From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 129 The Enmity between Rondo and Stevens

On December 12, the Celtics team came to Sacramento, and their opponent tonight is the Sacramento Kings.

Today is another nationally televised game.

As the performance of the rivers and lakes gradually stabilized, the Celtics are also considered to be a team that has always had two superman balloon stars.

Xiao Hua, who is all about money, will naturally not miss such a huge benefit. NBA officials have also increased the number of live broadcasts of Celtics games in the United States, from 19 games before the start of the season to 45 games, second only to the Golden State Warriors The 53 games ranked second in the league.

Before the start of the game, TNT TV also started a debate about Jianghu.

The point of their first argument is not Jianghu, but Daron Fox.

Barkley believes that Fox's current performance may be closer to Schroeder in the future than his template John Wall.

O'Neill believes that Fox needs time to develop like Kobe at the beginning of his career, and his future performance will not be worse than Wall's. Even Fox's mid-range and long-range shots may far exceed Wall's. If he can successfully gain weight, it is possible Will be a fast Westbrook.

Neither of the two could convince the other, and in the end it was Smith who changed the topic to Jianghu.

Regarding Jianghu, the two had a new dispute.

During the Jianghu draft, the templates given by major NBA websites are Paul George or Tracy McGrady.

O'Neill believes that Jianghu's performance is closer to McGrady than George.

"Seeing his shooting posture, it's hard not to think of Tracy. Their movements are equally graceful and have good precision. Jiang's first step and Tracy's first step are both the fastest in the league. One, it's hard not to connect them."

For the two templates of Tracy McGrady and George, Barkley doesn't quite agree.

"I think the template of Jianghu is wrong whether it is Paul George or McGrady. He should be closer to Kobe or Michael who is 2 meters 06 tall, not Tracy. Tracy's favorite move is the pull-up jumper. , I have never seen Jiang use this trick, Jiang's mid-range jumper is much more stable than Tracy, his three-pointers have missed, but his mid-range jumper rarely disappoints us."

Then the two took out the shooting heat maps of Jianghu and McGrady, and the shooting heat maps of Jianghu and Kobe for comparison.
Neither of them could convince the other, and the contest began amidst the argument.

Before the start of the game, Jiang Hu watched with great interest the "little fox" Fox who hadn't seen him for a long time. Everyone knew that Fox hid aside after seeing Jiang Hu's gaze, not daring to look at Jiang Hu.

The reason why he didn't dare to look at Jianghu was very simple, it was too embarrassing...

As lottery rookies in the same year, the two had some minor friction in the joint tryout in Chicago.

But now Jianghu is the absolute core of the Celtics, averaging more than 30 points per game, and his personal score has just reached double figures. Such a strong contrast makes Fox want to pretend to dig a hole in the ground and escape from this game. .

It was very interesting for Jianghu to see Fox’s performance. When the little fox met him for the first time, he was very arrogant, patted himself on the shoulder, and called himself "Jackie Chan", but he was crushed by himself in all aspects during the trial training From now on, I will be honest immediately, and I can be regarded as a person who understands current affairs.

He had to be forgiving and forgiving, Jianghu knew that Little Fox's rookie season was not going well, so he didn't bother to stimulate him anymore.

The game against the Kings was another hearty victory. Jianghu only played 28 minutes before the game was over.

Today's protagonist is Rozier who stood up on the bench, and his performance was too fierce.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics only led by 30 points 37-3.

The second quarter became Rozier's performance time. He made a three-pointer without the ball. In the next round, he forced Lando against the Celtics when 24 seconds were about to expire. Husband's foul made a three-pointer.

这个3+1似乎打通了罗齐尔的任督二脉，他在第二节打出了疯狂的表现，单节11投9中拿到25分，带领凯尔特人打出了43比26的单节比分。

In the third quarter, his performance cooled down slightly. He made 10 of 5 shots in a single quarter, but he still maintained a super high shooting rate of 5 of 4 three-pointers.

In just two quarters, Rozier scored 37 points and completely broke the Kings defense.

Jianghu and Irving itself have involved a lot of the King's defensive attention, and Rozier has suddenly emerged, and the Kings have no idea how to defend.

江湖和欧文都成了配角，江湖拿到15分5篮板9助攻，欧文13分2篮板2助攻。

At the end of the three quarters, the Celtics took a 95-72 lead.

In the end, the Celtics won the game 118 to 101 and won three consecutive victories.

On December 12, the Celtics returned to home against the Bulls. The current Bulls have entered another round of reconstruction.

After losing Rose, they ushered in Butler, but they didn't believe that Butler could lead them back to the top.

So they made a deal, sent Butler to the Timberwolves in exchange for LaVine+

After LaVine came to the Bulls, he was injured before he had time to adapt to the environment. At present, the player with the most points in the entire Bulls is rookie Markanen with 17.2 points.

The highest score of the entire team is a first-year rookie with less than 20 points. The goal of such a team is destined to compete for the No. [-] pick, and their goal is to acquire more talents.

Their head coach is Hoiberg, an NCAA coach who has no championship and no final strongest coach.

Since Stevens achieved success in the NBA, many teams have turned their attention to the NCAA, eager to search for a flexible and resourceful young coach like Stevens in the NCAA.

The world doesn't understand what the Bulls' management thinks. The Celtics chose Stevens because Stevens showed his coaching talent and ability at Butler University, leading Butler University, which has only 4000 people, to consecutive Entered the NCAA Finals for two years, and only lost to Duke University by 2010 points in the 2 Finals.

It is worth mentioning that the coach of Duke University is the old K coach-Michael Krzyzewski.

对于凯尔特人来说，这又是一场轻松的比赛，江湖27分7篮板7助攻，欧文23分5篮板6助攻，布朗24分12篮板3助攻，三人联手拿下74分率领球队105比96战胜公牛队。

Although the game only won 9 points in the end, from the perspective of the scene, the Celtics fully grasped the situation on the field.

For a full 48 minutes, the Bulls did not gain a second lead, while the Celtics maintained a double-digit lead almost from the 3rd minute of the first quarter, until the end of the game was reduced to 9 points.

The gap does exist. After the game against the Celtics, the Bulls' record came to 10 wins and 16 losses, ranking No. 12 in the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics' record came to 23 wins and 4 losses, continuing to lead the entire Eastern Conference. Looking at the league record, it is only slightly inferior to the 24 wins and 3 losses of the Houston Rockets.

On December 12, the Celtics returned to home games.

Their opponent is the New Orleans Pelicans with Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins.

For the Celtics, this game is destined not to be an easy game.

Their inside line is not considered strong, and the opponent is still the Pelicans with the league's strongest duo.

The Pelicans start with Rajon Rondo and Juwan Holiday in the backcourt.
In the frontcourt, E'Twaun Moore, Anthony Davis, and DeMarcus Cousins.

The entire starting lineup can be said to be both offensive and defensive, and all dimensions of physical experience are not bad.

Compared with the Celtics, it's not bad, it's a bit modest, it should be completely crushed.

It is difficult for Baynes to defend Cousins' low-post singles. Horford's body is one size smaller than Anthony Davis in all aspects, so it is difficult to defend the opponent.

After all, Horford is just a power forward who barely adapts to the small ball era, while Anthony Davis is one of the strongest fourth positions in the league, one of the most suitable insiders in the league in the small ball era, and the lethality of the two Or the deterrence on the defensive end is not at the same level at all.

Davis, a freshman and sophomore with thick eyebrows, is still a thin and small guard with eyes closed and unknown.

高三那年，戴维斯场均得到32分22篮板7次封盖，并且井喷式地长了7英寸，从6英尺3英寸（1.91米）迅速增至6英尺10英寸（2.08米）。

As his body changes, his wingspan also increases from an ordinary 2 meters to 07cm.

His experience of skyrocketing height is almost exaggerated like a YY novel, but this is what actually happened in the real world.

It can only be said that some people's talents are really God chasing and feeding them.

Before his height skyrocketed, his position on the court was point guard. After his height skyrocketed, he had to go inside to play the fourth position.

But his dribbling ability and speed, as well as his jumping ability, surpassed almost all four players.

This allowed him to basically dominate the entire college basketball world in his freshman season. In his first year at the University of Kentucky, he led Kentucky to win the championship, won the MOP of the Final Four, and won six awards including the Naismith Award and the NCAA Annual Award.

Before the draft, he booked the No. 2012 pick in [-] and played with the dream team in the London Olympics.

过去的2016/17赛季，他已经能够得到场均28分11.8篮板2.2封盖，并入选最佳阵容一阵和最佳防守阵容二阵。

Only wrong names, no interlaced nicknames.

The nickname "Son of America" ​​is not something everyone can call it.

In addition to Davis, the Pelicans' starting center, "Kaoshen", DeMarcus Cousins, is also a top player in the interior today.

He was traded to the Pelicans in the 2016/17 season. Before coming to the Pelicans, he had already scored 27.8 points, 10.6 rebounds and 5 assists per game in the Kings. After coming to the Pelicans, his data did not decline. Can contribute 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4.6 assists.

Davis + Cousins ​​was also the league's highest-scoring duo last season, and even Durant + Curry didn't score as high as the two.

The two joined forces to form twin towers against the trend of the times. In today's small ball era, it can be called a BUG level. For teams with weak inside, the lethality is not outrageous.

In addition to Cousins ​​and Davis, the Pelicans have another presence that must be mentioned-Rajon Rondo.

His relationship with the Celtics should be clear to all fans watching the game.

Rajon Rondo's career began in 2006 when he was selected by the Celtics with the 21st pick in the first round.

He became the starting point guard for the Celtics in the 2007-2008 season and led the team to the NBA championship with teammates Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce.

In Game 21 of the Finals, Rajon Rondo contributed 8 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists to help the Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 2-[-] and win the championship.

In the Celtics, Rondo spent the most brilliant years of his career, was selected to the All-Star and the best team many times, and helped the team win the championship.

At that time, he was considered to have a bright future, and he might become No. 2 in the history of assists in the future, even infinitely close to Stockton's No. 1 in history.

The two sides had a very sweet time, and finally ushered in unhappiness.

After the Celtics sold Garnett and Pierce in 2013, Rondo was not very cooperative with the coaching of rookie Stevens. The tactics, the two had a fierce quarrel, and even did not say a word to each other for a long time.

Personality reasons, plus Rondo is not a stable scorer after all, as the core of the team, there is no high upper limit, and in the end he failed to escape the fate of being purged by Angie.

In the interview before the game, Rondo also mentioned the Celtics and Stevens who had conflicts that year.

"Brad has proven his coaching ability. He is an excellent head coach. He has created an excellent tactical system and guaranteed the team's lower limit. Even if the team's personnel composition is not perfect, he We can still use the limited resources in our hands to create far greater gains than expected.”

Reporter: As for the conflict with Stevens back then?Do you have any idea?
"I was young at the time, and my character was very proud. He and I were both smart people with our own ideas. Our goal was to make the team better, but the methods were different, so some friction and conflicts were normal."

"Those are things I did by myself. I will not regret it. Every age has its own behavior. I never regret my choice. That is tantamount to denying your past."

Reporter: What do you think about the new generation of Celtics?When you see their jerseys, do you think of your past self?

"I'm very happy that the current Celtics have so many talents. Under the leadership of Kyrie, their chemistry is improving every day, and Jiang, Jiang is one of the best young people in the league. Jiang was probably the most correct decision Angie ever made."

"I'm delighted to see them back as title candidates."

"But it's still the same sentence, I'm here to play, not to remember the past, or reminisce about the past."

"We came here to take away a victory. This is what I think. As for whether I will remember myself, that is after the game."

Rondo's eyes were very firm, full of belief in victory.

(End of this chapter)