From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 131 Crazy confrontation, two BUG-level players

Rondo and Cousins ​​pick and roll, once again holding the ball to kill the basket, the same back pass fake, this time Horford chose to cover Rondo's layup, Rondo passed the ball to Davis, Davis threw the ball to the basket Scoring.

Pelicans 12 to 8 Celtics.

As the core players of the two teams, the respective performances of Davis and Jianghu will determine the upper limit of the two teams.

Obviously, Davis is in very good form today, scoring consecutive goals at the beginning, feeling hot.

Stevens took the lead in calling the first timeout of the game and arranged the countermeasures.

"Al, you have to rest Anthony's position more. You can't let him keep the ball. His performance is a disaster for us."

"In the next game, Jiang Duo will attack with the ball, and Moore can't defend you. If you can score several rounds in a row, they will definitely send Anthony to defend you."

"If Anthony is defending you, you should run with him without the ball and consume his energy. If he doesn't follow you to the perimeter, you will take more three-pointers. If he keeps up, you can pass the ball to the basket appropriately. , and the rest of you too, if Anthony defends the outside line, you have to increase the cuts appropriately."

"When other people cut in the air, Aaron remembers to get in the position."

Everyone nodded, affirming Stevens' thoughts.

Stevens' tactic is very simple, to amplify the advantages of his own strengths, and consume the opponent's core players at the same time when there is an opportunity.

The game continued, Jianghu received the ball two steps outside the three-point line, accelerated the start directly, and came to an emergency stop at the three-point line, Moore thought that Jianghu was about to shoot, so he came close to him immediately.

Jianghu pulls back to dribble with one crotch, and then accelerates directly from the left to break through and pass Moore, who was swayed to a chaotic defensive rhythm.

There are no bells and whistles, just singles. Facing Moore, who is not as tall or as fast as him, he can pass the rivers and lakes in one step.

Came to the position near the penalty area line, Jianghu made another emergency stop, and at the same time made a fake shot, and Cousins, who was defending, flew at one point. Jianghu watched him take off, and waited for him to fall from the highest point before he could relax shot.

"Shu~"

After two points, Jianghu ranked 10th.

Pelicans 12 to 10 Celtics.

The Pelicans continued to attack, and this time the shot was made by Rondo who emptied the perimeter.

After the timeout, Irving's defense has also learned to be smart. Rondo's shooting has always been unreliable. What's the use of being so close.

Rondo was not polite when he saw the open space, and he shot very resolutely.

It's a pity that the bias was a bit outrageous, and he made a three-point shot, and Jiang Hu rushed over to receive the rebound directly.

Shooting is actually a matter of talent, and the same hard work. Some people can practice for an hour, but others can be worth a few hours, and some people can practice for a few hours, but others can't be worth an hour.

Rondo clearly falls into the latter category.

He has a high basketball IQ and strong passing ability, but shooting has always been his biggest weakness. At his peak, he can still rely on strong breakthroughs to maintain his personal offense, but after his serious injury, breakthroughs are also difficult. Unable to be as sharp as before, the ability to change the game on the court has been greatly weakened.

Jianghu attacked with the ball and started to push the fast break directly. Moore cleverly stopped him with a foul.

Coming to the frontcourt, Jianghu began to ask for the ball in the low position.

Now that the coach has arranged for him to play more singles, Jiang Hu is not polite. He will accept all the ball rights in the future, and he will not adjust his style of play until the Pelicans change their defense against him.

Jianghu faced Moore, in addition to the speed advantage, he also had a huge tonnage advantage. His weight was 103kg, and Moore's weight was only 92kg. The weight difference was as high as 11kg.

Jianghu's back-hitting skills are very average, without Kobe's super rhythmic feeling, and relying more on his own outstanding strength.

But enough is enough.

Moore couldn't stand it at all, and he was pushed back three steps by Jianghu from the position of one step in from the right three-point line.

Cousins ​​saw that Moore couldn't stand it and had to go up to double-team. At the same time, Brown also shook off Rondo and made an air cut to the basket.

Jianghu unhurriedly passed a crotch pass, and Brown caught the ball and dunked with both hands easily.

Pelicans 12 to 12 Celtics.

The Pelicans attacked, and Horford strengthened his defensive confrontation and began to defend Anthony Davis by going around the front.

Rondo gave the ball to Cousins, and Cousins ​​directly broke through with the ball in the face of Baynes, relying on confrontation to open half of his body and start to advance to the basket.

Davis sensibly withdrew from the basket, Horford could only follow, and Cousins ​​​​faced Konglan and scored a layup.

The Pelicans really have a great inside advantage. In addition to Davis and Cousins, it is difficult for the Celtics to restrict one, and it is basically impossible to restrict both.

Until Stevens figured out a way to limit them, the two sides could only play against each other.

In the first quarter, both sides had high shooting percentages. The Celtics maintained 65% and the Pelicans maintained 70%. At the end of the first quarter, the two sides tied at 36.

戴维斯一节比赛就拿到了两双，10投8中，罚球3中3拿到了19分9篮板2封盖，他的表现可以用统治力形容。

The Celtics scored the highest score here in Jianghu. They scored 9 of 6 shots in a single quarter, scored 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists. Brown scored 7 points, basically from Jianghu's points.

Irving was replaced 7 minutes into the first quarter to take a break. Pelicans head coach Gentry was quite the villain. After seeing Irving off the field, he immediately replaced Holiday, keeping them on the same level. Field matchup.

Seeing this, Jianghu knew that it might be difficult for Owen to perform well in this game. If he wanted to win, he had to work harder.

The Pelicans seldom lose by a big score this season. They always work hard to defend and grind their opponents a little bit.

They can always play the game to the critical moment. The reason why they are only ranked sixth in the West is because their key ball ability is average, Rondo's shooting is not good, Cousins ​​has a high chance of making mistakes, and Davis is easy to catch. Can't reach the ball, and he's not very good at breaking double teams.

Many of their critical moments are Holiday's singles, and few teams are afraid of this.

But in the case of not playing key shots, their strength will not lose to any team in this league.

In the second quarter, Rondo and Davis rested, Holiday and Cousins ​​continued to lead the team, and the Celtics were Irving + Horford.

Then the two sides launched a defensive battle, and every ball must be contested.

After Davis and Jianghu went down, other players' shooting percentages were not high, and none of them could play effective fast breaks.

If the Celtics want to score, it must be initiated by Irving, but Holiday's defensive oppression is very strong. In many cases, Irving must face Holiday's interference and fight for the touch.

Holiday doesn't eat his fake moves at all, and he will be caught close to him if he hesitates for a moment.He played the pick-and-roll with the ball, and the nearby Pelicans players would empty out others and come to double-team him. He played very uncomfortable, and experienced the taste of Curry in the 2016 Finals.

Cousins ​​played very well, Horford had a hard time defending his isolations, and Cousins ​​could overwhelm the ball in the low post, playing like Olajuwon in his prime.

After playing for 3 minutes in the second quarter, Stevens had a coquettish idea. He wanted to try to let Smart defend Cousins, with Horford protecting the frame to help him.

This idea sounds quite unreliable at first glance, but I didn't expect the effect of typing it to be very good.

Cousins ​​was very disdainful of Smart's defense at the beginning, and still tried to catch the ball, but Smart's approach was very cheap, making it very difficult for the Pelicans to pass the ball.

Moreover, Smart's bottom plate is very stable, and he can completely withstand his first move, and Horford will come to double-team after him.

Cousins' ball protection is considered very good among centers, but he still can't reach the level of a guard.

Under Smart's defense, he almost made two mistakes. Seeing that he was crushed, Cousins ​​​​could only stop and make a jump shot.

At the beginning, his touch was not bad, and he made two consecutive shots.

But then Smart found a way to limit him, let Cousins ​​​​half a step, and once Cousins ​​​​was ready to join the ball, he rushed to grab the ball.

This method worked well, and Smart completed the steal for Cousins.

After being robbed once, Cousins ​​fouled Smart on the spot. He made a big move and slapped a red mark. Smart's skin was already very dark, but he was still able to get caught. Traces of a slap.

Smart was very upset and immediately rushed up to find Cousins ​​and got a piece of him. He pressed Cousins' chin hard with the top of his head, trying to let Cousins ​​do it first.

"Hey, what nigga are you doing, want a fight?"

"Come on. Nigga, give me a punch if you have guts."

Two black people spray each other "Negan", but no one strikes first, the scene looks very funny.

The referee responded quickly. Smart and Cousins ​​each ate a technical foul. Cousins ​​was still full of displeasure and wanted to do something to Smart.

The players on both sides were on the verge of breaking out, confronting each other on the field, pointing their noses and cursing at each other, almost in the rhythm of a group fight.

Fortunately, Rondo stepped forward in time, gritted his teeth, held Cousins ​​back, and lectured him, before he retreated to the side with a displeased face.

Cousins' character has always been like this. He can't control his emotions on the court, and he likes to be on the top and the opposite. At his peak, he was one of the players with the most technical fouls in the entire league, just like Roaring Tianzun.

If he gets rid of this shortcoming, he may have higher achievements.

After the game continued, the Celtics attacked, and Smart missed a three-pointer from the outside.

After being educated by Rondo, Cousins ​​no longer obsessed with singles, and began to cooperate with Rondo to play pick-and-rolls, catch the ball outside and shoot three-pointers.

When he moved to play, Smart was very difficult to defend, and Cousins ​​caught the ball and pulled it directly over his head.

Fortunately, Cousins ​​didn't feel very good on the perimeter today. After he scored a goal, he started to hit the iron continuously.

His head is very iron, and he has to continue to shoot after hitting the iron continuously, and no one in the Pelicans stopped him. In this team, he and Davis both have unlimited firepower.

50 to 50, when the second quarter hit 6 minutes, the Celtics recovered the score gap again.

The game continued, Smart continued to stay on the court, and the Celtics played a small lineup of Horford center.

The Pelicans organized an offense, and Rondo began to reduce the pace of the game.

This cunning guy knows very well that the Celtics have changed to a small lineup to play fast-paced. Although the two big men of the Pelicans can also play fast, they certainly do not have an advantage.

He dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, facing Jianghu's defense calmly, beckoning for a pick-and-roll.

There is no idea of ​​single-handedly fighting Jianghu.

Cousins ​​obediently came up to the pick-and-roll, Jiang Hu went around the cover and continued to chase Rondo, Rondo broke through inside, Jiang Hu followed closely.

Rondo stopped suddenly, hit the ball back with his right hand, and the ball had come to Cousins ​​after the pick-and-roll split.

Cousins ​​tiptoed to make a three-point shot, and Smart's interference was timely, and he tried his best to cover his eyes with his hand.

"Jaylen, hold him."

Jianghu yelled at Jaylen Brown loudly, and at the same time rushed towards the basket by himself.

"Boom."

Cousins' shot hit the back frame obediently and missed. Davis was stuck in position by Horford and held by Brown's jersey, so he couldn't squeeze into the basket at all.

"start running."

Jianghu took the rebound and directly accelerated and counterattacked.

He's the fastest runner on the field.

The second person was Davis, who slapped Brown's hand away, strode forward with long legs, and walked like flying.

When the two came to the frontcourt, Jianghu continued to speed up, and Davis was able to follow closely. Although Jianghu started from the basket, Davis started from near the three-point line, occupying a certain physical advantage.

But Jianghu is still very surprised. There are not many strikers who can keep up with his speed, and Davis is still a power forward.

Abnormal, the guys who locked the champion in advance are indeed abnormal.

However, there was no panic in Jianghu's heart. Davis' excellent physical fitness was already in his expectation.

"Since I can't get rid of you, let's fight."

Jianghu continued to speed up, and at the same time, the hand that dribbled the ball began to exert force, and the ball was dribbled higher, so that it would be convenient to use force later.

In the blink of an eye, the two left the others behind, all the way to the frontcourt free throw line,

Jianghu crossed the free throw line with both legs, and directly took off with the ball in both hands.

Davis followed closely, jumped up immediately, and opened the block with both hands.

The height of the two is not low, almost reaching the height of the flat basket.

The lion and the rabbit also use their full strength.

What's more, both of them felt that they were facing a tiger.

The two collided in the air, and Jiang Hu's hands were like a pair of big iron clamps firmly clamping the basketball, withstood Davis' impact and the block with both hands.

"Boom."

A heavy dunk with both hands.

The basketball slammed into the hoop heavily, and the hoop was smashed into a strange bend.

"Beep~" The referee whistled and the thug fouled.

When they landed, both of them lost their balance, and they both hit the basketball hoop. Davis habitually fell to the ground, which was his way of protecting himself.

"Fuck."

Jianghu hit the basket straight, and immediately stabilized his body.

Jiang Hu raised his head to the sky and roared angrily, slammed his fist heavily on his chest, and stared fiercely at the auditorium.

The entire audience was boiling, stood up and shouted loudly, cheering for Jianghu.

Davis, who was pulled up by his teammates, shook his head helplessly, twitched the corner of his mouth, and then stretched out his right hand and gave Jianghu a thumbs up.

"You can talk, buddy, I can speak English."

Jianghu also showed his own American humor in the face of the friendly Davis.

"Nice fight, buddy!!"

Davis stood on the right side of the free throw line, put his hands on his knees, smiled and expressed his praise to Jianghu.

"Thank you."

The opponent has no idea of ​​making troubles, so Jiang Hu naturally doesn't bother to make troubles.

Anyway, the results of the game speak for themselves, and sometimes it doesn't make much sense to talk nonsense on the court.

"brush."

Jianghu walked to the free throw line calmly, made a free throw and scored his 20th point.

Pelicans 50 to 53 Celtics.

With the goal of Jianghu, the Celtics finally overtook the score for the first time tonight.

Smart screamed excitedly, as if he had completed a dunk, and rushed to Cousins ​​again, chattering trash.

Cousins ​​also learned to be good, and stopped fighting, but confronted Smart crazily. While the two continued to fight physically, their mouths shot at each other like two machine guns.

Looking back, the Pelicans attacked.

Davis took the ball at the free throw line and attacked directly with the ball like a guard. After dribbling the ball under the crotch, he passed Horford with only one step, and scored two points at the basket.

Pelicans 52 to 53 Celtics.

When Davis is in good form, it is too easy to beat Horford. Davis is physically bigger than Horford in all aspects. Seriously, Horford can't give effective interference at all.

The gap in physical fitness is too great, it is completely the gap between Kryptonians and ordinary people.

In Davis' eyes, all of Horford's movements are similar to slow motion.

Looking back, Jianghu continued to hold the ball, and the defender in front of him was finally replaced by Anthony Davis.

Gentry was fed up with the days when Jianghu attacked at will without any interference. Compared with Jianghu, Moore's physical condition was still too poor. There was no way to really compete with Jianghu, and Davis had to be played.

Davis is a true talent, the kind of player every coach loves.

Facing Davis' defense, Jianghu did not panic, but became calmer.

He likes the feeling of facing challenges. The stronger the opponent, the more excited he is, and he feels that his adrenaline has been raised to a certain level.

Jianghu was dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, his eyes kept looking up at the basket, as if he was about to break through, Davis kicked forward and back, ready to defend Jianghu's breakthrough or shot at any time.

Airtight.

Davis' defense can be described as impenetrable.

Jianghu leisurely dribbled the ball behind his back, dribbled the ball from the top of the arc to the left three-point line and walked around, looking at Davis' left shoulder for a while, and then his right shoulder for a while.

It looks like it's about to break through.

With a sudden shake, he changed the ball to his left hand, and stretched his right hand forward to make a breakthrough.

Davis responded immediately, stepping back with his right foot.

He only took half a step back.

Jianghu suddenly received the ball, stepped back quickly to the left, and made a three-pointer.

Davis immediately jumped over to block the shot. His reaction was very fast, but Jianghu's shots were equally fast, and Davis was not given too much time. When Davis rushed over, he had already completed the shot.

The basketball passed through the net like a sharp arrow.

Pelicans 52 to 55 Celtics.

Vigorous cheers came from the scene again.

This kind of drama of stars playing stars is too exciting.

Jiang Hu, who finished shooting, looked at Davis who was a little surprised, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The inside can rule the basketball court, as can the outside.

The prerequisite is that you must be accurate enough.

Fortunately: Jianghu feels pretty good today.

(End of this chapter)