From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 153

Durant was stunned. Looking at Jianghu and Horford celebrating unscrupulously, he fell into self-doubt.

But soon, he adjusted his mentality.

Durant refused Green's support, stood up alone, patted the unnecessary "dust" on his body, and tried his best to appear calm, but that's all.

At the same time, he made up his mind:
"These two damn guys!!"

"They disrespect me too much. I want to strengthen my confrontation and let them know that I am not easy to mess with!!"

Looking back, Durant immediately held the ball, facing Jianghu's defense, and made a big loop in place.

"Bang~"

Durant was upset.

The more confused the mind, the harder it is to score the ball.

He wanted revenge, but instead took a jumper that landed right in front of the rim.

This shot is outrageous, not Durant.

Durant also knew that his shooting rhythm was completely off, so after the shot, he immediately pushed away from Jianghu and rushed to grab the rebound.

"beep~"

The referee whistled and Durant made an offensive foul.

"What??"

Durant frowned, his face full of disbelief.

"I just pushed it lightly, how can you call me a foul? This is too soft!!"

The referee didn't speak, raised his eyebrows, pouted in the direction of Jianghu, and saw Jianghu was already lying on the ground, moaning in pain.

That acting skills stunned Smart who was sitting on the sidelines with a towel covering his head.

"My Oscar?? Jiang is the Oscar, right??"

Durant was still in a hurry to argue with the referee: "You can't do this, he is obviously diving!!"

The referee gave him a blank look, and then turned back to the Celtics' half.

Durant was very helpless and could only spread his hands.

In the Celtics round, Jianghu received the ball and attacked, Durant went up to pester Jianghu, Jianghu remembered Durant's push just now, so he gave Durant another elbow seemingly unintentionally.

It was the same referee just now. He saw Jianghu's actions, but he didn't call the penalty.

This is what Xiao Hua specifically explained: it can be appropriate to increase the difficulty of the game for the Warriors.

No way, who calls the Warriors the public enemy of the alliance?Everyone wants to see the Warriors defeated. Jianghu is still the face of the new generation of the alliance that Xiao Hua advocates. Who is not facing him?
Moreover, Jianghu's small movements are also concealed enough, and often a casual movement can make people feel severe pain.

Durant, who was hit by an elbow, suddenly became even more angry, and pushed the river and lake away with a backhand.

"Beep beep."

The referee's voice sounded, and Durant pushed for a foul.

"I'm a mud horse, can your mother blow the whistle?"

Durant pointed at the referee's nose and rushed straight up, while Jiang Hu was smiling at him beside him.

"I'm a mud horse, give me a punch you!!!"

Durant rushed forward and was about to perform a monkey punch, but the referee was very clever, with a whistle in his mouth, beeping the penalty while backing away.

Let's fight and retire the old referee.

Jianghu took a look, and the referee's number was not 5, but 58.

"You are crazy, you dare to fight the referee??"

When the trigger was on the verge, Warriors coach Steve Kerr rushed into the court in time, hugged Durant from behind, and stopped his punching, so that no greater conflict occurred.

Even so, Durant was still whistled for a flagrant foul. As for Cole's entry, the referee dismissed it.

In just a few rounds against Jianghu, Durant was called an ordinary foul and a malicious foul. Cole clutched his heart and felt that he had difficulty breathing.

From the beginning to the end, Jianghu watched Durant's performance with his hips crossed, and gave him a thumbs up when he was replaced.

The audience booed everywhere, and Jiang Hu stood calmly on the field.

"Great, Adu."

Durant heard the voice of Jianghu, his heart was burning, and his fingers were pinched "crackling", but he didn't dare to look back, he was afraid that once he turned around, he would no longer be able to control his anger.

He doesn't want to be sent off, he still wants to stay on the court, win the game and slap Jianghu in the face.

Durant went off the field, and the Celtics made another technical foul free throw. The Celtics beat the Warriors 32 to 22.

Although trailing by [-] points, you couldn't see a trace of panic on anyone's face from the Warriors' bench.

Looking at the mental outlook of a team is not how happy it is when it is ahead, but how united and hard it is when it is behind.

For the Golden State Warriors, it is too normal to be tied behind by more than ten or twenty points. There are not 30 games in a season, but there are also 25 games.

Once the tsunami brothers break out, it will only take a few minutes.

This is the confidence of the Dynasty team, he is strong and he is strong, and the breeze blows the hills...

The Celtics continued to attack, this time the ball was given to Rochelle, and he was asked to single out Thompson.

As the season progressed, Stevens also began to discover the characteristics of Rozier.

He's like Jason Terry, you have to give him the ball, you don't need to set up any special tactics, just give him a few screens, and he can give you good feedback.

After Rozier received the ball, without looking at his teammates, he dribbled the ball continuously, and finally succeeded in shaking Thompson and scoring the ball.

Celtics 34:22 Warriors.

The Warriors' defensive strength has not improved, and the Celtics' offense is very easy and there is no pressure.

However, the Celtics' defense did not limit the Warriors too much. Looking back, Thompson used Rooney's screen to hit a three-pointer.

Rooney hit Caruso on the neck during the screen, and at the same time he was still walking in small steps. This ball is definitely suspected of moving the screen.

But the referee didn't whistle.

It is impossible for the referee to whistle and let one side take advantage of it. After enjoying some care in Jianghu, it is necessary to endure that the Warriors take advantage of the other side.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics scored 39 points, and the Warriors also scored 27 points.

After playing for 3 minutes in the second quarter, the Warriors took the initiative to request a timeout.

Curry, who took a 3-minute break in the first quarter, continued to play.

Today Cole's formation is very flexible, deliberately staggering the playing time of Curry and Jianghu.

In weekday games, Curry basically played the first quarter unshakably, and then rested for the first 6 minutes of the second quarter.

Cole was considered by the fans to be extremely rigid and stubborn in the rotation. Some games felt so rigid and stubborn. He didn't even look at the on-the-spot status of each player today, and would only follow the rotation arranged before the game.

But today he actually asked Curry to play in 9 minutes, and then to play after a 3-minute break in the second quarter.

Obviously, Steve Kerr also has his considerations, and he is also rehearsing for the playoffs.

Although he is always hacked and brainless, he just squeezes Curry.

But Jianghu knows that none of the coaches in this league who can lead teams to championships many times is a simple person.

During the James Heat period, the head coach Steposla was almost sprayed as a fool.

But later, after leaving James, he still proved his coaching ability.

In other words, it seems that "Bread" Mike Brown and "Knowing the Ball" Tyronn Lue also proved their excellent coaching ability after leaving James.

The world dare not think about this question, it is too terribly thoughtful.

Back to the game, Cole's adjustment of playing time this time has achieved results.

In the 3 minutes when Jianghu was not on the court, Curry fully released his talent, facing Rozier repeatedly breaking through the basket and scoring.

Although Curry looks thin, he is actually muscular.

Some people always think that he is a weak little guard, but it is actually an illusion.

He can also go to the basket to resist the center forward's goal.

His fans always say: "Curry has grown a lot", which is not completely unreasonable.

By the time Jianghu returned to play, the Warriors had already caught up to 43 to 49, only 6 points behind.

During this period, although Curry did not continue to shoot three-pointers, he still scored 11 points with consecutive throws to help the team get back to the rhythm.

In the 6th minute, the field entered a timeout again.

Jianghu took off his warm-up suit and returned to the game.

While Jianghu played, Durant also played again.

"Hey number 35, I finally got your name and they told me your name is KD."

Jianghu stood next to Durant, and greeted Durant kindly, with a mean smile on his face all the time.

Durant clenched his fists, with a cold face, and forcibly ignored him.After a few minutes of rest, Durant has completely calmed down at this moment.

After all, he is still a superstar who has been in the league for ten years. Even though he is a fool in life and work, he is not stupid...

He knew Jianghu wanted to make him angry, and he enjoyed watching him angry.

Adu believes: To deal with this kind of opponent, as long as you show yourself that you are calm and cannot be irritated, you can irritate the opponent in turn.

Back on the offensive end, Durant no longer has that nasty face in front of him.

Instead, facing the short and stout Smart, Smart made Durant feel much more comfortable.

He continued to ask for the ball in singles, and he played one-on-one with Smart.

Jianghu is also happy to watch the excitement, watching Smart's non-stop confrontation with Durant, Durant frantically trying to get rid of Smart's hands sticking to him, and Smart comes from time to time A flop, trying to make Durant sit down to rest.

The rivers and lakes saw the rise of Durant and Smart fighting each other, and even wanted to have a bucket of happy water and popcorn.

Smart seems to be aware of Jianghu's attention, and worked harder in the fight with Durant.

However, if he were to know Jianghu's true thoughts, he might curse:
"I put it aside and work hard, how about you perform in a circus?"

But Jianghu felt that Smart should not have the guts to complain about himself.

The game ended 63 to 58 at halftime, and the Celtics still led by 5 points.

Jianghu scored 10 points on 6 of 17 shots in the half.

库里三分球7中1，二分5中5，拿下13分。

Irving and Durant scored 20 points each, and they were evenly matched.

On the first goal of the second half, starting with Thompson's three-pointer, the Warriors began to pull out all the weapons in their arsenal.

Green's off-ball screens, moving pick-and-rolls.

Thompson's running position, the Warriors' classic weapon elevator door, Durant's individual singles.

In just 4 minutes, the Warriors beat the Celtics 15 to 4, not only closing the gap, but also overtaking the Celtics by 6 points.

67 to 73, the Celtics entered the first timeout of the second half behind by 6 points.

"Switch defense with infinity."

Stevens drew his tactics on the tactical board for a long time, and finally erased them all.

His idea is very simple, and the offensive tactics are drawn in vain.

If you can't hold back the Warriors' offense, you are looking for death if you fight against him.

Stevens made substitution adjustments, replacing Jaylen Brown and replacing Caruso, while emphasizing to everyone:
"We should pay more attention to the transfer of outside balls and minimize the number of passes. The Warriors' oppressive defense is very deadly, and the counterattack is their deadly weapon."

The reason why the Celtics were beaten by the Warriors at the beginning of the second half was because there were too many invalid passes.

"As long as we spend these few minutes, control the mistakes and prevent them from counterattacking, the later periods will be much better."

"There's no way they can keep that intensity going for the entire game."

"When we use unlimited defense, Durant's singles will be what they rely on most."

Stevens looked into Caruso's eyes and said: "Alex, by that time, I hope that all your attention will be on the defensive end, and you will try your best to limit KD. You are the best player in my opinion." Good guy to defend KD."

"Can you handle him?"

"No problem, leave it to me." Caruso patted his chest with confidence.

He was also surprised by the coach's decision to let him guard Durant instead of Jaylen Brown.

Defense itself is the foundation of his life. When he is fully committed, his defensive ability is still very strong.

"Remember, focus on the man on the defensive end, don't follow the ball. When chasing the dream to get the ball, just treat him as air, understand?"

"clear."

"Marcus, come here." After explaining the main question, Stevens stopped Smart alone.

"What's wrong, Coach?"

Smart scratched his head naively, a little puzzled.

Stop calling me suddenly, what do you want to do?
"I ask you, what do you do when Curry uses Green to cover at the top of the arc?"

"Trap Stephen, let Green shoot."

Stevens nodded in satisfaction, and continued to ask: "Okay, when Durant is playing singles on the right side, and Curry is picking and rolling with Green, what do you do?"

"Punch Curry, and by the way, focus on Durant passing the ball and Green shooting."

"Okay, when Curry and Green pick and roll under the free throw line, what do you do?"

Smart thought for a while and replied: "Go back to Green, he can only threaten the basket here."

Stevens patted Smart on the head with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Yes, it seems that you have remembered it all. Don't mess up after playing and keep your mind clear."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Jianghu watched for a long time before he realized that Stevens was giving Smart a small lesson alone to cultivate his defensive ability.

Jianghu doesn't need this, his defensive ability is more than enough to deal with the situation he faces.

Jianghu saw the way Stevens led the team from the sidelines, and he was constantly learning from him.

After all, Jianghu will be the future leader of this team, and he will be required to do most of this kind of work in the future.

Fortunately, after getting along for a period of time, Jianghu has basically figured out the on-court style and personality characteristics of his teammates.

For example, Rozier, as long as you praise him, he will be happy, and if he is happy, he may score more if he says that he may not be in a good state.

Jaylen Brown needs encouragement. If you give him enough encouragement, he can do it.

Horford said directly, without any roundaboutness, and he would not be angry if he made a mistake.

The team is most likely to make mistakes is Smart. Whenever facing a key game, Stevens has to explain to him alone to prevent him from getting on top...

As for Owen? ? ?

He is quite honest now...

What if I'm dishonest one day? ? ?
Sorry, no solution for now! !
"Beep~" With a whistle, the timeout ended and the game continued.

　For the leader of the book, Chang'an Yigai

　　
　
(End of this chapter)