king of defenders

Chapter 964 Xiang Long and Smart
Entering the second quarter, the two sides sent out a rotation lineup, and Xiang Long also got a chance to play.

Xianglong played well in the previous 6 preseason games and 4 regular season games, so Spoelstra gave him more playing time, even more than Sullinger.

At this time, the Heat's lineup on the field is Xiang Long, Monroe, Brende, Johnson, and Lu Wei.

On the Celtics side, Baynes, Daniel Theis, Luol Deng, Marcus Smart, and Terry Rozier played.

After Luol Deng was traded to the Celtics, he could only play as a substitute. Although he had such a mental preparation, he would still be a little depressed. At this time, he was facing the Heat. Thinking of the days when he was in the Heat, he was invincible. Sigh.

"If I had a choice, I would prefer the Heat." Luol Deng thought to himself, "It's a pity that there is no way to choose. The NBA is like that."

Sometimes, even those stars can't choose their favorite team, let alone a player like Luol Deng who has reached the end of his career.

For the Heat, Luol Deng has no complaints. He has long been mentally prepared to be traded. He is very clear that he has not played well in the past two seasons, especially last season, when his state declined seriously and his statistics shrank sharply.

It's not that he doesn't want to play well, it's just that he doesn't want to.

So I can't blame others, I only hate that time is a butcher's knife.

"beep"

Celtics attack.

Rozier advanced with the ball and passed it to Smart after reaching the frontcourt. Smart glanced at Johnson, then his eyes drifted to the other side and landed on Xiang Long. Xiang Long also looked over, and the two eyes met , There seemed to be sparks colliding in the air, making a silent explosion.

"Pick and roll." Smart cleaned up, Baynes came up to pick and roll, Smart quickly moved to the side, throwing away Johnson, a figure flashed in front of him, and Xiang Long stood in front.

"It's just right." Smart sneered. This is what he wanted. He used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Lu Wei, forcing the Heat to switch defenses, and confronted Xiang Long, "Damn guy, let me teach you a lesson."

Xiang Long stood in front with a cold expression.

The next moment, Smart started, and suddenly accelerated to the right, Xiang Long took half a step to the left, Smart suddenly changed direction, the speed exploded completely, and rushed past Xiang Long with a whoosh.

There is also Monroe inside, Smart jumped up, found a body in the air to fight, and used his strength to make a stay in the air, avoiding Monroe's block, and then lifted the ball, ready to hit the board.

"Be careful."

When the exclamation came, Smart's heart jumped, and he subconsciously accelerated his shot.

I saw a big hand descending from the sky, almost blocking the ball, but Smart broke out in a cold sweat, and even turned his head to look—it was Xiang Long!
Didn't he get passed by me? Why did he catch up so quickly?

Smart only felt baffled, but he didn't know that although he passed Xiang Long, Xiang Long reacted very quickly and moved very fast, so he immediately started chasing him.And Smart dodged in the air in order to avoid Monroe's block, and was about to make a time difference. It was this time difference that Xiang Long chased up and almost blocked the ball.

boom!
Although he was not blocked, Smart's shot rhythm was completely out of order. The basketball bounced out of the basket, Monroe jumped up and put the rebound into his arms, and the Heat launched a counterattack.

While running towards his own half, Smart stared at Xiang Long viciously: "Damn it, if it weren't for this bastard, I would definitely have scored this goal. I am ashamed, you wait for me."

Sensing Smart's eyes, Xiang Long's pupils contracted and his eyes became colder.

Although his life in the Celtics was very unpleasant, Xiang Long has long been used to the discrimination and exclusion of his teammates. If there is really someone he hates, it is Smart.

In the Celtics, Smart was not the first person to target Xiang Long, but he was the most ruthless person to exclude him.

Even though Xiang Long has left the Celtics now, Xiang Long knows from Smart's eyes that the opponent is still targeting him, as evidenced by the ball just now.

Xiang Long has suffered too much injustice and has long been numb.

But this does not mean that he will not fight back when he is hit or scolded. He will always remember the kindness of others to him, such as coach Brad Stevens. There is still contact, and the relationship is good; he will not easily forget when others treat him badly, such as Smart, and he will pay back when Smart is provocative.

Lu Wei came to the frontcourt, and Xiang Long opened his hand for the ball in the low post.

We all know the grievances between Xiang Long and the Celtics. Lu Wei only hesitated for a moment and then passed the ball. Now that Xiang Long is his own person, if he doesn't support his own people, can he still support the enemy?

Xiang Long took the ball, Yaoyao glanced at Smart, the meaning was self-evident, and saw that Xiang Long was playing singles with his back, leaning on Tays to push back, Xiang Long did not have an advantage in strength, but he never thought about it After crushing the inside goal, he just took two steps back, and then suddenly turned over and shot a jumper with a fallback.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the basketball was hollowed into the net.

"nice shot."

Immediately there was applause from the audience.

Smart failed to score with the ball before and was almost blocked, but Xiang Long scored steadily this time. Comparing the two, Smart felt even more shameless and gloomy.

Unlike Smart, Xiang Long did not deliberately look for opportunities to play Smart in misplaced singles. First of all, he is an inside player after all, and it is not easy to find opportunities to play Smart in low positions.Secondly, even if it is deliberate, Xiang Long will not be so deliberate. He wants Smart to know that he is not the "garbage" in his mouth, but a better player than him. To prove this, he only needs to score enough goals. Ball, just get enough points.

A game is a game, not a field of personal grievances.

Afterwards, Xiang Long took 4 more shots and scored 5. After counting, he made 3 of 7 shots, including a three-pointer, and quickly scored [-] points.On the other hand, Smart always wanted to teach Xiang Long a lesson, always looking for opportunities to misplace Xiang Long in singles, but in the end he hit the iron repeatedly. After all, his intentions were too obvious. Will you look at you so single and ignore it?
Smart also took 5 shots, but only scored one.

This made Smart very upset and annoyed. When he saw Xiang Long playing singles again, he broke through after a feint, and went to the inside lane for a layup. Big hat.

Snapped!
beep!
Thugs, blow the whistle.

At the same time, the basketball bounced twice on the rim, and finally fell headlong into the net.

The referee pointed at Smart and gave him a foul, indicating that the two points are valid and an additional free throw will be added.

"I didn't foul." Smart's brain became hot, and he rushed to argue with the referee. The referee's eyes were not good, and Luol Deng quickly pulled Smart away.

Kidd's face on the sidelines turned black. The ball was indeed a foul, but even if there was no foul, it's fine if you complain to the referee, and you still look fierce. What do you mean?
Do you really think the referee dare not give you a technical foul?
(End of this chapter)