From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 248 It is advisable to pursue the remaining brave bandits, not to be known as the overlord

Cole's idea is still based on defense, and then seeking breakthroughs on the offensive end, then turning the situation around and suppressing the opponent step by step. Everyone knows this, so even though he thinks it is difficult, no one says anything.

On the Celtics side, Jianghu also returned to the court. What surprised the Warriors was that during this timeout, Stevens did not arrange anything more, because there was no need for it. In the first few minutes, the Celtics He played very well and was 13 points ahead of his opponent. It is impossible to say that if he rearranges his position, the team will immediately defeat the opponent and lead by [-] or [-] points.

This is unrealistic, just play it slow and steady at the current pace.

So Stevens just encouraged the players and asked them to continue their performance. As long as they play steadily, the situation will become more and more favorable to the Celtics.

The outcome of a game may sometimes be due to an outbreak in a certain quarter or a certain few minutes. For example, the flow of events during this period is something outside the Warriors' plan.

But more often than not, the whole game is still stable, expanding the advantages gained bit by bit, suppressing the opponent bit by bit, and in the end dragging the opponent into the quagmire and winning.

Blind pursuit must create multiple waves, that is the wrong path.

Maybe one game is okay, but two, three, or more games, we still have to rely on being down-to-earth and taking one step at a time.

"beep"

With a whistle.

The Warriors continued to attack.

The ball moved around and soon reached the frontcourt. When he saw Curry coming with the ball, Jiang Hu quickly rushed to meet him. Curry took the ball without any haste and started a pick-and-roll with Green, then moved to the left and moved it near the baseline. , before falling into the Celtics double-team trap, he used a wide pass to Durant in the mid-range.

Durant did not live up to the expectations of his teammates. He got the ball and quickly turned around and made a long two-pointer.

Celtics 61 to 50 Warriors.

Turning around, the Celtics quickly launched a counterattack.

Brown served the ball quickly, and Jiang Hu quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball. Durant, who was actively returning to defense, immediately pounced to follow Jiang Hu's footsteps. The Warriors fans in the audience also shouted: "Guard him."

"We can't let him break through."

"Don't give him a chance to score, you're going to die!"

Durant's expression was very solemn, and he looked at Jianghu without blinking.

Listening to the shouts from the audience, Jiang Hu secretly laughed in his heart. Then he accidentally glanced at Durant's shoulder, suddenly accelerated, and made a drive to the right. Durant's reaction was not slow. He kept Staring at Jiang Hu, when he saw Jiang Hu breaking through to the right, he immediately moved a step to the left to block Jiang Hu.

But at this moment, a strong force came from Jianghu. At this time, Jianghu dribbled the ball from his hips and changed to the left again to break through. He pressed his right shoulder on Durant's chest. Durant's heart was Shocked, he secretly screamed: "What a strong effort", but his steps stumbled, and he could only watch Jianghu passing by.

After entering the NBA, Jianghu's training has not stopped, and his strength has also improved a lot.

Suddenly broke out. After learning Iverson's butterfly step, he quickly changed direction and combined with his own speed and strength, it was not difficult to pass Durant.

It can even be said to be very simple.

Because at this moment, Durant is no longer complete. The injury in 2013 still has an impact on him, causing his lateral speed to deteriorate a lot.

"Damn idiot!"

"It's really embarrassing to be passed in one step."

Seeing Jiang Hu pass Durant in one step, the Warriors immediately became unhappy and shouted toward the court.

Warriors fans have never truly respected Durant as a player, although they are also very happy that the team has Durant, so that the team becomes the deepest team in the league.

But at the same time, they never really regarded Durant as the core of their team deep down, but as an outsider, a mercenary, and a guy with despicable personal qualities.

The Warriors players also reacted. Green and Thompson rushed towards Jianghu. Even if it was a foul, they had to stop Jianghu.

"Oh, so excited."

Seeing both Green and Thompson rushing forward, Jiang Hu chuckled, hit the ground, and the ball passed through their feet.

The next moment, Horford took the ball and dunked with both hands.

Celtics 63 to 50 Warriors.

He is not stupid. He obviously has a more energy-saving way to score, so why should he fight with his opponent? ?

"Good pass!"

"Haha, those two fools were fooled."

"Too simple."

A few Celtic fans and some Chinese fans at the scene laughed arrogantly.

The sound reached the court. Thompson and Green looked very ugly and gave Jiang Hu a hard look. Durant also stared at Jiang Hu with hatred. He didn't expect Jiang Hu's power to be so outstanding. He didn't look like a yellow man at all. .

One minute later, Jianghu ran back along the baseline and returned to the three-point line at a 1-degree angle. After receiving a pass from Rocher, he raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

Thompson was chasing after him, and when Jiang Hu took the ball, he jumped up quickly. Unfortunately, Jiang Hu's shot was too fast, and he couldn't touch the ball at all, so he could only interfere as much as possible.

"Shh!"

The Celtics beat the Warriors 66 to 50.

The soft sound of the goal hit Thompson's heart like a heavy hammer.

"Damn it, why is it so easy for him to block me and why is it so difficult for me to return one!!"

"Am I really unable to guard against him? Why, why?"

Thompson yelled in his heart, his face full of unwillingness.

After scoring two goals in a row, the Warriors defended Jianghu more tightly, and Jianghu quickly adjusted his strategy, taking fewer shots, taking advantage of the opponent's attention on himself, and began to create opportunities for his teammates.

Just a few dozen seconds after he hit the three-pointer, Jianghu quickly broke through through a pick-and-roll, and passed a beautiful behind-the-back pass to Rochier outside the three-point line in the corner. Rochier took the ball and hit a three-pointer. .

The Celtics beat the Warriors 69 to 50.

At this time, the point difference has become wider and wider, reaching 19 points.

"beep"

Cole helplessly called another timeout.

Stevens also took advantage of the situation and subbed Jiang Hu. With less than 2 minutes left in the half, Jiang Hu could go down and rest.

On the sidelines, the Celtics players high-fived Jiang Hu one by one.

In this quarter alone, Jianghu scored 20 points and added 3 assists. His performance was very eye-catching, leading the Celtics to beat the opponent 35 to 20.

The second quarter ended quickly. After the battle, the Warriors seized more than a minute. Durant and Curry each hit a three-pointer and went on a 6-0 run to close the gap. It expanded to 13 points.

At halftime, the Celtics led the Warriors 69 to 56.

江湖16投12中，罚球3中3，拿下29分6篮板3助攻，成为半场得分最高的球员。

The intermission ended quickly and the second half began.

Returning in the second half, Jianghu's touch was average and he failed to hit the first two shots. On the contrary, Durant and Thompson each contributed a mid-range shot.

The Celtics beat the Warriors 69 to 60.

After 2 minutes of the third quarter, the point difference narrowed to only 9 points.

"The difference is only 9 points."

"Yeah, I was chased for 10 points."

"The situation seems to be unfavorable for Celtic."

"Haha, just do it like this, kill the Celtics and catch up with the score."

"Come on! Well done, the warriors will win!"

In the auditorium, fans were talking a lot.Some Warriors fans were even more excited and jumped and screamed. They also got energetic and shouted loudly to cheer for the Warriors players.

"beep"

Seeing this, Stevens called a timeout.

Irving, Smart, Jiang Hu, Jaylen Brown, and Horford returned to the court.

"Sit down and let me talk." Stevens' expression was calm, without any black face or accusation. It was not his familiar coaching style. "In the past few minutes, our opponents have chased some points. The problem lies with us."

The Celtics players were listening carefully.

"I won't make substitutions, you guys will still play." Stevens first emphasized this point, saying that he trusted the players, and then said: "However, tactically, we have to adjust. We have to be more patient. You have to draw more fouls from the opponent.”

In these few minutes, the Warriors did catch up with some points.

But at the same time, Green, Durant and others also committed more fouls. In the eyes of Stan Stevens, this is an opportunity that can be fully utilized. Once the number of fouls is reached prematurely in the third quarter, it will be a blow to the Warriors who are pursuing defensive counterattacks. It would be a disaster for the team.

At that time, the Celtics can play more aggressively. Once the opponent fouls, it will be equivalent to giving points to the Celtics.

In that case, the Warriors can either stick to their guns, be cautious, and not foul easily, so the defensive pressure on the Celtics will naturally be much lighter.Or, continue to be tough, but take free throws as soon as there is a foul. For the Celtics, there will be more scoring opportunities.

Therefore, Stevens emphasized that he should cause more fouls to the opponent.

"Be careful. Although you have to cause the opponent to foul, you must protect yourself." Stevens finally warned.

"clear."

"Don't worry."

Jiang Hu's eyes lit up when he heard the coach's opinion, and he seemed to have found his direction all of a sudden.

Then he had some worries: "You want me to imitate Brother Deng, will I be sprayed by those little black guys?"

“However, a great man once said!!”

"It is better to use your remaining courage to chase the poor bandits, not to be a famous academic overlord!!"

"You must listen to the words of a great man, he is my idol...!"

Jiang Hu looked at the Warriors bench, as if he had made some kind of determination...

After a while, the timeout ended and the game continued.

As soon as he came up, Jiang Hu made a fake move to change direction to the left, and then immediately accelerated to the right to break through. What made Thompson depressed was that he once again watched Jiang Hu pass him by. He wanted to pull him, but he didn't. .

too fast!
One step into the paint, Jianghu had no intention of passing the ball. He jumped up to face the defender. Rooney also jumped up and waved his big hand.

"Huh!" Jiang Hu snorted coldly, paused in the air, then raised the ball again and leaned against Rooney's arm.

"Snapped!"

"beep"

Thugs, blow the whistle.

Sure enough, the Warriors continued their previous tactics. Once they saw Jiang Hu coming to the basket, they would stop him at all costs, even if it was a foul.

Jianghu was mentally prepared to cause the opponent to foul, so even if Rooney didn't really want to foul the ball, he still couldn't avoid it.

"Jiang, are you okay?"

"Jianghu."

Smart, Irving and others ran over quickly.

"I'm fine." Jiang Hu smiled easily, then jumped up from the ground.

Seeing that Jiang Hu was fine, Stevens, all the Celtics players, and Celtics fans all breathed a sigh of relief. Rooney's strike just now was not light, hitting Jiang Hu's arm, and some additional moves also hit Jiang Hu. Jianghu's face.

After Rooney was called for a foul, he showed an innocent look, as if he was "clumsy" and not intentional. If you are not familiar with the Warriors' style, you will definitely be deceived by him.

Fortunately, Jianghu is meant to cause fouls, so he is mentally prepared.

Moreover, he has the passive skill of "Immunity to Injuries", an invincible bug, so it's useless if you don't use it.

Going to the free throw line, Jianghu steadily made the free throw, scoring two more points, and allowing the Warriors to commit 4 fouls in a single quarter. Then it was time for the Warriors to take free throws once they fouled.

On the sidelines, Cole frowned, glanced at Stevens, and then looked at the court again. He had already guessed Stevens' arrangement. He thought for a while and gave a signal to the Warriors players on the court. .

Seeing Cole's gesture, the Warriors players nodded.

This gesture tells them that if they continue to play according to the tactics just now, they will still have to foul when they should, especially if Jianghu cannot score easily.

In fact, this is also a helpless move.

At this time, the Celtics will definitely play more fiercely. If the Warriors give in, it is likely to become a one-sided situation and the situation will be worse.

On the contrary, if such defensive intensity is maintained, considering this is the Warriors' home court, the referee should not continue to call fouls.

Therefore, Cole decided to let the players continue to execute the tactics just now. It should be a foul or a foul. The worst is to send the opponent to the free throw line. At least in terms of momentum, he cannot show his cowardice.

"beep"

The whistle blew and the Warriors fouled.

Jianghu went to the free throw line and made the free throws steadily.

Tens of seconds later, Irving passed the ball to Smart. Smart quickly cut inside, earned another foul, walked to the free throw line, and made two free throws.

At this time, Cole's expression finally changed.

His original plan was correct, the referee should have let some water go.

In fact, referee Scott also planned to give the Warriors some water to make the game more intense.

But their foul actions were so obvious that even a fool could see that they were committing a foul. In this case, it was impossible for the referee not to call the foul.

And even if it is a foul and giving points to the opponent, the momentum cannot be lost.But he forgot one thing. He did not lose momentum by doing so, but he lost the score.

Most of the time, momentum and score complement each other. Only with momentum can the score prevail.

But sometimes, the momentum and the score are not directly proportional, especially when they are forced to do so. When the number of fouls in a single quarter reaches 5, the Warriors themselves fall into a disadvantage. On the surface, they do not lose the momentum, but Is that really the case?
Facts have proved that the Warriors lost this game. They still looked fierce in terms of momentum, but they lost to the Celtics in terms of score.

"beep"

The whistle blows, the third quarter ends
At this time, the score was 93 to 78, and the Celtics still led the Warriors by 15 points.

At the end of the third quarter, the players returned to the bench to rest, and the fans relaxed and started talking:
"Oh, what a pity. I watched helplessly as I caught up with only 9 points left. I didn't expect that after a while, it became 15 points again."

"The last quarter, the last quarter, I can definitely get it back."

"Yes, the number of fouls was reached just now, and the Celtics took advantage of it."

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he's just this good? Don't forget, he allowed LeBron to score more than 60 points and still lost the game."

"In my opinion, Curry and Durant have to break out!!"

"Tch, there's still an explosion? I think it'll be good if they can play the same as they did at the end of the first half."

"Boy, you know a fart."

"Old man, who are you scolding? Believe it or not, I will slap you."

Discussions, curses, and various sounds were mixed together, making the entire Oracle Arena extremely noisy.

(End of this chapter)