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Chapter 275 Veterans Don't Die!

"The Hornets will play against the Celtics! Decide the first place in the Western Conference."

"Today's championship contenders collide with the defending champion, who will win?"

This game has attracted the attention of all parties. On various basketball forums, discussion posts are flying all over the sky.Everyone is paying attention to this season, the direction of the Hornets, and whether they can beat the Celtics.

The game between the Hornets and the Celtics will be played at the Celtics' home stadium, the North Shore Garden Arena.Last season, the Hornets played against the Celtics. At that time, Zhong Yu had just risen, and the Hornets also won the Celtics.

This season, the Hornets and Celtics met for the first time.

In any case, the players of the Hornets still want to beat this team.

In the 2008-2009 NBA season, there were almost no teams that didn't want to beat the Celtics-this is also a fine tradition in the NBA, and the defending champion can always receive more attention.

Every team, when facing the defending champion team, will be gearing up.Of course, this is not to say that they will be able to win the championship this season after defeating the championship team of last season, but being able to defeat the defending champion is a kind of proud capital for a team.

Fans have more things to talk about outside bragging.

The Hornets, no matter in terms of record or traditionally, also need to beat the Celtics. Only by being understood by more people can we truly prove ourselves.

The battle with the Celtics is about to begin!
The Celtics have a neat lineup this season. So far, basically no players have been injured.The good performance of the Celtics is actually related to many factors. Last season's championship made the old guys full of fighting spirit.

All in all, the Celtics are a pretty tough opponent for the Hornets.

"The Celtics! Last season's championship team." Scott said: "At the last moment of last season, we lost to the Lakers, and the Lakers lost to this team. Now, we The situation we are facing is that we have retained the title of No. [-] in the Western Conference from the beginning of the season, and it has lasted for nearly two months... If we lose to the Celtics, this No. [-] in the Western Conference will have to be given up to the Lakers... "

Everyone listened silently. In fact, they had their own judgments in their hearts. Of course, they knew the current situation of the Hornets.

"No. 11 in the West, we have maintained it for so long! From the [-]-game winning streak at the beginning of the season to now, we have created many firsts in the history of the Hornets. Now, the Celtics are a stumbling block in front of us , it doesn’t want us to continue making history.”

Scott is becoming more and more provocative, and what he said made the players' blood boil all of a sudden.

Indeed, in this game, no matter from which point of view, the Hornets should win!
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At this moment, in the Celtics training hall, the head coach Rivers is also giving a speech to the players. He also waved his big hand and said: "Guys! We are about to face the hottest player in the league so far. Our team, the Hornets! And our current record is declining, we can no longer lose to this team... Otherwise, our situation will be even worse."

Now, the Celtics' record is only third in the West, the top two are the Cavaliers and the Magic. They really can't lose anymore, otherwise they will be questioned by many people.

The big three, every player, has a face full of determination for this game.

They also want to win, and they are extremely eager to win. As the defending champions, although the Big Three have enough knowledge and feel that the playoffs are the real battlefield, they also hope to achieve a good record in the regular season.

Hornets face Celtics!

From the perspective of the lineup, at least the current Paul can overwhelm Rondo, and Zhong Yu, although the gentleman Lei has a long-standing reputation in the league, there is actually not much suspense about Zhong Yu overtaking Ray Allen.

Small forwards are not very harmonious. Pierce is still the best small forward in the league. His performance last season can illustrate this point. In the finals against the Lakers, it was because he was a small forward The Celtics played so smoothly after blowing up the same position of the Lakers.

won the final championship.

Facing Peja, Pierce also has enough advantages.

As for Garnett, needless to say, when he met West, the only disadvantage was his age.

In other respects, Garnett can blast West.

Maybe Chandler has a bit of an advantage. Anyway, in this game, from the analysis of the lineup, the Hornets need to pin most of their hopes on the Hornets' double guns in the backcourt.

As for Paul, Rondo has also gradually exploded, becoming more and more the trend of becoming the "fourth giant" of the Celtics. Paul also has a lot of pressure to finish him off.Therefore, the biggest expectation of the Hornets is still placed on Zhong Yu.

Su Qun also mentioned this point in the commentary on the live broadcast of Quanquan before the game: "In this game, the record of both sides depends mainly on Zhong Yu's performance... If his performance is good, then the Hornets will It could be devastating ... if he doesn't play well, the Hornets are in danger."

Before the start of the game, during the warm-up, Zhong Yu also had a chat with Ray Allen and the others. Everyone has already known each other, so they talked more to exchange feelings.

Of course, on the court, everyone will become estranged again.

The game officially begins!
In this game, the Celtics' home court also had a lot of fans coming, almost crowding the arena.Last season, after the Wolf King came to Boston and turned into the Hulk, the Celtics' tickets became more and more popular. After winning the championship, their tickets were sold out in almost every game.

This is the current appeal of the Celtics. Today, many fans also want to see that the Celtics teach the Hornets who want to rise.

"boom!"

The jump ball officially started, and the jump ball was won by the Celtics. The game between the Hornets and the Celtics is destined to be a slow pace, offense and defense, one move and one style, both teams are dismantling carried out among.Anyway, it is impossible to see a scene like the Suns playing the Warriors. Both teams focus on defense and steady offense.

The ball took 20 seconds, and finally Perkins missed a layup on the inside to end the first attack.However, Garnett jumped up quickly, grabbed the rebound, and made a tip-up.

Seeing the wolf king hit the first ball, the cheers in the arena suddenly rang out.

Then, the ball returned to the Hornets. Paul broke through for a layup and was blocked by Garnett's big cap.It seems that today's Garnett is more active, and he is still eager to win this game.The game has only started for more than 40 seconds, and he has already got a rebound, a goal and a block in a row.

Although the Hornets were blocked, they retreated quite quickly, and the Celtics could only look for opportunities to attack.

Zhong Yu followed to defend Ray Allen, Ray Allen was an absolute shooter, Zhong Yu still took precautions to avoid any mistakes.

The two are at a 45-degree angle on the right wing of the three-point line, and Rondo holds the ball at the top of the arc, facing Paul.At this time, Ray Allen suddenly moved, passing directly from near the bottom line, and came under the basket in an instant.

Although Zhong Yu didn't understand his actions, he could only follow him around. Ray Allen went all the way to the left wing, and Garnett suddenly came up to pick and roll.

Zhong Yu bypassed Garnett and followed Ray Allen, and Garnett was immediately under the basket!At this time, because Zhong Yu was chasing Ray Allen just now, there was already a large gap under the basket. As soon as Garnett came under the basket, Rondo's pass flew in.

"Be careful!" Paul yelled, but it was too late. Garnett took the pass, ignored West, jumped up and made a windmill layup, and the basketball was thrown into the basket.

There was another burst of cheers beside the arena.

The Hornets' offense started. This time, Paul cooperated with the pick-and-roll. Paul entered the inside line. As soon as he got near the inside line, he was blocked by Garnett. But Zhong Yu also penetrated to the bottom corner at this time. Paul passed the basketball to the Zhong Yu.

After two steps of controlling the ball, Zhong Yu came to his fourth area, suddenly jumped high, and made a turnaround jumper in the sky, and hit it.

This is to take advantage of Zhong Yu's quickness and precision. The variant of this style of play is that Zhong Yu attracts enough firepower at this time and passes the ball to Chandler for a layup or dunk, or West directly from the other side of the basket. Catch and layup.

True basketball fans can see the mystery hidden in this game.

The Celtics were calm and started to attack again.

This time, Rondo was still on the outside with the ball, then moved to a 45-degree angle on the right wing, and Pierce suddenly took his pass and forced a drive from the right.

The Hornets have been paying attention to Pierce, and they are very defensive against Pierce now, and the destructive power this person can produce is conceivable.

So, West, Chandler, and Peja all went up to block Pierce at once.

But at the moment of Pierce's breakthrough, Ray Allen suddenly floated away from Zhong Yu, and then he walked towards Garnett. This time Garnett really came up to pick and roll, Zhong Yu was blocked, When he caught up with Ray Allen again, he secretly thought it was bad!

Sure enough, Pierce's pass was delivered right away, and as soon as Zhong Yu came out, Ray Allen jumped up, turning over with his right hand and dunking!
The fans in the arena cheered one after another!
While Zhong Yu was a little depressed, he was more admiring. To be honest, he really admired these old guys from the Celtics.

The veteran is not dead!

They are highly disciplined, and they have their own unique side in judging the timing. They can always appear in unexpected places and create the greatest results.

Facing such a Celtics team, the Hornets really need to work harder.

As for Zhong Yu himself, he really needs to perform better.

(End of this chapter)