From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 132 "Follow me: Awesome!!" "Twisting Coins!!"

Zhang Weiping shouted: "Xiaojiang scored his 22nd point. Before the end of the first half, he had already broken through 20 points. It seems that today may be another high-scoring night."

"Davis also scored 21 points, and the two of them soared today."

When the two commentators of CCTV5 explained the game in the second quarter, they mainly focused on Anthony Davis and Jiang Hu.

How the game goes, the most important point is to see the performance of the two of them.

Yu Jia nodded and said: "Yes, after 60 points, Jianghu hasn't got a high score for a while, and most of the time it's not that he can't get it, but that he doesn't need to take action."

"Today's situation is a bit different. Irving is very uncomfortable being entangled by Holiday on the court. Jianghu must stand up and score to ease the situation."

The game continued, and the biggest highlight of the game was Jianghu and Davis. The two began to face each other.

Although Jianghu's height and wingspan are one size smaller, his strength is very good. The advantage over Davis is not obvious, but he is not at a disadvantage.

Jianghu reduced his shots in the last few minutes. He began to follow Stevens' instructions, pulling Davis to the outside and then passing the ball inside.

Teammates became beneficiaries. Brown made two empty cuts to the basket, one layup and one dunk.

Irving's air cut also got a good shot and scored with an easy throw.

Jianghu made 3 of 1 shots in the rest of the second quarter, scored a three-pointer and sent out 3 assists.

He also managed to pull off Durant's famous stunt, the gyro, which resulted in Davis making two free throws for a foul.

The height and wingspan is Davis' advantage, but sometimes it's not so easy to take it back when you stretch it out.

This foul irritated Davis. He looked for a cover to catch the ball and made a move. He swayed Horford twice to break through and scored. There was also a heavy dunk with both hands after gliding. He looked full of momentum and bravery.

Davis has big hands, although not as exaggerated as Leonard, but he can also make fake moves with one hand and then break through.

Horford is not easy to defend against this trick. Not everyone can hit the ball like Kobe in the face and still keep his face. Horford was stunned for a second, and then Davis seized the opportunity to break through.

Fortunately, his outside shooting feel has gone down a bit. A mid-range shot and a long-range shot missed the basket under Horford's interference.

At halftime, the Pelicans beat the Celtics 60 to 65.

半场比赛江湖14投9中，两分球9中6，三分球5中3，罚球7罚6中拿到27分4篮板7助攻。

戴维斯的表现同样恐怖，投篮17投12中，三分球1中0，两分16投12中，罚球1中1，半场比赛拿到25分12篮板3封盖。

The two are the absolute protagonists in this game, and their performance on the field leads everyone.

和这两人表现稍微比较接近的就是隆多了，半场比赛5投3中，拿到6分5篮板10助攻。

然后是霍勒迪，虽然他只有2投2中拿到4分，但他在防守端送出了3次抢断，防的欧文11投4中，拿到9分去出现3次失误。

During the intermission, the Celtics played a tribute video to Rondo on the big screen at home.

Play the highlights of him wearing the Celtics jersey on the big screen. There are pictures of Rondo getting injured and hitting free throws with one hand in the playoffs. There are pictures of James laying up when he steals the Heat. The scene of the conflict between the end and Kobe.

Accompanied by rhythmic music and special effects, the video ends with a "Thank you, Rajan".

The audience stood up, applauded thunderously, and paid tribute to Rondo, the Green Army's meritorious service.

All die-hard Celtics fans will never forget Rondo, the main player of the 08 championship team, because this is their only championship in the past 30 years.

Rondo was also quite moved by the arrangement of the Celtics at home. Although he did not shed tears emotionally, his eyes were flushed, and he clasped his hands together to thank the audience.

The happy atmosphere in the midfield ended, and the second half of the game restarted.

In the first minute, Rondo showed a completely different competitive state.

In the first round, he rushed to the basket, confronted Horford and hit a layup. The referee whistled Horford's defensive foul, and Rondo also made free throws, hitting 2+1.

The Celtics failed to attack, and the Pelicans continued to attack.

After the pick-and-roll, Rondo was emptied on the perimeter again. Without hesitation, he hit a three-pointer and helped the Pelicans take the lead for the first time in the game.

The North Shore Garden fans who just gave him a standing ovation at halftime turned their guns around and sent Rondo deafening boos.

Celtics fans are so divided, on the field and off the field, you have made great contributions to us in the past, we thank you, but now as an opponent, we have to boo伱.

Hearing the boos from the audience, the corners of Rondo's mouth rose slightly, showing a half-smile expression.

He shook his head helplessly, then straightened his face, showing a serious and cold expression.

"Friendship belongs to friendship, competition belongs to competition."

"Your salute is very warm, but I still want to take away the victory of the game. This is the purpose of my coming here."

Seeing Rondo's expression, Jianghu can be sure that Rondo is the same kind of person as himself.

Not only is he not afraid of boos, but he also has more fighting spirit because of the boos of his opponents.

Seeing Rondo's performance, Jianghu knew that this game must be more dedicated to win.

The game continued, and Jianghu once again assisted Irving to score with an air cut to the basket.

Yu Jia: "After the start of the second half, Davis and Jianghu began to face each other directly. They were too tired to play like this. Jianghu kept running on the offensive end and had to beat Davis on the defensive end. Davis had to attack , The defensive end has to follow the rivers and lakes, he is bigger and consumes more energy, if I were coach Gentry, I would rather let other people defend the rivers and lakes than let Davis defend."

Zhang Weiping said: "I don't think they both want to defend each other, but as the team's number one, since they are in the top position, there is no condition for them to easily let their teammates come over for a change."

"Whoever of the two of them switches defenses first is tantamount to telling the opponent that I'm scared, and telling the teammates and the audience that I can't defend well and can't defend. In terms of momentum, he is a bit shorter. It's okay for Jianghu to take the initiative to switch defenses. A first-year rookie, Davis can’t do it, the first is that no one can defend against him except the Pelicans, and the second is that if he calls for a switch first, he will lose face.”

What Zhang Weiping said was right. Davis had almost the same mentality at this time. He hoped that Jiang Hu would retreat in spite of difficulties and let other people guard against him, so that he would not have to follow Jiang Hu in circles every round.

Jianghu didn't feel much. Although he felt that the task of defending Davis was very difficult, he was very excited and felt the extraordinary challenge.

Stevens doesn't plan to arrange other people to defend Davis this time. Horford's flexibility, jumping, and speed are not as good as Jianghu, and the defensive effect on Davis is very poor.

He is still more suitable for protecting the frame, not only can help defend Davis, but also defend other players.

In the third quarter, Jianghu continued to run non-stop, only catching the ball and jumping, not attacking with the ball. After receiving the ball, he occasionally saw an inside teammate making an empty cut and would send a pass.

Brown and Irving are in charge of attacking with the ball. Irving has been challenging Holiday's defense. After two and a half quarters, his performance has been better than in the first half. After all, he is still the core player who has won the championship. Holiday thinks It is not realistic to completely prevent Owen from dying.

Brown is because of the matchup Rondo, and the height advantage is here. He must shoot more, otherwise the advantage in the matchup will be wasted. This is absolutely unacceptable to Coach Stevens.

In this quarter, the Pelicans had the upper hand. Rondo made three three-pointers for the first time, and Cousins ​​and Moore also made one three-pointer each.

Davis doesn't feel good outside, but he still can't defend against some catches at the basket. His wingspan and jumping allow him to work at high altitudes at will. When he jumps up, Jianghu is too embarrassed to push people in the air. I tried my best to interfere and I could only watch him score.

Stevens is quite satisfied with the performance of Jianghu defending Davis. Horford is not good at restricting Davis' breakthrough, nor can he restrict his aerial work under the basket. Jianghu can limit Davis' outside breakthrough. Well done.

The main scoring point for the Celtics in this quarter was Brown, who scored 7 points on 4 of 9 shots.Jianghu made 6 of 2 shots, made two free throws, one fast-break tomahawk dunk, one running catch and jumper for a three-pointer, scoring 7 points and 3 assists.

鹈鹕这边戴维斯单节拿到7分，不过他的命中率也降下来了，只有7投3中，隆多4头投3中，单节拿到了9分2篮板5助攻。

The Pelicans beat the Celtics 87 to 88, and the Celtics took the lead to catch up with only one point left.

The Pelicans are also in trouble. Davis put a lot of energy on the defensive end, and was obviously tired when he rested.

The combination of offense and defense requires a lot of physical strength. After Jianghu defends Davis, he can obviously feel that his physical strength is exhausted very quickly, and it is difficult to maintain regular movements when shooting.

The same is true for Davis. It would be easier for him to defend someone in the same position as him, but Jianghu's speed is actually more like a defender than a forward, which puts him under a lot of pressure.

At the end of the third quarter, Davis sat off the court to rest, and Jiang Hu was still leading the team on the court.

Celtics lineup: Jianghu, Rozier, Caruso, Morris Jr., Baynes.

Pelicans Lineup: Holiday, Ian Clark, E'Twaun Moore, Dante Cunningham, Cousins.

The Celtics have a very deep rotation lineup. Morris Jr., Rozier, Smart and Caruso are all players who can start in other teams, but in the Celtics they are better because of the same position. of players are forced to substitute.

The Pelicans' rotation is much worse than their starting lineup. The luxury of their starting lineup can almost rank in the top five or even the top three in the league, but their bench lineup is indeed at the end of the league. All 30 No team will have more than 25 substitutes on their bench.

There is no plan to rest in this game. Brown has played a whole quarter, and Irving is in a mediocre state. At this point in time, he is the only one who is suitable to lead the team, and Davis is not there. It is much easier to face the Pelicans as a substitute.

With the first goal in the final quarter, the Celtics had a different change. They played point guards on the offensive end, Rozier and Morris sank to the sides, Baynes wandered at the free throw line, Cousins Choose to shrink toward the basket.

Seeing the basket guarded by Cousins ​​alone, Jianghu had an idea instantly. He took the ball to the top of the arc, faced Holiday's defense, and yelled at Baynes.

"Come here, Aaron."

He called Baynes to the top of the arc, asked Baynes to hold the ball at the top of the arc and gave him a hand-to-hand screen, and used Baynes' hand-to-hand screen to get rid of Holiday's defense.

After Jianghu received the ball, he quickly rushed to the inside line, making a menacing look about to buckle.

Cousins ​​doesn't dare to be negligent in this kind of arena, he would rather pay for a foul to prevent the dunk of the arena,

But the world is not as simple as he thought. After using the fake action of the button to attract Cousins ​​and the chasing Holiday, he seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and made a pass without looking at people. , and gave the ball to Baines who followed behind him.

"collapse."

The big white bear Baynes took a big step after receiving the ball, took off and dunked, and smashed the basket with both hands, making the basket creak.

Pelicans 87 to 90 Celtics.

He seemed to use all his strength to vent his dissatisfaction with Cousins ​​throughout the game through this ball.

"well played."

"Damn it, just hit like this, and kill this group of soil turtles."

The fans in the North Shore Garden were all excited in an instant, stood up and cheered loudly, and sprayed wildly at the Pelicans.

Stevens on the sidelines also nodded rarely, showing a gratified smile.

In his eyes, this ball is also quite perfect from a tactical perspective.

Jianghu's decision was very smart, and easily disintegrated the Pelicans' defense, including the first hand-to-hand cover, and then rushed inside to attract the defense.

Baynes' air cut and final dunk ended.

The Celtics played a very high-level offense this round. As an academic coach, Stevens likes to see such goals the most.

This is just the beginning, back to the defensive end.

Jianghu showed why he is considered a cornerstone player by everyone.

After Davis rested, the biggest threat on the court was Cousins.

As the head of the team, if the team can't find someone who can solve the problem, then he needs to find a way by himself.

"Alex, grab him."

"Aaron, fight him hard, strength, show your strength."

Facing the threat of Cousins, Jianghu began to direct Caruso and Baynes to double-team Cousins ​​on the court, and let Cunningham, who is not a good outside shooter, be emptied.

When Cousins ​​gets the ball and can initiate an offense, he's still a shocking inside beast, but when he can't catch the ball, the threat is naturally greatly reduced.

It has become difficult for Cousins ​​to catch the ball, and the basketball is naturally mastered by Holiday, who has a relatively strong ability to attack autonomously on the court.

Facing Jianghu's defense, Holiday wanted to deceive Jianghu with continuous feints, but Jianghu was not fooled at all. He could interfere with Holiday's shooting with a defensive posture and even his arms, and there was no need to step forward to press.

Facing the singles of the rivers and lakes, Holiday had no choice but to pass the ball to Cunningham.

Also being emptied, Cunningham did not respond like Rondo who was emptied, but ended up with a strike.

Baines got stuck in position, Jianghu received the rebound, and immediately began to fast down.

The Pelicans reacted very quickly. When they retreated, their two scud legs flew up. Jianghu had no good offensive opportunities.

He was not in a hurry, but dribbled the ball leisurely at the top of the arc, and waited until the last 10 seconds of the attack time before starting to make any moves.

He dribbled sideways to a high position at the free throw line, facing Holiday's defense, he turned sideways and hit with his back.

Jianghu gritted his teeth and slammed back hard. Caught off guard, Holiday was bumped and staggered.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiang Hu immediately turned around and made a breakthrough.

Ettovan Moore immediately let go of Morris Jr. and came up to help defend.

"insidious."

Jianghu complained softly in his heart, and then his eyes lit up, because he saw a good opportunity.

He dribbled the ball to an emergency stop, pulled the ball from his left hand to his right with his crotch, hit the ground with his right hand and passed the ball from Moore's crotch to Morris Jr. who cut in from the left.

Morris Jr. caught the ball and dribbled it straight to the basket. Facing Cousins, he bumped directly into the confrontation.

"Bang~"

The two men collided with muscles in the air, making a muffled sound.

Facing the league's top center with a one-armed dunk, Morris Jr. didn't have any fear, hit the ball toughly, and caused a foul by Cousins.

"Ahhhhh..."

The whole audience was boiling.

Little Morris was also screaming at the sky with his neck stuck.

It's been a long time since I pretended to be so aggressive. I dunked Cousins ​​and caused the opponent to foul.

Jianghu, who sent a wonderful pass, was also very excited.

He ran over and rubbed Morris' hair heavily, and it was interesting to see this guy blushing and having a thick neck.

Jiang Hu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Why is there no lines in the roar, this is not perfect buddy!!"

"Lines, what lines should I say??"

Little Morris stopped roaring, his eyes widened honestly, and he turned his head to look at Jianghu suspiciously.

Jianghu suppressed a smile, looked at Morris and said, "In China, after completing such a wonderful move, we would say: "Amazing! ! ! "It means cool and dick."

"You can try."

Little Morris suddenly realized, his face was full of excitement and anticipation.

"I'll try it next time!!"

Walking to the free throw line, Morris hit this free throw.

Pelicans 87 to 93 Celtics.

The opportunity for little Morris to act aggressively came soon.

In the next round, Cousins ​​made a mistake in the face of Baynes and Caruso's double-team.

Little Morris picked up the ball and passed it to Jianghu.

Jianghu quickly advanced with the ball, and Morris Jr. followed behind.

Jianghu's position is more advanced, but he is still more willing to help little Morris.

He tossed the ball toward the backboard, and it bounced back just right into the hands of Morris Jr., who jumped two steps over the free throw line.

Faced with the block of Holiday, who was the fastest to defend the Pelicans, Morris Jr. caught the ball in the air and dunked the basket with both hands again.

Buckle! !
Another buckle! ! !
Holiday stretched out his hands to cover his hands, but was knocked off balance and fell to the ground.

Little Morris felt that he was going to fly, and this feeling of riding a horse was more enjoyable than launching! !

After the dunk, Morris Jr. excitedly rushed to the cameraman on the bottom line, put his hands together in a strong posture, and shouted at the camera: "Twisting coins!!!"

(End of this chapter)