From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 196 I am the MVP
The game continued, and Jianghu scored another 6 points in 9 minutes by relying on the weak side singles.Brown also had an outstanding performance, scoring 12 points in a single quarter.Jianghu relies on screens to run to catch the ball. The inside line does not help him catch the ball or play singles with the ball, and the inside line helps him pass the ball to find Brown, who feels hot.

And he always likes to play Sabonis' side, forcing Sabonis to help defend.Sabonis went out of the penalty area, Brown hit the basket in the middle and from the side, and the Pacers' other inside lines were difficult to defend, so they had to foul to stop him.

In the second half of the second quarter, Brown went to the free throw line three times and made all 6 free throws.

The Celtics led 71 to 47 by 24 points at halftime, and the Pacers were completely powerless to fight back.

Jianghu scored a double-double in just halftime, with 25 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists.

During the intermission, Zhang Weiping lamented: "As long as Stevens doesn't get dizzy and plays around the rivers and lakes when he feels good, the Celtics are simply an invincible special force."

Yu Jia went on to say: "Yes, and Xiao Jiang's style of play is just like what Director Zhang said, very reasonable. If you don't trap me, you can throw it, if you trap me, you can pass, and you can pass open. Knowing how to defend, he also limited Oladipo on the defensive end. Today he is going to play super data, it is likely to have 40 points and 10 assists, and 50 points + 10 assists is not certain."

Zhang Weiping said: "After watching his crazy performance in the regular season, I think 40+10 is not a super statistic for Xiaojiang. This statistic is not an exaggeration at all."

Yu Jia nodded and said: "Yes, it seems to be a normal performance for him. I don't know if Coach McMillan will let Sabonis play in the second half. He can easily score as soon as he enters the arena."

McMillan is now thinking about how to lose better, and how to avoid being swept in the next game. He does not expect to win this game at home.

In the second half, the Celtics continued to have the upper hand on the court, and the Pacers were simply unable to counterattack.

The style of the Celtics today is mainly positional warfare. Every round of the ball has to go through the hands of Jianghu, and Jianghu has full power to decide whether to attack or pass.

Oladipo didn't defend well, and soon got three fouls.Stotts could only send small forward Bo Yang to defend, and Bo Yang's performance was not much better, scoring 7 points in a row from inside and outside shots.

After the timeout, Stephenson even took the initiative to ask Ying to defend Jianghu.

Previously, Oladipo or Turner had been the defenders in the regular season. Only the two of them in the entire Pacers could keep up with the speed and confrontation.

As for the others?Except for the occasional few rounds where he has switched defenses, he has no experience in defense at all.

After accepting the task of defending Jianghu, Stephenson soon became abnormal...

Because there are always all kinds of fake moves in the world, which seem to be rumored and cast, false and true, and it is easy to make people nervous...

On the offensive end, Stephenson hesitated whether to make an air cut or stand still on the perimeter. On defense, he hesitated whether to keep a distance to interfere with shooting or try to get close.How could he be an opponent with this mentality?Jianghu can always use fake moves to create mobile opportunities.

Some juniors who became angry from embarrassment were unwilling to defend cleanly any more, and would make small moves for Jiang Hu, stepping on their heels, pulling jerseys and so on, Jiang Hu didn't bother to care about him, and laughed it off.

After all, the game is won, and the small advantage allows others to take a little bit.

Halfway through the third quarter, the Celtics had a 30-point lead.

The Pacers players couldn't defend, and the offense was not smooth, mainly relying on Oladipo and Bo Yang to score.

Oladipo's nerves are about to collapse. As long as he is on the court, Jianghu will play pick-and-rolls with his opponents, chasing him with roll call tactics.In the second half of the rivers and lakes, the three-pointer was inaccurate, and Oladipo scored another 8 points with a mid-range pull-up jumper.

The opponent does not double-team, he chooses singles, and when he encounters a double-team, he passes the ball along the way.The Pacers can only let the swingmen double-team the rivers and lakes. If the inside players save, others can easily cut into the inside and score.

江湖第三节单节又得了15分，三节结束时狂砍40分7篮板13助攻1抢断。

The Celtics scored more than 105 points in three quarters, leading the Pacers 70 to [-].

What is unexpected is that after leading by so many points, Jianghu played again in the final quarter.He quickly faced the Pacers' substitute defense and changed his direction to break through the right wing and score with a low-handed throw.

The distance of his throw is a bit far, and his movement is very beautiful.If you have read the "Slam Dunk" manga, you will feel that his movements are very similar to Zebei Eiji.

Of course, Kuzma may not be convinced. He feels that he is the most similar to Eiji Zebei in the entire league. Whether it is hairstyle or throwing action, the two look similar.

This is the layup technique that Eiji Sawakita likes in the manga. He hasn’t practiced it very much in the world. Occasionally he uses it and the hit rate is not bad. Sometimes it’s like this. It’s hard to envy such things as talent.

In the final quarter, Oladipo and Bo Yang also continued to play, trying to recover some points.Jianghu continued to play as if to confront them, and he would not rest until the opponent's star was off.

He didn't give face to the home team by doing so, but it was also reasonable.Because Celtic fans and Chinese fans want him to play for a while?How could he disappoint the lovely fans?
And in the NBA, once you create certain records, your records will be permanently sealed and will be mentioned constantly in the days to come.

And in the playoffs, it's not too much to have a big lead and brush up the statistics a little bit.

Jianghu promises that he will put some water on the defensive end and never let the 58 tragedy happen again...

After the Pacers' pick-and-roll cooperation, Oladipo reached the basket with the ball and beat Horford and missed a throw. Jianghu grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly.He changed direction in midfield and easily passed Bo Yang, who was dumbfounded and did not foul in time.

At this time, the insiders on the Pacers field were Turner and Thaddeus Young, neither of whom could run back.Jianghu's rush into the penalty area attracted Oladipo's defense and threw the ball up. Brown dunked the basketball with both hands.

At 9 minutes and 41 seconds into the fourth quarter, an attack from Jianghu broke the last line of defense in the hearts of the Pacers players.

Jianghu received the ball in the right corner and feinted. With a fake move, he passed Oladipo who was defending him and strode into the basket. He jumped high to meet Turner who was defending him.

Turner pulled Jianghu and failed to knock down the basketball. Jianghu showed terrifying waist and abdomen strength. He adjusted his center of gravity in the air. When he was about to land, he leaned on Turner's body and threw the ball with one hand. into the basket.

The goal is scored, 2+1!

The difficulty of this ball is very high. After Jianghu made an extra penalty, the point difference was widened to 40 points, which made the Pacers players' eyes full of despair and helplessness.

Jianghu was replaced after this attack, and the Pacers players were already very dissatisfied. Stevens worried that they would make unconventional actions that would be unfavorable to Jianghu.

Jiang Hu was booed by the Pacers fans when he was off the court. He simply stopped, imitating Iverson's movement and putting his hands next to his ears, listening to the wild boos of the Pacers home fans.

The boos are getting louder and louder, but Jiang Hu's face is full of enjoyment.

于嘉摇摇头感叹的说道：“小江这场比赛只打了33分钟，25投16中，三分球9中5，罚球8中8，得到45分8篮板15助攻。这竟然是东部季后赛第二轮的较量，他看上去比常规赛打的还要轻松！！”

Zhang Weiping guided: "The Pacers beat the Celtics at the beginning of the season. After that, the Celtics coaching staff must have carefully studied this opponent and analyzed the possibility of encountering in the playoffs. It is obvious that they have done a lot to the Pacers' defense Get to know the plan. After adapting in the following games, this round of the series is better than the Celtics, and everyone can easily disintegrate the Pacers' overall defense like a dog."

Yu Jia said: "But one thing to say, the Pacers' defense is not the worst among all semifinal teams. The Rockets' defensive efficiency in the regular season ranked second in the league, third in the Celtics league, and ninth in the Warriors league. The Pacers' defensive efficiency ranks eighth in the league. They can enter the playoffs because of their own defense. The worst ranking is the No. 20 Cavaliers in the league, but the Cavaliers' defense has become worse as the playoffs progress. It's getting better and better, so if the Pacers want to regain the initiative in the 0:3 adversity, they must find a way to limit the world in the next game."

"Restricting the world?? I think it is difficult..."

After Jianghu ended, the Pacers also made substitutions, and Oladipo and Boyang rested together.If they continue to play, they are suspected of brushing the data, and they have to endure the boos of their home fans.

At the end of the game, the Celtics finally defeated the Pacers 136-101, rewriting the big score of the series to 3-0.

奥拉迪波出战34分钟，18投8中，罚球6中5，得到24分6篮板3助攻。

Boyang scored 22 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, the second best performance of the Pacers.However, he did not connect the whole team's offense when Oladipo was restricted, and he was also made uncomfortable by Brown's defense.

Sabonis played even more uncomfortable. After 26 minutes in the game, he was hit by Jianghu's insider and made six fouls. He only scored 6 points and 7 rebounds in two singles.

凯尔特人队有5人得分上双，杰伦布朗表现第二好，砍下28分6篮板4助攻，投篮命中率70%。欧文也拿下19分11篮板5助攻的两双。

After the game, Jianghu attended the press conference with Irving and Brown.

He talked about his feelings and said: "We must win the first two rounds of the game, so we will still go all out in the next game and will not be polite to the Pacers."

"So that's why you played 2 extra minutes in the final quarter?"

The reporter asked with some provocative meaning.

Jianghu took a look at him and found that this guy turned out to be a reporter from the "Cleveland Candide", but doesn't this guy seem to be honest at all...

Jianghu glanced at him disdainfully, and said calmly: "That's right, but I don't think I'm too much, because my playing time is too short, and I was replaced before I finished the game. I'm in very good form for this game, If the game is more intense and I play 40 minutes, I believe I can play 50+10."

Another female reporter boldly asked: "If you say that, aren't you afraid that others will think you care about data and use data?"

Jianghu smiled and said: "You mean I swiped the data and then beat the selfless opponents by 40 points, is that true? I think it's true that I usually train for two hours and play games for half an hour after work. .”

Jianghu is not like some seniors in this league who blatantly swipe their statistics. His playing time is actually within the normal range.It's just that when he clocked in the past three quarters, most of the fourth quarters will not appear again.

The person who wins does not play to save face for the opponent. There is no clear rule that the star must rest when the team leads too much.The team fell behind by a large score, and the stars who are still playing on the court are the real brush.

There are two points of iron and blood, so I won't say much about anyone, I understand everything.

The team can't win the game, and some people spend half of the game collecting data in garbage time.After falling behind by 40 points at halftime, he didn't defend himself, and then worked hard to score. Is it the spirit of never giving up?

Players with strength and record are not afraid of being questioned, and the sunspots will not be able to black out if they want to black rivers and lakes.

At most, they said that the Celtics' lineup was too strong, and it was not the credit of Jianghu alone to crush the Pacers.

Jianghu also knows that the Celtics lineup is not bad, not because of himself alone, he often praises his teammates like this.

The reporter asked: "You score very high and your efficiency is very good. At the same time, your assists are also very high. Can you tell me how you did it? Do you have any secrets?"

"Assisting is like an instinct of mine. Like scoring, it is in my blood. I have played in the league for a season and accumulated a lot of game experience. I know that in various How to handle the ball under the circumstances. And I have a very good memory, and I can remember clearly the running routes that my teammates are used to. This may be the only experience I can share.”

A local Boston reporter asked Jianghu: "If you follow the past tradition, the regular season MVP should have been selected at this time, but now we have to wait until the end of the season to know the final winner of the MVP. Do you think you can win the regular season this season?" Is it the MVP game?"

Jianghu nodded and said with a smile: "To be honest, I can do it. I have the confidence and strength to win the MVP. I think the MVP should be mine. I don't regret it. But how can someone win the best record and score in the league?" Wang hasn't won the MVP yet?"

"Westbrook won the MVP last season. It is very difficult to win the award again, and his statistics have also dropped. I think our team has a better record this season. It must be my turn. Otherwise, who? Give Harden, who has 16 points and 8 turnovers in a single game in the playoffs?"

Jianghu spoke so harshly that the reporters in the audience gasped.Amazing.

Jianghu's remarks are equivalent to directly blocking Harden's way to win the MVP this season.

Because some time before his game against the Pacers, the second game between the Rockets and the Jazz was over. Harden's performance was quite poor. Under the siege and interception of the Jazz, he made 15 of 5 shots and only scored 16 points. Also sent out a horror performance of 8 turnovers.

Think back to the first time the two teams played against each other. Before the collision with Morey, Jianghu felt quite good. It was almost a 50+60+ rhythm to win the game in a single game. Unexpectedly, an accident happened suddenly.

If there were no accidents in that game, would Jianghu lead his team to victory? ?
Thinking about it this way, if there are Celtics in the West, how can the Rockets get the first record in the West?
Harden's only advantage in competing with Jianghu is that he has dark skin, older age, long beard, and he is more chic in throwing money at nightclubs.He won't win the MVP this year, and his hope in the future is slim. Of course, it can't be ruled out that the league will have a convulsion in the future, and he will be given one.

Now is the playoffs, and everyone can see who is stronger and who is weaker between him and Harden.

Now that the reporter asked this question, he simply stopped playing around and hit a straight ball to clear Harden's stumbling block. If he didn't say anything but lost to Harden in the final competition, he would not blame the league for injustice , will only feel that I am too stupid.Things can be done with a few words, why should he pin his hopes on others?
Jianghu felt that Harden should not blame himself, at worst, he would spray a few words on him at that time, anyway, he would not lose a piece of skin.

And for young people, it seems reasonable to be confident or even arrogant, doesn't it?

(End of this chapter)