From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 190 The Black Hand Behind the Scenes

On May 5, with just one day off, the Celtics ushered in their second game against the Pacers at home.

As soon as the Celtics players scored a goal, they felt the chilling aura of the Pacers players. They gave people a very different feeling from the previous match. Everyone had a murderous look and solemnity on their faces, as if they were fighting against each other. What is going on is not a game, but a cruel war.

Obviously, after the last game, coach McMillan must have given them an inspiring speech, which moved each of them and vowed to win a victory in Boston.

Boston fans held up all kinds of slogans and PS photos, coupled with huge decibel noises, trying to use these methods to distract the attention of Pacers players.

But all the players from Indiana were very calm, quietly surrounding their leader Oladipo, without saying a word.

Soon the commentary began to announce the starting lineup of the two teams for this game.

Celtics starting: Smart, Irving, Jaylen Brown, Jianghu, Horford,
Pacers starters: Oladipo, Bojan Bogdanovic, Thaddeus Young, Turner, Sabonis.

The Celtics made substitution adjustments in this game. In order to cope with the Pacers' shooting ability and to better limit Oladipo, Coach Stevens chose to mention Smart to the starting lineup to strengthen the defense Ability, equipped with such a lineup with weakened size, but better athletic ability and ability to limit guards.

Obviously, although Sabonis scored 32 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists in the last game, Coach Stevens still does not think he is the biggest threat to the Celtics.

The Pacers' current strongest player is Victor Oladipo.

For the Pacers, Oladipo and head coach McMillan have repeatedly emphasized the difficulties in the away playoffs before the game, but the Pacers players are different from the Wizards players. Can play their own strength stably.

Oladipo's own psychology is more perverted. He likes away games very much. He feels that he is a villain who fights against the whole world with his own strength, and he enjoys it.

"Good evening, everyone. I'm Mark Burnley, CBS TV commentator. It's a pleasure to broadcast the Boston Celtics vs. Indiana Pacers game at North Shore Garden for those of you who couldn't make it to the venue. Guys, I hope my voice can restore a wonderful game for you."

"First of all, let me introduce the team situation of the next two games. The Boston Celtics wear green jerseys at home, and the Indiana Pacers wear white and yellow jerseys away. The two teams won the Eastern Conference in the regular season. First and fifth in the Eastern Conference, in the first round of the playoffs, the Boston Celtics swept the No.4 Washington Wizards 0-8, and the Indiana Pacers defeated the 4ers 2-76 on a gram and advanced to the second place. wheel."

"The two teams had their first direct contest the day before yesterday. The Celtics won the game and are currently leading 1-0."

"In the history of the two teams, the Celtics and Pacers have played against each other in the playoffs 7 times. The Celtics have achieved 6 wins and 6 loss. It is worth mentioning that in these 5 wins After the Pacers, the Celtics eventually went to the finals and won 1986 championships. The last time the two teams played against each other was in 29.5. Larry Bird averaged 12.5 points per game in that series The performance of 8.6 rebounds and [-] assists finally won the championship and FMVP of the year, and that season was also the best and healthiest Larry we have ever seen."

"Later, Larry went to the Pacers and became the Pacers' president of basketball operations. Today he also came to the sidelines and sat next to Angie. The two were good teammates when they were players."

"The audience applauded Larry when he stood up and booed him when he sat down."

"Larry also showed a very helpless smile on his face. When he stood up, the fans of North Shore Garden still regarded him as a famous player of the team. The Celtics' great player in history is second only to Russell."

"When he sat down, he became the president of the opposing team, which is definitely a very interesting scene in this game."

"The two teams have played against each other four times in the regular season this season, and the Celtics have won three and lost one."

"However, although Kyle won three victories, the Pacers also won a victory at the North Shore Garden Center when the Celtics were all healthy. Both sides have the ability to score points at each other's home court."

"We saw the Celtics adjust their regular starting lineup for the season, start the backcourt with Smart and Irving who have been outstanding off the bench, and at the same time change the center position from Baynes to Al Horford."

"We don't know what the purpose of this starting arrangement is, but it's clear that defensively, this starting lineup is less athletic and defensive than their regular starting lineup."

"At the beginning of the game, the Pacers in the away game were the first to get the ball. Sabonis defeated Horford to win the first wave of the game."

"Victor Oladipo is dribbling half court, and Smart is guarding him."

"Victor didn't choose to single out directly, but called a pick-and-roll and broke through directly to the inside."

“Smart goes around the screen and Viktor picks the ball out to Bojan Bogdanovic in the corner.”

"Boyang took one step, faced Irving in the middle distance and made a direct strong shot, and made a hit in the middle distance."

"Boyang's hand feeling is quite good, and facing Irving, he has a certain height advantage. He didn't hesitate at this ball. He probably had already figured out how to make a shot the moment he received the ball."

"The Pacers got their start and took the lead."

"The Celtics attack, Irving holds the ball, and advances quickly."

"After the breakthrough, the ball was given to Jianghu. The Pacers chose to double-team in advance, and directly used double-team attack on the three-point line."

After defeating the 76ers, the Pacers also had a 4-day rest period. They were not idle during the 4-day rest period. Double-teaming him before Jianghu started to speed up was one of the ways they thought of. The feel is average, and McMillan didn't even pull out this trick.

At the beginning, Jianghu did not choose to challenge the double-team, which would be very exhausting.

"Jianghu sent the ball to Owen. Owen made a breakthrough and hit Bo Yang, who fell to the ground!!!"

Owen's ball was obviously a little careless, and he headed in. He was not particularly focused at the beginning of the game, and he didn't pay attention to the surrounding environment. Bo Yang, a cunning European player, found an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Offensive foul!! Bojan Bogdanovic taught Irving a lesson in his defense in the first round."

Irving spread his hands in frustration, and saw that Stevens on the sidelines didn't mean to blame, so he continued to defend.

"The Pacers continued to attack. After Oladipo handed over the ball, he began to run without the ball, which attracted a lot of defensive attention."

"The ball was given to Sabonis, and the back pass was given to Bo Yang who was cutting in. Bo Yang broke through with the ball, and Irving stood up straight and wanted to return an offensive foul."

"Bo Yang made an emergency stop, beautiful!!!"

"He used a crotch pass and sent the ball to Sabonis under the basket. Sabonis caught the ball and dunked the Pacers to lead 4-0."

"Beautiful cooperation and wonderful tacit understanding. Although the players from Europe do not have the physical fitness to fly into the sky, their intelligence is indeed incredible. I think only two players from Europe can perfectly show this cooperation in actual combat. come out."

"The world has no time to be amazed, dribbled the ball halfway, chased the body and shot a three-pointer directly!!"

"pity!!!"

"Could it be that he fell into the vicious circle of slippery feeling like last time?"

"The basketball spun around the rim and then slipped out. Sabonis protected the rebound again. The Celtics still didn't get their first point."

"Jianghu signaled to the referee that this is a foul move!!"

"Looking at the replay, Oladipo, who returned to defend the fastest, really hit Jianghu's wrist!!"

"The referee shook his head without any intention of changing the judgment. This was a successful defense."

"Jianghu didn't say anything, and continued to invest in the defensive end!!"

"Boyang, also hold the ball and make a three-point shot!!!"

"Yes, this is a 3+1, the same position, the same action, Boyang returned Jianghu with a three-pointer and caused his foul."

"Jianghu frowned tightly and looked at the referee!!!"

Jianghu looked at referee No. 25 Tony Brother in front of him speechlessly and shouted: "Are you blind? The same defensive action does not give him a foul but me? How did you brag?"

Brother Tony looked at Jianghu blankly, but ignored his protest.

Jianghu saw this trickster pretending to be dumb, glared at him, and didn't bother to argue with him, cursed "Sb" in a low voice, and walked to the free throw line to grab a rebound.

Who knew that this dog referee's eyes were not very good, but his ears were very sharp. When he heard Jianghu's words, he gave Jianghu a technical foul without hesitation.

Jianghu turned his head when he heard the whistle, and it took a second to realize that the dog referee was playing himself. He stepped forward to argue, but Brother Tony once again acted like a deaf man and did not respond to Jianghu's question at all.

Jiang Hu continued to talk, but was hugged by Horford.

It turned out that Stevens had called a timeout of the game and wanted to replace himself.

Jiang Hu glared at Brother Tony, the thief, and finally chose to endure the breath.

He can be sure of one thing now, that is, the dog referee in front of him came with a fucking mission, and his mission today is to let the Pacers win an away game first, and shorten the time of this round of the series. long.

This is how the alliance managed by Xiao Hua, a dog thief, looks like this. It is completely for show, and it has lost too much competitiveness and fairness.

Although Jianghu was unhappy, he had to obey the coach's arrangement and appeal after the game.

Jianghu also knew that if it wasn't for Xiao Hua's son-in-law's order, the referee wouldn't brag like this, scolding him wouldn't solve the problem at all.

Therefore, only 2 and a half minutes into the game, Jianghu had to sit off the court because of two fouls.

Jianghu's foul and technical foul gave the Blazers two free throws. Boyang made both free throws and scored 5 points in one round. The Pacers led 9-0 in the away game.

After the rivers and lakes went down, all the players of the Pacers were full of fighting spirit, and soon they achieved a double-digit lead.

Today's referees cannot be said to have some double standards, but completely two sets of standards.

With the same scale of action on both sides, the Celtics didn't get the whistle, but the Blazers whistle kept ringing.

This kind of double-standard behavior allowed the Pacers to escape many fouls from the referee, and these actions will actually affect a shooting team like the Celtics who shoot a lot.

Eight minutes into the first quarter, the Celtics were 8 points behind 7-24 at home.

With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Stevens requested a timeout.

The Celtics trailed by 17 points at the start of the home game, and in addition to Jianghu, Horford, who served as the Celtics' starting center in this game, has also committed two fouls. The Pacers, who had no advantage in the lineup, have now occupied Gained a huge stage advantage.

Smart on the bench looked at the scoreboard above his head, scratched his head anxiously, and gritted his teeth.

He couldn't wait to go up and give Brother Tony a bite, pry open his skull and see what was inside.

Stevens frowned, and kept looking at the tactical board in his hand, thinking about what tactics to use to deal with it, but no matter how he thought about the tactical arrangement, he was not very satisfied, because it was not enough to tear the referee and the opponent apart. double defense.

Seeing Stevens' frowning expression, Jianghu also wanted to laugh.

He seldom saw this expression on Stevens' face, because no matter what the situation was, Stevens in Jiang Hu's memory would always be wearing a well-fitting high-end suit, and then he looked confident with his arms folded.

After all, he really has a high level of tactical literacy. After years of career as a videographer and assistant coach, he doesn't know how many tactics he has remembered and created in his mind...

But sometimes, tactics also fail.

At this time, it is time to rely on the individual abilities of the players.

This is why superstars are always loved and admired. In this kind of game, they really matter.
Jianghu stood up and said calmly: "Don't panic, coach, we still have a lot of opportunities!!"

"Opportunity? What do you think, tell me!!" Stevens didn't have any good ideas at this time, and when he heard Jianghu's words, he immediately felt as if he was grabbing a life-saving straw.

All the players of the Celtics also turned their attention to the rivers and lakes.

They are already familiar with the fact that the young Jianghu has already started to have the right to speak in the team, and they don't think it is surprising.

"We can't play defense with them anymore, we have to play offense with him."

"We have to prepare for the possibility of losing the game, and then give them a hard fight."

"What about the referee factor? Their whistleblowing is quite unfavorable to us." Stevens looked at Jianghu, hoping that he could give a specific solution to the problem. The other teammates also stretched their necks and ears, looking forward to Jianghu's answer .

"I have a way to solve the referee's scale problem."

"I can't say, but I have a way to deal with them, but I need the cooperation of others!!"

Jiang Hu glanced around his teammates, and then looked into Stevens' eyes.

His eyes are clean and penetrating, but also very firm, and it is easy to produce a convincing feeling.

Stevens hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to nod, giving Jiang Hu the right to decide the game.

"What you have to do is very simple, that is to defend as cleanly as possible, don't let the referee catch you, and leave the rest to me." Jiang Hu briefly explained to other players, and then continued debut.

He is not sure how to judge the referee's scale, but he wants to try.

He didn't believe that the referee dared to send him out directly.

"beep."

The game restarted with the Pacers in possession.

Jianghu didn't speak, and stood directly in front of Oladipo after playing.

Oladipo was not surprised to see Jianghu's return, but couldn't help but make fun of it.

"How is it? It feels good to watch the ball in the VIP position, doesn't it?"

"It's okay, that position can basically see all the goals."

Jianghu knows that Oladipo's style of play and style are very tough, and he likes confrontation and dislikes intentional fouls. This kind of person is by no means the kind of person who likes to rely on referees to play games, so he was not angry because of his ridicule.

But his next run almost made Oladipo break through...

"Looks like you're very happy to use these off-court factors to get these leads."

Oladipo shook his head with a smile and didn't care.

Who knew that Jianghu would see even more sarcasm on his face when he saw such an expression.

"It seems true?"

"Is Adam trying to help you because you have never made it to the conference finals? Is it because you can't make it on your own?"

"That's right, you're just a second place guy who's been traded around and nobody really needs."

Jianghu's words were very harsh and mean, it was a slap in the face, swearing and exposing shortcomings, it is not an exaggeration to say that he was insidious. Oladipo blushed and had a thick neck when he heard it, and he was almost about to give Jianghu an uppercut.

He couldn't help but think of the comments made by the stars of other teams on Jianghu during the All-Stars, that is - he likes to talk trash to his opponents during the game, and his words are bold and sharp, vicious and ugly...

"Give up, Victor, you're just an ordinary third-rate star, I'm at the MVP level, there's no way you can beat me."

"Even if the referee helps you, you can't pass my level."

The trash talk in Jianghu continued, Oladipo simply passed the ball to his teammates and responded to his trash talk.

"I don't care what you think of me, how the game is played, it's not up to me."

"But the referee is willing to help me, I am really very happy, I like this scale, especially this is your home field, the feeling of being taken care of by the referee here is great!!"

Hearing what Oladipo said, Jianghu knew it well. It seems that he didn't know that the game was biased, which showed that Xiao Hua's ultimate goal was just to make the game more exciting, and he didn't mean to arrange for the Pacers to advance.

(End of this chapter)