From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 180 Alliance Structure
The time entered March, and all the Celtics' games in February ended. In February, the Celtics played a total of 2 games, with 13 wins and 10 losses.

As of the end of the season at the end of February, the Celtics played a total of 2 games and achieved a record of 63 wins and 51 losses.

Eastern Conference standings:

First: Boston Celtics 51 wins and 12 losses.

Second: Toronto Raptors 46 wins and 13 losses.

Third: Philadelphia 76ers 39 wins and 14 losses

Third: Cleveland Cavaliers 38 wins and 14 losses

Fourth: Indiana Pacers 36 wins and 18 losses.

Fifth: Oklahoma City Thunder 32 wins and 20 losses.

Sixth: Miami Heat 30 wins and 26 losses.

Seventh: Milwaukee Bucks 30 wins and 27 losses.

Eighth: Washington Wizards 29 wins and 27 losses.

江湖打到现在出席了其中的61场比赛，场均上场35.6分钟，场均贡献31.2分8.5篮板7.3助攻3.2抢断1.2封盖1.6失误，投篮命中率54.5%，三分命中率45.8%，罚球命中率93.9%
With the end of all the games in February, the overall situation of the league is further clarified. Now it seems that the Golden State Warriors with the Big Four are still the biggest favorites for the championship. Durant, who joined the Warriors for the second season, has further developed a tacit understanding with his teammates , Although they did not win the first record in the Western Conference, they played a lot of games against the wind.

The reason why they are ranked third in the Western Conference is entirely because they played more casually against the teams ranked in the lottery, and thus lost a lot of games that should not have been lost...
What about the other competitors in the West?
In terms of current strength, the Rockets are the most favored team in the West besides the Warriors. Harden and Paul, the underrated dual-handling combination, have played an unimaginable tacit understanding. Tucker has proved that he is a championship team. An excellent puzzle, his defensive ability has been fully recognized by everyone along with the Rockets' excellent record.

The Rockets also have Ariza, Mbah a Moute and other defensive champions. At the same time, they are also the team with the most three-pointers per game in the league.

Their record almost occupied the first place in the Western Conference on the first day of the season, and no one can overtake them since then.

Their current record is also 51 wins and 11 losses. With one game less, they lead the Celtics by half a game.

Although the Thunder are ranked fifth in the Western Conference, everyone's expectations of them are no less than that of the Rockets. After all, the combination of four All-Stars is the only one in the league other than the Warriors.

As for the Celtics?They are considered by the outside world to be the league's third championship echelon, with the Warriors in the first tier, the Rockets and Thunder in the second tier, and the Celtics, Cavaliers, Trail Blazers, and Pelicans in the third tier.

Their statement is: The Warriors have Durant and Iguodala, the Rockets have Tucker and Ariza, and the Thunder have Paul George and Anthony.

These forward groups are the guarantee that the team can go further in their playoffs.

The Celtics only have strong offensive and defensive strikers like Brown and Morris. This kind of striker is difficult to guarantee efficiency in the playoffs, and it is likely to have side effects on the court.

Although he has an average of 31.2 points per game, his strength has not been verified in the playoffs. It is still unknown how much he can perform in the playoffs. Moreover, the main force of the entire Lakers, only Horford and Irving have relatively rich playoffs. In terms of game experience, the other players are all fresh recruits, so they probably won't be able to go far in the playoffs.

What these media say is clear and logical. If you don't analyze it carefully, you may think that they are very reasonable...
But if you analyze it carefully, the problems they mentioned are all superficial things.

For example, the Celtics have no defensive strikers. Isn't it possible to defend those powerful strikers with their physical conditions?

Another example is the lack of experience in the playoffs. This problem will almost only appear in the first round. In the following games, except for the Warriors, where can others have more experience?
James?The experience of being swept or the experience of losing the finals?
Of course, these questions are irrelevant, just say what you say, and Jiang Hu is too lazy to waste saliva to refute.

The media, originally rely on the topic to make a meal, if you don't let them argue, where will they go to eat?
And the verbal dispute is meaningless, the fact is the best rebuttal, and after the Celtics achieve outstanding results in the playoffs, those doubts will naturally disappear.

Only people in Jianghu and the team know that the tacit understanding of this team is getting better and better almost every day. There have also been some changes in his method and style. He gave the ball more to Jianghu on the court and did more offensive work. He has almost transformed into a traditional point guard like Paul, and his scoring average has dropped to 23 points. Assists per game rose from 7.5 to 9.

He is also considered mature, and more often he has recognized his position. He knows that he can't become the leader of a team in the playoffs or even the finals, so he accepts his fate.

Jianghu's scoring is very stable, hovering around 25-40 points in almost every game. It's not that he doesn't have the ability to score high scores, but that he doesn't need to score high scores.

The Celtics' current personnel structure is very healthy. The Jianghu who scored the most points averaged 31.2 points per game. Rozier averaged 23.5 points per game. A healthy team will certainly not have only one or two strong scorers. The more people who can score, the less restricted the playoffs will be.

However, such scoring ability in the Celtics lineup also made Jianghu bid farewell to the best player of the month in February. The best player in the Eastern Conference in February belongs to DeRozan. The Raptors achieved an excellent record of 2 wins and 2 losses, and also won the honor of the best player of the month for the first time.

On March 3, the Celtics ushered in a rematch with the Rockets.

After the start of the game, the Rockets in the away game quickly took an 11-7 lead. They maintained a good state after the All-Star Game. After putting Tucker in the regular starting lineup, their defensive ability has improved significantly. progress.

Harden came up and hit consecutive jumpers against Irving, and then Paul also hit consecutive goals against Brown.

Then the game was suspended, and Jianghu hit a three-pointer after the timeout. Irving broke through the frame and caused a foul by Capela. He made two free throws. Jianghu assisted Smart from the outside and made a three-pointer.

The Celtics' lineup is not very effective on the defensive end. Some of them can't prevent the Rockets' offense, but they opened up the situation on the offensive end.

The Rockets requested a timeout, first of all to strengthen the defense against Celtics outside players off the ball, try not to give the shooter the opportunity to get open shots, and on the offensive end, Ariza, who has been playing hard on the outside, was replaced. Replaced with their sixth man, Eric Gordon.

This change was very effective. After the timeout ended, Gordon and Paul quickly scored 9 points together.

In this game, Jianghu deliberately let his teammates have more possession of the ball to face the Rockets' defense, while he himself played more off the ball in order to maximize his shooting advantage.

The situation of the two teams began to fall into a stalemate, from 26 to 29 and then to 32. At the end of the first quarter, Jianghu used Baiji's off-ball threat to catch Owen's point shot twice, and he scored 6 points in a row to end the quarter. In the game, the Celtics took a 38-32 lead at the end of the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Celtics' substitute sharp knife Rozier scored 4 points in a row, opening the point difference to 10 points.

But soon, Gordon, the super sixth man on the opposite side, also began to show his strength. Facing Rozier's defense, he made two dry hits on Rozier's head, regarded Rozier's defense as nothing, and personally led the team With an 8-0 spurt, the point difference was recovered to two points.

Stevens immediately replaced Irving, who had only rested for 2 minutes. Irving and Morris Jr. made three-pointers one after another, helping the Celtics to widen the point difference.

Harden also took a 3-minute break off the court and quickly returned to the court, leading the team to a 7-0 spurt.

Five minutes before halftime, the two teams tied at 5 to 46, and then the two teams increased their points one after another.

Before halftime, Jianghu and Harden faced each other outside the three-point line. Jianghu used fake moves to fly Harden twice, and then hit him with all his strength, causing him to foul.

Harden was hit in the chest and was almost hypoxic, and was fined a foul. He went to the referee, but the referee ignored him.

At halftime, the Celtics led the Rockets by 67 points 61 to 6.

For the Celtics, Jianghu scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, Irving scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Rozier scored 11 points, and Brown defended Harden with all his strength. To 6 points and 5 rebounds...

Fortunately, he blocked the shot twice, one of which was given to the opposite Harden, and the other big cap was given to the 216cm tall "Cake King" Capela...

For the Rockets, the highest scorer in the first half was Eric Gordon, who came off the bench. Gordon made 6 of 5 three-pointers, 2 of 2 two-pointers, and a total of 21 points with two free throws. , higher than Jianghu's score.

哈登得到14分2篮板3助攻，保罗投中三记三分同样拿到11分，塔克上半场的手感不太好，三分球5投0中，只靠罚球拿到了2分5篮板。

Shortly after the start of the third quarter, Ariza made a three-pointer, Paul made a mid-range shot, Harden made two free throws and made one of two free throws. The Rockets overtook the score in the opening minute.

In the ensuing game, Jianghu strengthened the breakthrough goal, and Irving, who assisted the outside line, hit a three-pointer again. The Celtics expanded the point difference to 11 points with a wave of 5 to 5 spurts.

The Rockets requested a timeout. After the game restarted, D'Antoni replaced their hero Gordon again, and focused on the breakthrough of Jianghu, and once again strengthened the defensive strength on the field.

They took Capela and replaced them with Paul, Gordon, Harden, Ariza, and Tucker's five small lineups.

In the anxious moment, Paul chose to use singles against Horford, scoring 5 points in a row from inside and outside shots, and Irving also made a jumper.
The Rockets' lineup of two small guards can't stand the Celtics. When defending Harden, Paul can always score easily against Horford or Irving. It is difficult.

With 5 minutes and 30 seconds left in this quarter, the Rockets led 79 to 73. After that, the two teams played several offenses. Before the end of the third quarter, Jianghu stepped on the LOGO and hit a three-pointer in the midfield. The Rockets still lead by 83 points 79 to 4.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Jianghu rested off the court, but Harden was replaced on the court and continued to lead the Rockets to charge.

Harden caused a foul to start the fourth quarter. Tucker made another three-pointer from the outside, Capela grabbed an offensive rebound and made a tip-up. climax.

The Celtics resisted desperately, and Rozier almost threw himself into the sky, but he still couldn't close the score.

江湖在第四节6分50秒登场，火箭队105比92领先13分。

Fortunately, Jianghu's touch is very good. He came up and hit all three-pointers in two consecutive attempts, and then was immediately double-teamed by Paul and Ariza.

Jianghu didn't choose the first iron at the critical moment, but used consecutive breakthroughs to give his teammates open shots. Unfortunately, Smart and Morris Jr. made consecutive shots and missed.

Fortunately, the Celtics sent out consecutive steals on the defensive end.Smart made atonement and stole Paul, and Jianghu also blocked Harden's layup.

In the next round, taking advantage of the fact that the Rockets' attention was on Jianghu, Brown used a hand-to-hand screen to go directly to the basket, resisting Capela's block and dunking and causing Capela's foul.

Since this was Capela's fifth foul, he was replaced by Zhou Qi.

The "Chinese Derby" once again appeared on the NBA stage, but this time it was forced.

Zhou Qi’s career in the Rockets is still not very happy. He looks fatter than when we met last time, but he still can’t get D’Antoni’s trust in the team. It may not be possible to get this chance to play.

"Come on, continue to gain weight and practice three-pointers, no problem."

Jianghu encouraged a wave of Zhou Qi, he was going in the right direction, but it was not yet time for results.

Although the two are compatriots, a game is a game. Jianghu will not show mercy to Zhou Qi just because he is facing him. This is disrespect for the game.

In the next game, Jianghu saw the timing, broke through consecutively to attract the defense and then sent the ball to the basket. Brown and Horford seized the opportunity and made consecutive dunks.

Two minutes before the end, the Celtics tied the score, 2 to 100.The game has reached the most critical moment, and naturally it is time for the superstars to decide the game.

Jianghu took the ball and sat down, and the entire Rockets suddenly fell into distress. They really didn't know how to deal with Jianghu's move. Neither Harden nor Ariza could defend against it. If it was Tucker Defend against Capela, and the others will immediately get a chance to misplace.

The defensive end Jianghu chose to use the Jianghu to lock Harden, let's see if Gordon or Paul has the ability to use their own strength to fight against the Jianghu

But unfortunately, scoring 28 points in the first three quarters seemed to make Gordon a little tired.

He came up short on his last two shots, one hitting the front basket and the other a miss.

At the critical moment of the last quarter, the final result of the game was determined by the top stars on both sides. In this game, Jianghu performed better than Harden. He first made a three-pointer when the team was behind by three points, and then made another three-pointer. Made two mid-range shots, one to overtake the score, and one to seal the victory. In the end, the Celtics narrowly beat the Rockets 110 to 107 at home.

Harden made a three-pointer in the last 9.4 seconds, narrowing the point difference to only one point.Running out of time, the Rockets had no choice but to adopt foul tactics. Smart, who was not reassuring from free throws, made two free throws steadily.In the last attack, Harden was strictly guarded and had no chance to make a shot. Paul missed a three-pointer.

In the whole game, Jianghu made 26 of 15 shots and scored 36 points. Harden's performance was not much better. He made 25 of 9 shots and 15 of 15 free throws, also scoring 39 points.

Although the scores are similar, the perceptions of the two people are quite different. Jianghu seems to be proficient in all kinds of martial arts, and the things in the arsenal are used in different ways. Harden seems to be able to break through all methods. No matter who is guarding the rim, Gaga just runs in and throws himself in the air, bumping into opponents with his strong arms and arms while throwing the ball towards the hoop.

Harden's ugly scoring method once made the boos of North Shore Garden boil, but he still goes his own way and is full of willfulness.

In this game, the Rockets had many chances to win, but they still couldn't grasp it in the end.

For example, they ushered in the comeback of Mbah a Moute. After Mbah a Moute's comeback, the defense of the Rockets' bench was obviously strengthened.On the offensive end, Mbah a Moute can also play some role. He has range and can run the floor, and he can also rush the offensive rebound.

他在本场比赛，也是投出了5投5中，三分球3中3的100%命中率成绩单。

The Celtics led 110 to 107 Rockets for almost three full quarters, and finally lost the game...
Harden can shoot key shots, but he must have a big brother who can shoot better than him. If he is the team's first choice, then his key ball choices are almost only throwing three-pointers or drawing fouls...

In this game, Jianghu scored 36 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists. He performed very comprehensively and helped the team defeat the opponent.

The more valuable point is that Jianghu scored 9 points in the final period of the last quarter, and at the same time defended the opposing Harden into 5 of 1 shots and 2 turnovers...

(End of this chapter)