From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 97
This night, Jianghu had a good night's sleep.

Although he didn't sleep for a long time, he felt refreshed and the quality of sleep was extremely high.

The next morning, Jianghu followed the team's special plane back to Boston.

Back at Weston's home, the first thing Jianghu did was to turn on the system and check his harvest.

Seeing that the victory of the game was another intermediate experience card, Jianghu nodded in satisfaction.

"73, still 15 short, hurry up!!"

During the whole day's rest time, Jianghu didn't choose to go out for a stroll. Going shopping alone is very boring. It's better to play games at home and watch the ball.

He and Sophia are also chatting intermittently, but Jianghu doesn't like to wait for other people's news, and his mobile phone is always on the do not disturb mode.

Sophia is an exception. Currently, the two of them are having an affair, so Jianghu will turn on the phone from time to time every two hours to see if Sophia has replied to him.

As for other people's messages, I usually just leave them alone after sending them. When I think about it, I will check to see if the other party has replied, and then I will reply according to my mood.

In the morning, Smart sent Jianghu a YouTube video link, and Jianghu clicked in.

"This is a gamble between Barkley and O'Neill about you, click in and have a look!!"

As a result, as soon as I entered, I saw O'Neill splashing Buckley with milk, showing him stupid.

Barkley, this guy, was drenched from head to toe by a 5L bucket of milk, and he was on the phone with O'Neill's shoes in his hand, and then he was still laughing.

But O'Neill is bad enough, he not only poured it on Barkley's head, but also deliberately poured it into the shoe, and the milk splashed from the shoe to Barkley's face...

Seeing Jianghu here, he turned off the video, the picture was so beautiful, he didn't want to watch it...

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On October 10, the Celtics reunited after a day off.

They will use the day to train and prepare for the game against the Bucks.

At nine o'clock in the morning, everyone gathered in the video room to replay the game against the Bucks.

Antetokounmpo’s video playback was playing on the big screen in front of him. Stevens held a laser pointer, pointed at the paused screen and said to everyone:

"Everyone, do you know why everyone is gathered here for this video replay meeting?"

"Because the Bucks have a young core, they are very likely to be our playoff opponents in the next few years."

"We have to take precautions and be prepared to deal with him in advance so that when we meet in the playoffs, we won't be unprepared."

"We can see that the reason we lost in the last game is because we let Giannis break through too easily."

"Our first line of defense wasn't strong enough, and we didn't protect the basket enough."

"There is part of my reason here. I shouldn't put too many guards on the court, but the bigger reason is that we pay too much attention to rebounding and ignore the impact of Antetokounmpo."

"It was a mistake of mine, but he made it at the right time. I'm glad we made this mistake in the regular season, not in G5 or G7 in the playoffs."

"We can accept a loss in a regular season, but what if we lose the game in G5 or G7 because of such a mistake??"

"I thought I was going to have trouble sleeping all summer and it turned out to be an absolute disaster for me."

"So in the game against the Bucks, we will adjust our tactics. First of all, on the offensive end, we don't need offensive rebounds."

"Everyone, after the Bucks' offensive time is over, retreat the defense as soon as possible, and don't give Giannis a chance to play a one-stop fast break."

"Defending Giannis is not a matter of one person. He averaged 31 points per game in the first three games, and he is not the touch, but he is really starting to have the ability to average about 30 points per game."

"We have to adopt a round-the-clock battle against Giannis. Every player on the front line needs to defend him and let him shoot. Then face his impact. Fouls are not a problem. If you can't stop him, you will foul. His free throws are not accurate. "

"First, you must not rush him. This is the most important thing."

"Second, everyone has to block him, build multiple walls on the defensive end, and be aggressive enough on the defensive end."

"Third, we're going to go zone when he gets to the free throw line and let him shoot."

Stevens elaborated on his tactical thinking to the crowd.

Jianghu heard it all at once, and his operation was basically the way the Spurs dealt with James back then.

However, there are still some flaws, that is, on the defensive end, too many small men cannot be used to prevent Antetokounmpo from being misplaced and strong.

But this is enough, the current Bucks do not have Lopez who opened up space for Antetokounmpo, and there is no defensive giant Holiday.

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10 month 25 day.

The Celtics team came to Milwaukee.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the game began.

The Celtics changed their starting lineup: Irving in the backcourt, Jaylen Brown, Jianghu in the frontcourt, Horford, Theis.

The Bucks are: Brogdon, Snell, Middleton, Antetokounmpo, Meck.

In the first quarter of the game, the Celtics gave the Bucks a big blow.

Jianghu and Owen, both of them made three three shots in the first 2 minutes. Jianghu scored 7 points and Owen scored 8 points. The two gave the Bucks a wave of 15 to 0 at the beginning. The fighting died down.

After returning from a timeout, Middleton made a mid-range shot in the face of Brown, and turned back to Horford's three-point line to immediately fight back.

Antetokounmpo finally felt the full malice of the Celtics in the next round.

Horford began to give him a strong confrontation from the outside, letting him half a step, while constantly interfering with his dribbling.

When he passed Horford, Jiang Hu immediately came up to block him, causing his offensive foul.

Looking back, Jianghu assisted Tays to hit the alley-oop.

Celtics 20 to 2 Bucks.

Then the Bucks recovered a little touch and slightly improved their defensive strength.

The two sides scored 36 to 19 at the end of the first quarter, and the Celtics led away by 17 points.

In the second quarter of the game, Jianghu rested off the court. Middleton became a surprise player on the court and made 5 consecutive shots, including two three-pointers and three mid-range shots against Brown's defense. He personally scored 10 points and helped the Bucks catch up. Back to 12 points.

Fortunately, Smart knew his shame and was brave. After the terrible shooting rate of 9 of 2 shots in the last game, this game was like a different person. For the Bucks' emptying, he made two consecutive three-pointers and punished the Bucks' defense.

At halftime, the Celtics led the Bucks by 63 points 42 to 21.

The third quarter became Horford's performance time. He first contributed a wonderful two-handed dunk at the basket, and then completed the block on Antetokounmpo.

In the next round, he made another alley-oop pass without looking at people, assisting Jianghu to take off and dunk.

Antetokounmpo broke through and encountered Horford and Jianghu double-teaming the ball. Jianghu passed the ball to Irving and hit a three-pointer. When the Celtics came back in the second half, they made another wave of 7-0, and the point difference widened to 28 points.

In the subsequent games, the Celtics began to control their offensive rhythm, striving to play every round until the last 8 seconds.

The Bucks were determined to pursue, but were unable to recover. Antetokounmpo was double-teamed, and others could not give him enough help. In the end, he could only be successfully avenged by the Celtics at home.

The Celtics 113 to 89 Bucks, achieved two consecutive victories.

The game was a landmark team victory, with four combined to score 20.

江湖11投7中，三分4中2，罚球5中4，砍下20分11篮板4助攻。

霍福德13中10，三分球8中6，砍下全队最高的27分9篮板3封盖。

欧文16投9中，砍下26分3篮板9助攻。

斯玛特17投8中，三分球13投6中，砍下22分7篮板2助攻。

字母哥则是遭遇了巨大的滑铁卢，命中率18投6中，罚球13投6中，拿到18分10篮板5助攻的同时还送出了全场最高的7失误。

(End of this chapter)