidence. He believes that as long as he works hard and cooperates with Lowry and others, the Raptors at least have a good chance of rushing out of the East.

"Little guy, what you are facing is the points scored by teams with poor defense. Our team's defense ranks fourth in the league. I'm afraid you will be damned."

"They say that when LeBron gets old, you will be the nightmare of all Eastern teams. I don't believe in evil today."

A confident DeRozan sat on the sidelines, waiting for his reappearance after a hiatus in the second quarter.

The game on the field is still going on. The Raptors' substitute Van Fleet and the Celtics' substitutes Rozier and Smart's double guns have soared. The key is that the Celtics' two The goods didn't even beat others.

范弗里特一个人就轰下了11分3助攻，凯尔特人这两货一共贡献7分2失误，罗齐尔7分，斯玛特3投0中，2失误。

That's right, that's how Smart scored.

After playing a few starts, he was not used to returning to the bench, and became the "Boston Steel Plant Director" familiar to fans.

Five minutes into the second quarter, the Celtics fell behind by 5 points.

46 to 26, the Raptors were a guest at North Shore Garden, leading by 20 points in one and a half quarters.

"Made, why didn't Jianghu take the ball today? This is not his style."

"In order to find status for Irving, after all, in name, Kyrie is the boss of the team."

"But I think from the perspective of real strength, Irving's star level is no longer comparable to that of Jiang."

"I think so too. Jiang's upper limit is obviously not comparable to that of Carey."

Fans at the North Shore Garden Arena can also see what's wrong with the team, and they are all discussing frantically.

After so many games, most Boston fans have already recognized the status of Jianghu in this team. Jianghu is the future of this team, and it is also now that everyone around him can really make a difference.

The Celtics were stopped.

Jianghu's expression also changed from casual to serious. He was repeatedly holding the tablet in the hands of the video assistant coach, reviewing the team's performance in the first quarter.

Irving's problem is still that he is not familiar with the intensity of physical confrontation and dare not exert too much force, but he felt much better at the end of the first quarter than at the beginning.

During the timeout period, Stevens replaced all the starters again.

He originally wanted to say a few more words about chicken soup to boost morale, but when he saw the look on Jiang Hu's face, he knew there was nothing to say.

"I don't need to say much, you know what to do."

"This is a game that must be won. One game is equal to two games. If you want to take a rest at the end of the season, your best choice is to get this game done."

There was also some guilt on Smart's face. His performance was cheating again tonight. Fortunately, Owen's performance was not good, otherwise he would not escape the fate of being sprayed wildly.

But after Smart saw the look on Jiang Hu's face, his emotions calmed down instantly.

"He's going to lead us through everything."

That's been on every Celtics player's mind since the game in Los Angeles.

Although the nominal boss is still Irving or Horford, in the minds of the players, they already know that Jianghu is the real key figure and soul of this team.

Sure enough, after the game continued, Jianghu began to take over the game.

"The first goal after the game, Jianghu's defensive end emptied OG Anunoby, double-teamed DeRozan, and waving his long arms caused the opponent's mistake."

With the first goal, Jianghu took the initiative to seek changes and limit DeRozan on the defensive end.

DeRozan was stunned...

No, no, Lowry is lying to me. His physical condition can play a huge role even when facing strong teams, instead of only scoring points against weak teams.

The ball in the stunned DeRozan's hand was helplessly taken out by Jianghu, and Jianghu passed it to Irving for a fast break with the ball and a layup.

Raptors 46 to 28 Celtics.

DeRozan thought Jianghu would say some trash talk after the steal and something that made him irritated.

As a result, Jianghu didn't provoke after stealing, but just smiled at him.

DeRozan saw strong self-confidence from Jianghu's smile, and felt that he didn't regard himself as an opponent at all.

After taking the initiative to defend and steal the opponent's star, Jianghu applauded vigorously to cheer up his teammates:
"Brothers, it's time to wake up, this is our home stadium."

"We have to defend the home court, especially against our biggest competitor in the East."

The other Celtic players on the field nodded upon hearing this.

They saw that Jianghu's defense is so serious, and they couldn't help but devote more energy to the defensive end.

That's what a leader does.

Jianghu will not talk nonsense before he has done anything, which is not good for rookies, but he will ask his teammates after he has done it, which will have higher credibility.

In the next round, although the Celtics did not directly block or steal, they still prevented a 24-second violation by the Raptors.

After Jiang Hu came back, he directly switched positions with Brown, and faced DeRozan, who was in the best condition in the first quarter. On the defensive end, he moved faster than the opponent, and then straightened his arms. DeRozan faced Jiang Hu There is no easy mobile phone opportunity at all.

In the last second, Lowry made a three-pointer against Irving from the outside, which was short.

Jianghu jumped high, took off the rebound above Ibaka's head, and rushed to the frontcourt to hit a three-pointer. The basketball missed, but Horford grabbed the rebound.

Horford slapped the basketball on the ground, then threw it into the sky.

Jiang Hu, who was still playing iron on the outside just now, has rushed into the inside line. Anunobi on his body is still trying to pull his jersey, but Jiang Hu has already taken off, and then Horford passed the ball, just across Valanciunas. Remember the split button with one hand.

Raptors 46 to 30 Celtics.

"Ooh~"

"The rivers and lakes have begun to exert their strength, and the troubles in Toronto are coming."

In the next round, DeRozan called a pick-and-roll against Jianghu, and Jianghu quickly posted it, but DeRozan still used a difficult fadeaway to hit the ball.

Raptors 48 to 30 Celtics.

The point difference returned to 18 points again.

After scoring the goal, DeRozan looked at Jianghu with a strong fighting spirit.

Jianghu didn't care about DeRozan's challenging gaze.

He is DeRozan, not Curry or Jandu, why should the world care?

To defend this kind of thing, what you want is to increase the difficulty of the opponent's shot. It is simply unrealistic to completely block it.

Going back to the offensive end, facing Anunobi's defense, Jianghu did not choose to go head-to-head.

Instead, he gave the ball to Irving and ran empty-handed without the ball.

On the field of play, Jianghu treats Irving with great respect and fully recognizes the opponent's core point guard status. In the rounds when Irving wants to play singles with the ball, he rarely comes out to grab the show.

Owen is also willing to trust Jianghu, or he doesn't trust the strength of other people at all.

Jianghu took Anunobi around the court, and then received the ball from Irving in the middle distance and shot it.

Basketball again.

Raptors 48 to 32 Celtics.

If we say who is the strongest CIC in this league today, DeRozan must have a place, but now, Jianghu is also one of the strongest CICs in the league.

Because when he just rested and sat on the bench, he had already spent 31 experience to upgrade his CIC breakthrough to 95, officially becoming the top mid-range shooter in the league.

Compared with three-pointers, Jianghu still trusts mid-range shots that are closer to the basket and face less defensive pressure.

The Raptors attacked, and as soon as DeRozan got the ball inside the three-point line on the right, the whole world came over. He was much taller than DeRozan, and he was not at a disadvantage in terms of weight.

DeRozan squeezed the corner with his back and did not squeeze away, and he dribbled the ball backwards to open up space to make moves, but he was unsuccessful.He took a step back and took a step forward, maintaining a close-fitting state.

This guy is so strong?

DeRozan had read a lot of information about Jianghu in advance, but he was still surprised when he was in the match.

Because he entered the league seven or eight years earlier than Jianghu, he developed such iron-like muscles. Jianghu felt that he was several latitudes higher than himself in terms of strength and speed in his rookie season.

This feeling of facing a real genius really puts a lot of psychological pressure on people.
DeRozan couldn't get rid of it, and passed the ball to Lowry, who played a pick-and-roll with Valanciunas, and passed the ball to Ibaka, who was cutting.

Ibaka took three steps after receiving the ball, reached the basket and dunked with both hands.

Raptors 50 to 32 Celtics.

The Celtics attacked, and Morris Jr. ran to the top of the arc first. Irving on the right and Jianghu's thugs outside the 60-degree three-point line on the left handed over to cover.

At this time, Brown went to the bottom line on the right to cut to the basket, and Morris Jr. used Horford's cover to catch the ball and shoot from the corner on the left.

This is a standard hammer tactic. Morris Jr. received a pass from Jianghu's basket from the left corner and made a three-pointer and made a successful hit.

Raptors 50 to 35 Celtics.

This tactic has become the main tactic of the Celtics. It is played like this every time they chase points, and it has been tried and tested.

How many offensive options does Hammers have?

The breakthrough in the rivers and lakes can directly attack the basket, the ball is given to the bottom line, and Brown can make an air cut to hit the basket. Irving, who returns the ball to the middle distance, can make a direct shot, and Morris Jr. in the left corner can also make a shot.

This classic tactic originated from the Bucks coach George Karl at the time.

He had a whim during a timeout. He asked the shooters to open up the space, and passed the ball to the "cephalosporin coach" "Spofovich" Hamm, who was a player at the time and had the ability to turn around with a low post. Give the ball to shooters like Ray Allen, Cassell or Michael Reed.

After this trick was tried and tested, everyone gave this tactic a name based on Ham's name Ham, called "Hammer Play", hammer tactic.

In the small ball era, the importance of hammer tactics has also continued to rise, and it has begun to be used more and more.

Jianghu's personal attack power far exceeds Hamm's, and his passing ability and adaptability are also much stronger than Hamm's. The effect of his hammer tactics is naturally much stronger than Hamm's.

Jiang Hu and Little Morris gave each other a high-five when they returned to defense, and the two of them became more and more in harmony with each other.

Morris Jr. has a very high corner shooting rate. When Jianghu is playing hammer tactics, he can pass the ball to find the opponent. His corner three-point shooting rate is above 45%.

The more embarrassing person in the team is Irving. He often wanders outside the tactical system and acts as a single player. This is the role he has always assumed in the Cavaliers.

But his goal of leaving the Cavaliers is to become a leader, but the reality is that he can't lead anyone. He is not a person with high emotional intelligence. He robbed Smart of starting, and Brown refused to accept him. The world treats him only superficially respect, and will listen to yourself when it comes to key issues.

Now the most suitable role for Irving is to catch and shoot from the outside. Of course, when he feels good, he can play a few more singles.

In fact, he was running around, running around, doing the same work as the knight.

The Raptors attacked, and DeRozan took the ball in one step from the left three-point line and was next to Jianghu.He tried and couldn't squeeze out, there wasn't enough room to dribble and face the frame for action.

DeRozan is often considered to be a beggar version of Kobe. On the one hand, he is low-key, and on the other hand, his style of play is really closer to Kobe.
He is a player who focuses on jump shots, and his physical fitness is relatively strong among shooting guards. The disadvantage is that his wingspan is not long enough, only 206cm, which is only 8cm longer than his height.

If he is allowed to hit players of the same height with his back, he will definitely have no problem. When facing the arena with a wingspan of 221cm, he may not even be able to guarantee a 40% hit rate for mid-range and low-post turnaround jumpers.

The body shape of Jianghu is what DeRozan hates the most. When facing Jianghu, DeRozan is not strong enough and his wingspan is not enough to use his back-up technique.

This young man doesn't talk about martial arts, does he like to put people two meters away when he says he is defending well?Why did everything change when it was my turn to guard against me?

If Jianghu can receive DeRozan's voice, he will only say sorry to him.

Putting two meters is the treatment of Ball and Simmons. It doesn't matter how many goals are scored, anyway, the 76ers can't win.Defending DeRozan, the world can no longer paddle, because beating DeRozan can prove himself better.

You can't explode each other, what Jianghu wants is to explode.

He's already heard plenty of comments questioning his scoring against weaker defenses, saying it's impossible he doesn't care.

There is no other way, the best way is to play a better performance against strong teams to make those people shut up.

Jianghu doesn't want to be thought that he is on the same level as De Luo, and the same level as the trash brothers. That is not a good adjective.

That's why he will work hard to defend today, trying to prevent DeRozan's shooting rate from abnormal, Jianghu can also prove his defensive ability by the way.

Facing the stars who have to face each other 4 times in a season in the same region, Jianghu will never be soft.

DeRozan couldn't find a good shot from the back, so he could only return the ball to Lowry. After the pick-and-roll, Lowry faked a mid-range jumper and passed the ball to Anunoby in the right corner. Brown defended the past , Anunobi pointed him flying, but failed to make the ball.

Horford protected the rebound and gave the ball to Irving. Irving took the ball to the frontcourt and did not rush to launch an offense. He called Jianghu again for a pick-and-roll.

Jiang Ou picks and rolls and plays the hammer tactic again.

This time it was Irving's pick-and-roll for Jianghu. Owen's hand-to-hand was double-teamed. He returned the ball to Jianghu. Jianghu caught the ball and threw it directly, making a three-pointer.

In the era of NBA small ball, the most difficult thing to defend is the pick and roll between two ball-holding points. Both of them can control the ball. It's not easy to guard against.

The Raptors beat the Celtics 50 to 38, and the point difference was chased to 12 points.

With the last 1 minute left in the half, the Raptors continued to attack.

DeRozan suffered continuously and stopped playing continuously. Instead, he asked Lowry to stand up and play, and squatted in the bottom corner to avoid the limelight.

Facing Irving's defense, Lowry broke through directly and forced a layup with Irving on his shoulders.

Although Irving failed to prevent his shot, he slowed Lowry's offensive pace and stuck to him so that he did not jump up.

This bought enough time for Horford to defend. Horford let go of Valanciunas and rushed over to give Lowry a big cap.

Morris Jr. got the rebound and passed it to Jianghu.

He rushed very fast, but the Raptors returned to defense very quickly. Anunoby always stayed in front of him and refused to give him an easy shot.

After rushing beyond the three-point line, Jianghu made an emergency stop followed by a breakthrough feint, once again swaying Anunoby away, and got a chance for an open three-pointer.

He made the shot confidently, and the moment he made the shot, he felt that his hand was not right, so he hurried over to grab the rebound.

In the middle distance, he got the basketball that hit the front frame, shot a jumper, and hit it again.

Raptors 50 to 40 Celtics.

Coach Casey didn't call a timeout, and there was only 45 seconds left in the half, so it didn't make much sense to call a timeout.

The Raptors continued to attack, but the Celtics didn't have enough fouls. The Raptors wanted to play fast, and Brown took the initiative to pay for a foul.

Coach Stevens is very careful. In this defensive round, he replaced Smart and Irving.

Lowry doesn't have such a big physical advantage against Smart. He is a short guard, and so is Smart, and Smart is taller than him, younger than him and faster than him.

Basketball is a sport that takes a lot of physical fitness.

Anyone who knows basketball knows that all tactics in basketball are for the purpose of finding misplacement, let the strong fight the thin, let the tall fight the short, let the nimble fight the clumsy.

But when everyone on your floor has the ability to defend multiple positions, mismatches are hard to find.

Lowry faced Smart without success and gave the ball to DeRozan.

DeRozan's outside shooting is not good. The way to adjust is to hit the pick-and-roll emergency stop jumper with the ball, and try to hit some difficult long two-pointers. As a result, he didn't score this time.

Judging from the scene, DeRozan is obviously locked in by Jianghu. He is not good at playing back-up singles in the face of Jianghu. He can't make it through by force. Efficiency is not going anywhere.

In the last 28 seconds, the Celtics got the ball.

The running position in the arena is very difficult. The Raptors team has a lot of small moves. They are not hurtful moves such as pushing people with their feet, but pulling jerseys and pulling them.

In fact, this is normal. Jianghu scored a crazy 61-point triple-double in the last game. The Raptors said that he couldn't do it, but they were desperately targeting him, and refused to give him an easy shot.

Coach Casey's defensive priority is also aimed at Jianghu, followed by Irving.

The defense facing Jianghu today is the strength of the playoffs.As the regular season progressed, the defensive pertinence he faced gradually increased.

Mou Zhujin, a well-known figure in the league, wanted to teach him a lesson. They didn't want to see the only yellow-skinned person in the league rule the league.

But today's referee was still online and gave the Raptors a foul.

The foul was re-served, and Jianghu took control of the ball.

Facing Anunobi's defense, Jianghu didn't call a pick-and-roll, but spent time playing singles.

Continuous dribbling and breakthrough with the ball, Anunoby followed closely.

One step into the three-point line, he gave the ball to his left hand, and then pushed Anunobi's chest with his right hand, causing Anunobi to lose his balance for a short time, and he retreated outside the three-point line by counter-thrusting .

This move is very subtle, and it is generally not done in away games, because no matter how subtle a small move is, it cannot hide from the high-speed cameras, and everything depends on whether the referee will blow it or not.

The referee didn't blow it.

After experiencing the devil's away game, returning to the home game, Jianghu can still enjoy certain advantages.

Outside the three-point line, Jianghu aimed at the basket and shot confidently.

He is very obsessed with his three-point shot. He doesn't believe that he can't make a shot all the time, so he must make a shot.

"Shu~"

The sky paid off, and Jiang Hu finally made a three-pointer for the third time in a row.

Raptors 50 to 43 Celtics.

"Under the leadership of Jianghu, the Celtics narrowed the 20-point gap to 7 points before halftime."

"This is Jianghu, this is what he can do!!"

(End of this chapter)