From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 186 An away game, the Wizards team in a completely different state.

On April 4, the entire Celtics team came to Washington.

It is now April, and the temperature in Boston is stable at around 4°C, and everyone generally wears short-sleeved shorts.

But in Washington, the temperature here is still only about 17°C, and Jianghu even shivered slightly when he got off the plane.

The city of Washington, as the capital of the United States, as the capital of the United States, the political characteristics of the Washington area is one of its most significant aspects.From national-level political institutions to local-level political organizations, the Washington region continues to shape the political landscape and development prospects of the United States.Among them, the most representative features are political and cultural attractions such as the White House, the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.

Due to the U.S. government and the White House, Washington has always had a large number of police and troops. It is also one of the top cities in the U.S. in terms of crime rate. Sitting on the bus and looking at the streets, the streets are clean and hygienic, giving the world a pretty good impression.

Jianghu has always disliked cities with high crime rates. He is used to living in China, and the most terrifying crime method he has ever seen in his life is to use a knife.

But in America, he was always afraid that one day he would accidentally walk down the street and offend the police, and then eat a whole magazine full of peanuts...

However, Jianghu’s worries are actually a bit inexplicable. The public security in Boston has not been very good. There are often burglary cases in the second half of the night. Jianghu himself lives in one of the cities with the worst public security, but he always looks down on others with bad public security. It can be said that the city has double standards to the extreme...

The Celtics, up and down, were very relaxed in the face of opponents they had beaten twice.

But at the same time, Jiang Hu didn't get carried away with complacency, he was somewhat cautious and serious in his heart, and he didn't forget to tell his teammates not to relax too much, and he must not be proud before the final victory.

On April 4, the third game between the Celtics and the Wizards, the Celtics game was scheduled to 23 pm.

The Jazz had already defeated the Thunder in the afternoon game and extended the score to 2-1. Westbrook and George had a good time in this game. Westbrook was 29 of 11 and George was 17 of 5. Missed 30 shots, scored 35 points, and sent 9 turnovers by the way.

Jianghu felt that the title of "Trash Brothers" was a bit inappropriate for DeRozan and Lowry, and Master West and George could fully deserve this title.

Compared with Jazz rookie Mitchell, who made 20 of 13 shots and scored 30 points and 9 assists, the two can be described as a mess.

If Anthony hadn't scored 13 points on 10-for-25 shooting, the Thunder might have set their playoff record for losing points.

But even with Anthony's performance so efficient, the Thunder still lost 97 to 135 by 38 points.

The contest between the Jazz and the Thunder should have been 55-[-], but the suspense of the game began to change when Master West was on top.

This also shows that the current NBA has a great disparity between strength and weakness. Although everyone says that there are no underdogs in the NBA, it seems that there is a certain suspense between any game.

There may be some truth to this statement in the regular season. After all, it is not uncommon for teams like the Suns and Magic to defeat the Warriors and Rockets. These top teams in the league are sometimes beaten up.

But in the playoffs, if you want to be upset, you need certain cards and X factors.

The Celtics' first game against the Wizards was a massacre with a big score, and the second game was still a complete loss. After two games, it really made people see the difference between the first-rate team and the second-rate team, the first-rate star and the second-rate star. the difference.

In these two games, Jianghu and Irving showed the difference between them and Wall and Bill. Unable to bear it any longer, a bunch of people were in a hurry, scratching their heads and ears.

Bill and Wall, both of them are All-Stars or quasi-All-Stars.But they played a good game at most, or a good game in one or two quarters, but at the critical moment, they were unable to win the game for the team and were defeated like a mountain. What does this mean?
This shows that the two teams have the same qualitative gap in the stars who decide the game. No matter how wishful the Wizards fans are, their two leading stars have not reached the level of the top NBA stars. This is why they lost the first two games. reason.

Before the start of the game, teacher Zhang Weiping also gave the Chinese fans in front of the screen popular science in the commentary:

"This round of the series has been played so far. Don't judge the level of the coach or the quality of the tactics. In fact, I don't want to see any targeted tactics for the Green Army. They just throw it away. If you want to pass it on, you can pass it on, Jianghu's personal ability is fully reflected."

"As for the two members of the Wizards, to be honest, their basketball IQ is a bit worse than Jianghu's. Even Wall, who is the most seasoned, is completely inferior to Jianghu and Jianghu in making decisions in some key rounds. Irving, with such a gap between you, what is the use of your tactics?"

Teacher Yu Jia asked a new question: "Some netizens said that the depth of the Celtics' bench is better than that of the Wizards. Caruso and Rozier on the Celtics' bench play one offense and one defense. They're all great, and the Wizards can't pick the same guy out there."

Teacher Zhang Weiping quickly retorted: "If you want to tell me, you are wrong. If Jianghu is in the Wizards, then Porter will be a substitute. He starts to open up space, and then Morris will also be a substitute. Wall can play with these two people, will the effect be much worse than Rozier and Caruso? Not necessarily!!"

"In the final analysis, it's still the gap between the stars of the two sides. If you let Jianghu lead the Wizards, match him with Bill, and let Wall bring Irving and Brown, maybe you will become the Wizards No. [-] and the Celtics No. [-]." Eight, the result is still the same. The level of the head star determines the level of a team to a large extent."

The two teachers talked inside and outside, and the audience understood after listening for a long time.

But they don't mind either, the more such bragging remarks, the better.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Boston Celtics played away against the Washington Wizards on time. The game started 3 minutes earlier than expected. It can be seen that the Wizards are not in the mood for any grand opening ceremony.

After the first two games, although the Celtics didn't say so, they also hope to sweep the Wizards without losing in the next two games.

"The sword points to the 18th championship" is definitely not just talking...

Both fans and players regard him as the goal of the season.

Although he didn't sleep in the previous two games, Coach Stevens, who came to the away game, took the lead in making changes.

Baynes went to the bench, and Caruso, who was stronger, came on top. Stevens wanted to try Caruso's state and see if he could stand up a little against a stronger body like Morris. Player, if he can, he has more options on how to defend James.

Celtics starting lineup: Irving, Brown, Jianghu, Caruso, Horford.

The Wizards' roster has also changed.

Gortat, who was heavily targeted in the first two games, was taken out of the starting lineup by Coach Brooks.

Wizards starting: Bill, Wall, Porter, Oubre, Morris.

They also fielded a small lineup.

However, the Celtics' adjustments were erroneous, and they happened to be right in terms of size and speed.

As Zhang Weiping said, the Celtics' routines are not very advanced. Even if they are playing routines, they are for the convenience of Jianghu or Irving to display their personal abilities, not for anyone to score directly.

After the start of the first quarter, Jianghu first made a fallback jumper, and then the Wizards made the same fallback for the first time in the playoffs.

One thing I have to say is that after the Wizards returned to the home court, their defense was much tighter than in Boston. Neither Irving nor Jianghu had many open shots.

However, although the Celtics focus on the personal abilities of the players on the offensive end, they are also very tight on defense.

This also made the two sides lose a good scoring opportunity after each scored a goal at the beginning. After all, this kind of difficult fadeaway jumper cannot be scored every time.

Today's referee also seems to be deliberately favoring the Wizards. Wall and Oubre each had an obvious shooting foul on Jianghu and did not whistle.

Under the tight defense of both sides, until halfway through the first quarter, with 5 minutes and 50 seconds left in the game, the score was still 12 to 10, and the Wizards temporarily took the lead.

The Celtics requested a timeout, and coach Stevens hoped to strengthen the offense.

After the game restarted, Bill, who didn't play well in the previous game, hit a three-pointer from the outside. Irving and Brown also made jumpers for the Celtics. The two sides continued to be deadlocked.

The Celtics' attack wave appeared in the last 2 minutes of the first quarter. Jianghu's behind-the-back jumper helped the Celtics lead the score to 20-19. The excited Oubre on the Wizards' side grabbed a rebound and made a tip-up Hit, the score once again go-ahead to 21 to 20.

Then Jianghu made a chasing three-pointer, and the defensive end stabbed Wall's ball in the pinch with Irving, assisting Brown to score a fast break layup.

This is again the star's personal ability at play, the world turned around and made a breakthrough and caused a foul, and made two free throws. The Wizards are a bit like the trend of the previous games.

The Wizards are in crisis again, and the only ones who can save them are themselves.

Fortunately, Wall performed very hard today, and at the same time he feels good.He made two consecutive long-range shots in the last minute of this section, and finally played some All-Star players, helping the Wizards to tie the score at 1 to 27 after the first quarter. The two teams ended the first quarter with a tie. one period.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides took the lead alternately, but Coach Brooks' habitual practice of killing the main players won them a short-term advantage in the game. Bill and Wall were on the court at the same time, facing the Celtics' bench. A wave of 6 to 0.

Jianghu only rested for 2 minutes, and had to go into battle again. Stevens needed him to keep putting pressure on the Wizards on the court, and he could not give them a chance to breathe.

It is best to find an opportunity to lead the team to play a wave, leading 3 to 0, they can completely sweep the next game, and then have enough time to prepare for the next round of competition.

After Jianghu returned to the field, he did not take the initiative to attack. He just stood at the top of the mid-range arc and made a posture of asking for the ball, which attracted a lot of defensive attention. Rozier and Smart took advantage of this opportunity to kill consecutively. Going to the basket to score, the two sides quickly tied again.

With 7 minutes and 05 seconds remaining in the second quarter, Bill made a 2+1 layup against Brown to help the Wizards regain the lead over the Celtics.

Now Jianghu is a bit impatient, he is here to solve the problem, if 7% of the power can't solve the problem, then he can only use 9% or even 10% of it.

He first assisted Brown to make a mid-range shot without the ball, and then he made consecutive shots against Porter at the free throw line. Two minutes later, the Celtics led the score to 2-46.

In the subsequent game, Bill dribbled the ball and hit a three-pointer, and Oubre also made a three-pointer from the outside.

On the Celtics side, Jianghu made two shots and hit the iron. Oubre's hand slapped Jianghu's hand, but the referee standing in front of him seemed to be blind and did not give any penalty at all.

Serious Jiang Hu is very cruel, even if he was fouled by a thug, he didn't bother to complain, but just stared at the referee coldly, indicating that if he didn't want his eyes, he could donate them to those in need.

Neither side wanted to lose the game. In the next game, the Wizards immediately increased their defensive strength after the timeout. They saw the movement clearly and knew that they would take advantage of the penalty in this game. Naturally, they wanted to expand this advantage. .

The Celtics are no exception. They feel that their defensive strength is not enough to match the referee's scale.
Everyone knows that the referee's penalty scale has already shown one thing, that is, no matter who wants to win this game, it will not be easy.

After the timeout, the situation on the field changed suddenly. The Wizards who asked for a timeout seemed to be unable to shoot. They didn’t make a single shot for 3 minutes. Scoring 6 points made the Wizards players collectively confused.

The most deadly thing was that with 6 seconds left in the first half, Jianghu dribbled the ball from the backcourt to kill the frontcourt. Facing the defense of the three Wizards players, he still made a strong three-pointer at the buzzer, which made Celtic The Reds held an 60-point lead at 49-11 at the end of the first half.

Teacher Yang Yi in the Tencent live broadcast room said calmly: "Yes, if you can't beat it, you can't beat it. Jianghu's personal ability is the only one in this round. He and this Owen scored consecutively in this breakthrough in the second half of the second quarter. The originally very close score between the two sides was pulled apart in an instant. If this situation happens again in the second half, it may be that the "Shuanger combination" will say goodbye to us soon!!"

However, this mouthful of tainted milk from Sao Paulo's grandson almost caused the Celtics to overturn in the away game.

When the Celtics players were in midfield, they also felt that the game in the second half should be very simple. They easily punched and kicked the Wizards again and won the victory. In the next game, they will be sent home directly at the opponent's home court for fishing. .Once this kind of mentality is established, the problem of underestimating the enemy and being careless is inevitable. Even the world and Owen, who has won the championship, are a little bit floating.

This kind of mentality also made the situation on the court change again after the second half began.

After the start of the third quarter, Bill forced his way to the basket twice to make shots. The score gap was narrowed to 7 points. Then Morris Jr.’s brother, Markieff Morris, stepped forward and grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row. Make a tip-up.

In the second half, the Celtics didn't score again until a full 3 minutes into the third quarter. At this time, their lead was only 1 point left, which was the price of the wave.

(End of this chapter)