Standing pretty old

Chapter 775 Another abrupt stop, another personal session

In the Philips Center Arena, even during the intermission, the fans kept shouting loudly: "BEAT-BOSTON!"

The devil's home game is not developed in a day. The glorious record in the past three seasons has made the people of Atlanta accustomed to the concept of winning games for granted.

So even though the Celtics objectively caused trouble for the Hawks, the Atlanta people still feel quite confident in their home team.

Since 96, with the help of the east wind of the Olympic Games, Atlanta has continuously introduced immigrants, so the attendance rate of the Eagles is actually increasing year by year.

Interestingly, Asians have attracted the largest number of immigrants in recent years. Judging from the current situation, by 2013, the number of Asians in Atlanta will reach 1/4 of the city's population.

This matter itself definitely has nothing to do with Er Niu. Although he is now a symbol of Atlanta, he is not God after all and cannot manipulate the flow of population. But in fact, he also contributed to the team's attraction of Asian fans.

It’s not over yet, don’t forget that Er Niu once spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buy real estate in the northern part of the city. With the influx of a large number of Asians, that innate enthusiasm for real estate completely ignited Atlanta’s real estate market.

The real estate valuation under Ruan Erniu's name has also risen directly from the lowest point at the end of 08. By 10, the market price of Atlanta's real estate has become the first batch of real estate in Mimi to escape the shadow of the financial crisis.

Erniu now owns a lot of properties, and of course does not rely on real estate to make a living, but it is still something to be proud of to be able to get several times the return on investment so quickly.

As among the superstars with investment vision in the NBA, Erniu has become quite well-known in the IT and real estate circles.

At present, before the specific disclosure of the amount of equity, the reputation of the latter is even higher than that of the former.

However, at this time, Erniu certainly didn't have time to think about his happy life as a landlord in Atlanta. In the Hawks locker room, Barbarian gathered all his teammates together and began to instill spells on each teammate:
"Don't be careless, you can't be negligent at all! We have already paid a heavy price for our negligence, and we must not repeat the same mistakes.

I know many of you have set your sights on Game 6, but Game 5 is not over, as long as the game time is not over, you must not give the Celtics a chance. "

It is superfluous to talk about tactics at this moment. Woodson only emphasized some defensive details, and left the time to the players themselves to discuss the method of the game.

In contrast, the locker room of the Celtics is full of Tom Thibodeau's roar: "Concentrate, don't be confused by the Atlanta people, you can do better, every player on the field needs to contribute With your own strength, the Celtics are not only the Big Three, as long as you play, each of you will become a giant!"

Thibodeau's ability to gain such a voice is inseparable from Danny Angie's support.

In fact, during Rivers' coaching period, Thibodeau had already obtained a lot of executive power on the defensive end. On the other hand, it is like changing the chicken soup recipe of He Dou, so that Thibodeau, who is better at training defense, becomes more active.

Will the Big Three dissatisfy Thibodeau?After all, this guy has no previous head coach resume.

But in fact, the Green Kai Big Three gave Thibodeau the greatest respect, even if this fat man does not have a brilliant coaching experience, they are willing to follow his command.

In the final analysis, the three people who wanted to win the championship also became confused about the future. The years were wasted and the flesh was reborn. For superstars who are in the recession, no matter how small the straw is, they have to desperately grab it.

Or it should be said that they are not succumbing to Tom Thibodeau, but succumbing to their own pursuit of the championship.

The second half of the game officially started, and the two sides sent the main players back to the field again.

On the offensive end of the Celtics, as in the first quarter, Green Kai placed the heavy burden of offense with the ball in the opening stage on Ray Allen.

After many games of competition, Lu Kai has summed up the most efficient offensive mode.

This is done in order to attract the attention of the Eagles and free up space for the offense of Garnett and Pierce; in addition, it is also to consume Jon Jonsen's energy on the offensive end, allowing him to consume as much energy as possible without being able to Make a difference on the Hawks' offense.

Ray Allen, who came out of the bottom line, shot directly after receiving a pass from Rondo.

Quick and clean, without any delay, solid double screens from Garnett and Perkins, a well-timed pass from Rondo and a steady shot from Ray Allen completed the offense together.

On the offensive end of the Eagles, Dragic held the ball in the frontcourt. After judging the situation on the court, he chose to break through with the ball.

Er Niu took the initiative to cover for him, and the claw machine took advantage of the situation and rushed to the basket. Under the defense of Perkins, the claw machine chose to forcibly throw the shot.

"boom!"

Missed!

At that time, Lunar Eclipse made a quick run back, slipped into the basket from the baseline, jumped up, caught the ball with both hands in the air, and completed a dunk.

In fact, in the past few games, Eclipse's personal performance was relatively stable, because his scoring was almost all empty cuts or hitting the basket, so Eclipse's offensive efficiency even surpassed that of the regular season.

In this round of the series, although Garnett can occasionally play against the two bulls, his average data in the series is only 18+8. Compared with the seemingly overwhelmed, he can still contribute a stable average of 15+ per game. 6 and the hit rate of the lunar eclipse is roughly the same, the gap between the two may not be as big as people imagine.

In the subsequent game, Ray Allen continued to chase points for the Celtics with a three-pointer, and on the Hawks side, Eclipse also played the best quarter of the game since the beginning of the series.

While restricting Garnett, he hit the basket with the ball many times to cause damage, and won free throws many times, even 2+1.

So far, the eclipse, whose average field goal percentage in the playoffs has fluctuated around 60%, has performed quite well at the free throw line tonight.

He made 8 of 7 free throws, scored 11 points in a single quarter, and was the Hawks' second scoring point in this quarter.

The performance of the Celtics in the first half of the third quarter did not exceed the expectations of the Hawks. After you come and go, the Hawks always keep the score around double digits, and the Celtics have no chance to close the score.

The two sides began to carry out small-scale rotations, such as Rasheed * Wallace replaced Perkins, Tony * Allen replaced Ray * Allen, Crawford replaced Salmons, Bibby replaced Delaware Jiqi and so on.

Just when everyone thought that the game would pass through the third quarter smoothly in this fierce tug-of-war, the balance of victory tilted again.

Rondo held the ball in the frontcourt. When he found that it was not Dragic, who was not weak in strength and speed, but Mike Bibby, who was powerful but slow in the first position, standing in front of him. It exploded suddenly.

Rajon Rondo may have been underestimated for quite a long time. Since Luke has not won the championship so far, the title of the fourth giant is more like a mockery.

But in fact, in addition to his terrible shooting, this guy is quite excellent in terms of organizational ability on the offensive end, single defense and judgment on the defensive end.

Fuck and cum in the face!
Rondo, who had just passed halftime with the ball, didn't hesitate at all, facing Bibby's defense was a long shot.

"brush!"

hit!

Everyone has a fluke mentality, and it is true that they can score one or two goals, but Rondo has made three-pointers. This is indeed a bad signal for the Hawks.

Fortunately, Ruan Erniu was also not soft on the offensive end. He took the initiative to raise the outside line. After Jiongsen broke through and scored the ball, Erniu also hit a three-pointer from the 45-degree position on the right.

However, the offensive mode of the giant Lang has been turned on, but Woodson has not woken up, and continues to use Bibby to defend Rondo.

Break through, break through, break through!
I have to say that Kevin Garnett, Rasheed Wallace, Glenn Davis, and Paul Pierce are also very good at blocking and defending, coupled with the explosive Rajon Lang Many, Lukai was instantly activated on the offensive end.

It's not that Ruan Erniu and Lunar Eclipse don't want to guard the basket, but Garnett, Wallace and even the big baby Davis have all proved their mid-range shooting ability in the first few games.

As a rotation, Lunar Eclipse and Ruan Erniu can only take turns at 17 feet or more, running back and forth toward the basket to ensure defensive strength.

But when Rondo succeeded in consecutive layups, Er Niu almost never ran out of the three-second zone on the defensive end in this quarter, only being beaten to death, not scared to death.

It is not so easy for the Celtics' outside shooters to shoot the Deathhawks, but Rondo hit the basket again and again, but almost reached 100% shooting.

He made 6 of 5 shots in a single quarter, including 1 of 1 three-pointers and 3 of 1 free throws. He scored 12 points, 4 assists, and 1 rebound in a single quarter. Transcripts handed in for three quarters.

This guy's autonomous offensive ability is definitely not up to the standard of a giant, but under the Celtics system, saying that he is not a giant is really lying.

Ruan Erniu seems to have returned to a few years ago, the scene when he first watched the NCAA, the Kentucky point guard's super control field, reproduced in the NBA arena.

The Eagles were scored by their opponents in the second half of the third quarter, but their offensive performance was not too disappointing.

Ruan Erniu hit two consecutive three-pointers to keep the Eagles alive. Although Mike Bibby was completely sieved on the defensive end, on the offensive end, he was still able to rely on his steady fixed-point shooting to save points for the Eagles.

Giant Lang probably spent too much energy on the offensive end, so that he could not completely limit the calm performance of the White Devil on the defensive end.

When Bibby also hit two three-pointers in this quarter, the Celtics found that they had been busy for a long time, and the score was pulled away again.

At 30:28, the Eagles seemed to be in a mess in the third quarter, but in fact they only lost to the Green Kai by 2 points.

At the end of the three quarters, at 80:86, the Eagles still maintain a 6-point lead. This score is not enough to guarantee the final victory, but it also does not allow the Green Kai to take too much advantage.

The final quarter of the game started soon, and Ruan Erniu stood up and said to Woodson: "I want to play the fourth quarter, don't stop me!"

Egghead was stunned for a moment, but then nodded and said, "Kill the Celtics!"

Ruan Erniu's opponent at this time was Glenn Davis. Tony Allen, who was in charge of the ball, hesitated for a while, and passed the ball to the big baby.

According to the arrangement during the intermission, at the beginning of the last quarter, the big baby should have been the main attacker, but seeing that the team leader did not rest in the final quarter and took the initiative to defend Davis, it was slightly beyond the expectations of the Green Army.

Erniu once again met a dead mouse, and now it depends on whether the big baby has the courage to continue attacking with the ball.

Of course he has guts, for a fat player like him, this is a great opportunity to become famous.

Davis caught the ball with his back, but he didn't move Ruan Erniu for two consecutive chisels. The bull's foot was too stable.

Big Baby immediately turned over and made a jumper, trying to end the battle with a mid-range shot.

"Snapped!"

Ruan Er Niu had sharp eyes and quick hands, and cut off the basketball with one palm.

Salmons got the ball, sprinted to the frontcourt, then pulled up suddenly, and ended the battle with a three-pointer in transition.

"Big baby? I heard that KG scolded and cried you during training. Hey, why don't you go home to feed your mother? This is a man's battlefield!"

Ruan Erniu did not relax his vigilance against his opponent because he was a role player.

It should be said that instead of letting down his vigilance, he directly attacked Da Baobao with trash talk, further damaging his self-confidence.

Sure enough, when an MVP-level figure like Ruan Erniu provoked Davis with words that were not vicious but heart-rending, the big baby was instantly confused!
Stealing the ball, blocking the block, or simply performing a face-to-face dunk in the counterattack, knocking the fat baby directly to the floor, and sliding all the way for a distance of 3 or 4 meters.

Tom Thibodeau's substitution was also a little late. When he replaced Davis, who was about to be beaten and cried, the Hawks had once again expanded the score to double digits.

The competition in the final quarter was extremely fierce. Ruan Erniu and Garnett hugged and fell, and Dragic was directly knocked out by Rondo. Even a guy as calm as Jiongsen had an elbow with Ray Allen event.

Despite the strong smell of gunpowder, the two sides still tried to restrain each other's emotions.

Two minutes into the game, the Hawks still held a 2-point lead, and the Celtics were forced to start taking risky three-pointers.

Ray Allen and Pierce hit a goal successively, and the score between the two sides returned to single digits again.

At the closing moment, Jon Jonsen stepped forward. He first stole Garnett's point, completed a rare breakthrough dunk in the transition of offense and defense, and then received a second point on the offensive end. Calmly Completed a three-point shot with decisive meaning.

Jiong Jisen, who scored 5 points in a row at the last moment, sealed the victory of the game. He and Erniu jointly dominated the last quarter of the game.

110:124, the Eagles won a crucial victory at home in G5. They won the battle of Tianwangshan, and at the same time they won the match point of the series.

Eddie gave Er Niu a big hug in the player tunnel and declared that his father was the greatest man in the world.

In this game, Ruan Erniu played for 45 minutes and did not rest for a minute in the second half. He was the player with the most playing time in G1.He made 5 of 20 shots in the field, including 14 of 4 three-pointers and 3 of 12 free throws. He scored 10 points, 41 rebounds, and 22 assists in a large triple-double.

At the press conference after the game, the Chinese announced loudly: "We will fly back to Atlanta with the qualification for the Eastern Conference finals. G6 will be the last game of this round of the series."

Of course, the Celtics are unwilling to admit defeat. In G2 two days later, the Celtics at home played an extremely good defensive intensity.

Under a defensive battle, the two sides struggled quite a lot in the first half of G6. The shooting percentage of the two teams was not high, and the sound of iron strikes was almost uninterrupted.

However, age finally became the last straw that overwhelmed the Celtics.

Like the story of the 07-08 season, it happened again in the third quarter of G6. It was just that the Green Kai went through two tie-breaks before being caught by the Hawks at the weakness of declining physical fitness. This time, the physical fitness of the old green Kai Definitely not at the top.

Skills can be improved, experience can be accumulated, but physical talent will be ruthlessly swallowed by the years.

At the beginning of the second half, the Eagles began to speed up, and the defensive counterattacks made Lukai unable to parry at all.

Atlanta's shooters went berserk, and the team scored 43 points in a single quarter, taking away the decisive battle.

In the last quarter of the game, Green Kai still refused to give up his last hope. The Big Three of Green Kai and Big Lang fought to the last moment.

Dan Crawford, who enforced the field, also gave the Green Army many free throw opportunities, but the score gap between the two teams was too large, and the Celtics were still hopeless after all.

126:94, the Eagles beat their opponents by 32 points in the life-and-death battle, and won the Eastern Conference Finals tickets without any dispute.

The Big Three of the Green Army, which has been formed for three years, once again fell on the road to the championship. They should have been the strongest team in the Eastern Conference, provided that the Atlanta Hawks and Ruan Erniu were all excluded. in the case of.

The two bulls hugged their opponents vigorously after the game, Pierce, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo and Kevin Garnett.

Two years ago, after the Celtics lost to the Eagles, Garnett went back to the locker room in anger. He had no intention of saying hello to Ruan Erniu. Two years later, Garnett, who was seriously injured, seemed to have recognized himself career future.

His physical condition is relentlessly declining, and the future will definitely belong to Ruan Erniu and others.

"Congratulations, Kraft!" It's hard to imagine that these words came out of KG's mouth.

Er Niu was really afraid that he would call FXXX in the next second, and spray himself with saliva by the way, but he didn't...

The bull smiled and turned around to hug Garnett, and said seriously: "KG, your existence makes all this (victory) more meaningful!"

Dragic, who had just had his teeth knocked out, smiled like a fool, and the handsome Slovenian was bleeding again.

Jon Jonson was talking to Danny Angie on the sidelines, as if he was discussing the gains and losses when the Green Army sent him away.

Mike Woodson stepped forward to shake hands with Tom Thibodeau in a very gracious manner. Although the Hawks were the final winners, Thibodeau's performance led by the Green Army is still awe-inspiring.

……

The Hawks, who eliminated the Celtics 4:2, returned to Atlanta, and Ruan Erniu also ushered in his second personal press conference in the playoffs a day later.

The reason is that he successfully won the regular season MVP for the second consecutive year!

　Some book friends raised doubts in the first two chapters, so I will focus on explaining them here.

　　In fact, this is a problem of one and two, two and one. The strength of the Green Army actually stems from Rondo's growth.

　　Although this guy will be hacked miserably for a long time in the future, Rondo's value is still fully reflected in this year's playoffs. The Bulls with him and the Bulls without him are completely two concepts.

　　In fact, the 09-10 season was also the best season of Rondo's playoff career. He averaged 46% of his field goals and 37.5% of his three-pointers (although he only shot 24 in the entire playoffs). The average data per game is 15.8 points + 9.3 assists + 5.3 rebounds. Among them, the scoring data ranks third in the Green Army, second only to Pierce and Ray Allen, slightly higher than Garnett after the serious injury, and the number of assists ranks first in the Green Army one.How could such a player not be a giant.

　　In real history, the Celtics reached the finals and fought the Lakers in 7 games. Under the objective intervention of the referee, or the scale was biased, the Lakers finally allowed the Lakers to complete consecutive championships.Is such a team really bad?

　　Well, book lovers have their own opinions, but I speak with facts. Of course, I don’t speak well, please bear with me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)