From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 128 That's it?That's it?This is the best defensive player?
Whether the Celtics players start or come off the bench, they have always maintained an excellent shooting percentage, which made the Jazz players not know who to defend.

At halftime, they had a 68-43 lead.

上半场比赛表现最抢眼的球员毫无疑问是欧文，他只打了14分钟，却投出了10投8中，三分球2中2，罚球5中5，22分3篮板3助攻1抢断。

Jianghu's performance was not bad either. He didn't make a single three-pointer in the half, and all of them were mid-range two-pointers. However, he also made 13 of 7 shots, 3 of 3 free throws, and 17 points.

米切尔11投4中，三分球3中1，拿到10分3篮板2助攻。

Before the game, Coach Snyder felt that Mitchell was in such a good state recently that he should have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Jianghu, but it turned out that he was wrong, and he was wrong very much.

At the end of the game, no matter how stupid Coach Snyder is, he can see the gap between Jianghu and Mitchell. Jianghu's scoring efficiency and finding opportunities are beyond Mitchell's reach. The two are not at the same level. .

When he was in the Chicago training camp, Snyder felt that Mitchell was still good. Although he was not as good as Jianghu, he could at least become the core of his hands. It should not be a big problem to lead the team to the playoffs.

After seeing Jianghu's face-to-face performance, Snyder regretted a little:
"damn it!!"

"Why didn't we play badly last season? We played in the eighth round of the Western Conference, and the head star ran away with others. It's a dog."

"Isn't it delicious to lose a crazy meal and win the champion?"

Gordon Hayward did not come to Salt Lake City. He was the star of the Jazz last season and signed with the Celtics as a free agent during the offseason this season.

Snyder has always believed that Hayward will not leave during the offseason. The combination of Mitchell + Hayward + Mitchell is the core lineup he envisioned for this season. Vince Hayward.

At halftime, Mitchell sat in the locker room with a towel over his head doubting life.

He deliberately practiced extra shots before the game, practiced the circling and covering of the defense, and conceived the details of the game in his mind in advance.
For example, on the defensive end, he caps the rivers and lakes, and then dunks one-stop.

Or shake the rivers and lakes to sit on the ground, and say something to him arrogantly:
"Welcome to the Wild West, brat!!"

At least, it should be the last second of the game, and then use a fadeaway jumper from the fingertips of Jianghu to kill the Celtics.

As a result, the development of things was completely different from the picture he had imagined in his mind. There was no suspense in the game at all. Irving's outburst was like a dagger piercing the heart of the Jazz, making them hard to guard against. The game almost lost suspense at halftime. .

My defense is like a joke, Jianghu's off-ball mid-range is deadly accurate, and I am still troubled by Jianghu's mangy defense.

Jianghu complained about the referee, and the referee smiled at Jianghu with a big mouth. He complained about the referee, but the referee was really indifferent to himself.

The most hateful point is:

Although Mitchell and Jianghu faced each other throughout the whole process, Jianghu never said a word to him from the beginning to the end, not even a word of trash talk.

Because both Mitchell and Ball have contact with Simmons, they told Mitchell on the phone that Jianghu is a player who loves to talk trash and use his mouth to make people angry.

As a result, today, Jianghu seems to have suddenly become a mute, not saying a word.

"Is it because my level is too bad, I don't even talk trash??"

"Damn, it's too contemptuous of people!!"

Jianghu may never have imagined that someone would be angry because he didn't get scolded by him. Is there really such a cheap person in this world? ? ?
The intermission ended quickly, and the second half continued.

Mitchell's mentality began to become irritable. When he came up and hit a three-point jumper, he felt that he was going again, and he started to shoot wildly.

His touch only lasted for one goal, and the next few shots all ended in iron strikes. Instead, the Celtics seized the opportunity to widen the score gap in one fell swoop.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, the score came to 7-79, and the Jazz requested a timeout again.

On the Jazz bench, coach Snyder once again used his iconic death stare.

The Jazz players trembled, not daring to breathe, for fear that if they said a wrong word, they would be yelled at by the coach.

However, this method of motivation does not work every time.

In a fierce basketball game, the team that works harder and has a higher spirit will have a higher probability of winning, but sometimes there are exceptions. In the face of absolute strength, no matter how high the spirit is, it will not help.

After the timeout, Mitchell stepped up and scored 7 points in a row, narrowing the point difference to 22 points.

Then there is no more.

Owen and Jianghu stood up.

Irving singled out Rubio's defense, using gorgeous dribbling and footwork to break through to the basket, facing Gobert's frame and hitting the ball with a super difficult drawbar.

The boos of the audience suddenly dropped by more than ten decibels.

Facing Gobert's defense in the Jianghu positional battle, he hit three consecutive hits, and each time was more difficult. There were mid-range fadeaway jumpers, one-handed throws, and strong shots from beyond the three-point range.

It was a forced shot against Gobert's defense and a forced hit.

Irving and Jianghu played one-on-one in relay, you two goals and I two goals, the touch exploded, and they made 7 consecutive shots. They teamed up and blasted a wave of 17-2 offensive climax. There was no sound.

Seeing Jianghu and Irving scoring consecutive singles against Gobert, O'Neill showed a smug smile and taunted:

"The strength of the two teams is the same as the gap reflected in the score. They are not on the same level at all. Boston is a team that can compete for the championship, and the Jazz is a team that is fighting for the playoffs."

"Also, as a candidate for the best defensive player, Rudy is a joke, he can't guard anyone."

"In my era, let alone the best defensive player, it was very difficult for him to be selected to the best defensive team."

"Mutombo will teach him to be a man, Ben Wallace will teach him to be a man, Olajuwon will teach him to be a man, all the best defensive players will teach him to be a man, tell him what is the best defense in the league!!"

For Gobert, O'Neal is not happy with how he sees it. As a center who ranks at the forefront of history and exploded in his peak dominance, his total career contract value is only 2.5 million U.S. dollars.

He thinks that a player like Gobert can easily score 50 points on him at his peak, but it is such a player who can sign a four-year $4 million contract, which makes the already stingy How could O'Neill not be angry?

O'Neal still doesn't know that in 2020, the Utah Jazz Gobert will complete an early contract extension with a contract of 5 million US dollars for 2.05 years. After the renewal, Gobert will also become the center who signed the largest single contract in history before Jokic .

If O'Neill finds out about this in the future, he may be so angry that he can't even eat.

At the end of the three quarters, the Celtics led 93 to 62 to 31 points, and the game ended early.

Jianghu and Owen sat on the bench to rest, and Mitchell was still scoring points on the court.

At the end of the game, Smart's defensive intensity also dropped, and he no longer confronted physically. He watched Mitchell layup many times, and he didn't bother to stretch his hands.

Mitchell was not polite either, he frantically swiped on the court, and he could shoot everything from inside to outside.

After 6 minutes in the final quarter, Mitchell was replaced for a rest.

Picking up the stat sheet, at first glance Mitchell's performance is striking.

面对凯尔特人这支东部顶级球队他28投12中，砍下了35分，拿到35分8篮板9助攻。

In fact, anyone who has watched the game knows that when it is time for him to stand up and score, he seems at a loss on the court. The defense racked up a lot of data.

The Jazz don’t have much record pressure anyway. The team’s task this season is to run in. If they can make it to the playoffs, they will make it. If they can’t make it, they have to train Mitchell. The record in the Jazz’s management, Mitchell is the team’s The core of the future is the kind of players who can keep the team competitive for a long time.

江湖拿到了27分2篮板3助攻，欧文31分3篮板5助攻。

At first glance, the statistics of the two are not as good as Mitchell's, but those who have watched the game know that the two of them have almost penetrated a line of defense each, and their lethality is much greater than Mitchell's.

At the end of the final game, the Celtics beat the Jazz 119-98 away.

The home fans in the Energy Solutions Arena were obviously disappointed, and many people started to sneak away in the middle of the fourth quarter.

What they were disappointed was not the home team's big loss, but the Jazz's resistance time was too short. The game began to lose suspense in the first half, and it became garbage time in the second half of the third quarter. Tasteless, tasteless to eat, but a pity to discard.

The Celtics and the domestic Jianghu fans were very happy to watch. They were all grinning when they saw the Jianghu scoring consecutive goals on Gobert's head.

"That's it, that's it? This is it for the defense? This is the best defensive player of the season??"

"Stop playing, Pippi Shrimp, let's go (Gobert's portrait version of Pippi Shrimp)."

"Jianghu, please start your performance."

"If you strike so hard, won't your conscience hurt??"

"What kind of NCAA older rookie is Mitchell? What kind of CBA dominant rookie in my world?"

At the press conference after the game, Jianghu was the focus of the audience again, and he didn't know what to say.

He didn't have any special feelings. The Jazz's strength was much weaker than he thought, and he lost the suspense without even playing the game.Some things cannot be said directly, and they will offend the Jazz, even if they are really weak.

In fact, the Jazz are not weak at all. Even if they lost this game, their record is still 14 wins and 12 losses, still above 50%.

The biggest reason why they lost this game was that they couldn't match Jianghu in the matchup. No matter who they used, it was a disadvantage, which caused them to pay too much attention to Jianghu, which made Owen The output of the explosion was played.

This is the horror of the double-star team. If one point does not work, there is another point. It is difficult to be killed by a wave of people. If both of them work, the opponent will be difficult to deal with.

Jianghu believes that if the game continues, even if he does not shoot a three-pointer in this game, he may score 40 points only by mid-range scoring and free throws.

As for Gobert, he did defend seriously, but he is a center forward, and his speed is still much worse than Jianghu and Irving. Both Jianghu and Irving are excellent heads-up players in the league. Their heads-up is definitely not so easy to defend.

A reporter asked Jianghu to evaluate his competitor, Donovan Mitchell, who scored 35 points in this game.

Jianghu said: "He is the strongest player of the same height I have ever seen. His size reminds me of Wade. As a scorer, he has a very keen sense of scoring and can also assist his teammates to score. A rare core defender."

In the parallel world, Mitchell averaged 20 points per game this season. In the playoffs, he eliminated the Big Three Thunder led by Westbrook head-to-head. He personally averaged 28 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game.

After the end of the first contract, he was traded to the Cavaliers by Angie, and even scored an astonishing 71 points and 10 assists, becoming the first player in history to score 70+10.

He is definitely not a player without strength who can cut down this historical level of data, but it is not enough to say how strong he is. It is more a hero made by the times.

Next, Jianghu praised other opponents and praised their performance. Everyone contributed to this game. Except Jianghu and Irving, Smart scored 12 points. It caused a lot of trouble for Mitchell. Brown routinely scored 15 points, Morris Jr. scored 13 points, and Horford also scored a quasi-triple double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists.

When the Jazz players attend the press conference, they always have a bad face, and they don't even bother to pretend.

Although he was in a bad mood after losing the game, Mitchell still gave Jianghu a good evaluation:

"This is the first time I have played against him. It is very difficult to defend him. His talent is unbelievable. He has a terrible wingspan combined with a strong and agile body, which makes it very difficult for us to defend. He's very unselfish, there's no guard who doesn't like a forward like that, and I think he's going to be an MVP for sure in the future."

Some reporters also challenged Gobert to comment on the performance of Jiang Hu and Irving in this game.

As a result, the Frenchman glared at the reporter directly, and then said in a cold tone that he and the two are not players in the same position, and there is no need to comment.

The reporter wanted to continue to stand up and ask questions, but Gobert also stood up excitedly, holding the microphone firmly in his hand, and almost smashed it.

Fortunately, the news officer in charge of order had quick eyes and quick hands, snatched the microphone from Gobert's hand, and then "invited" the reporter out, otherwise it's really hard to say that Gobert will make something happen.

Because Gobert is such a brainless guy, he can get along with anyone as long as he is upset, regardless of time, place and place.

In the original time and space, he was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves by Angie in the 2022/23 season and became a good partner of Towns.

That season, the Timberwolves' record was mediocre, and they had been ranked seven or eight in the playoffs in the West. At the end of the season, they had to fight for the playoffs.

For the play-off teams at the end of the season, every game is a battle of life and death.

It is in such a key game.

Gobert and teammate Kyle Anderson had a verbal conflict because of some minor issues on the defensive end. Gobert actually punched Kyle Anderson directly on the bench in front of the national broadcast.

Going crazy, he even beat his own people, let alone the reporters on the sidelines.

(End of this chapter)