Chapter 260: The Story of Truth (Part II)
Luckily, the heaviest one was inserted into Pierce's lung, but it was still a few centimeters from the heart. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Instead of opening Pierce's chest, doctors used advanced minimally invasive surgery, and Pierce was discharged after only four days in the hospital and then returned to the arena after a three-week break. It's a miracle.
In the 00-01 season, Pierce averaged 25.3 points per game, the most improved player in the NBA, and was only one step away from the All-Star.
The Celtics gave him enough care from the management, the coaches, the players, and the fans.
"Every time I see a scar, I know that the pain I once had was real. "But every time I see people around me, I find myself in a new life." ”
He trains harder, with the staff saying: "We often see Pierce doing 'cycling' training after training, and he does his best, sweating profusely but not stopping for a moment. ”
It was also in this season that he led the Celtics to defeat the Lakers in the regular season.
O'Neill, the king of comedy, gave Pierce a serious nickname: "Truth." ”
"I knew he was good, but I didn't expect him to be that good. O'Neill said sincerely, "Paul Pearce is the 'truth'. ”
He is still questioned, such as the officials in charge of his assassination, who believe that Pierce is reluctant to identify the killer. Because if Pierce testifies in court, the three people who used the knife may even be sentenced to life imprisonment for premeditated murder.
But Pierce said, "I'm alive, it's gone." He gave up revenge and just wanted to focus all his energy on the court, saying, "I just want to make the playoffs with the Celtics." ”
A court official at the time said: "Paul Pierce was scared, he was afraid of reprisals. ”
Hearing this, Pierce was a little helpless: "If I'm scared, why do I stay in Boston? Why do I sign a six-year contract extension with the Celtics? I just love Boston, and something like this can't change my mind." And I also know the responsibility I have to bear. ”
After being stabbed several times, Pierce has been thinking about life, and he admits that he was briefly lost in Vanity Fair: "I found that fame and fortune don't bring me everything, and after having fame and fortune, I have more responsibilities. It's my responsibility to lead the Celtics in a revival. Pierce said.
This hardcore Lakers fan has a "green" heart. His resurgence saga with the Celtics officially began from this moment.
Time is like an arrow, and time is like a song.
Pierce was alone with the Celts, waiting for his glory days, which included several rebuilds of Green Kai.
On May 5, 2005, in the playoffs, at Conseco Arena in Indiana, reporters rushed to shoot: Paul Pearce froze, Jamal Tinsley tossed and turned on the floor in pain.
Second technical foul, Pierce is sent off.
Pacers fans cheered, knowing victory was within reach......
Then, Pierce did something that made the Bostonian himself angry: he took off his jersey and waved it over his head as he walked off the court. "I just want to motivate my teammates. Pierce said.
His actions were out of place. Celtic embarked on their fifth rebuild in 15 years and in the summer of 2005 they wanted to swap their trump cards.
The Portland Trail Blazers offered a price that seemed reasonable, but Pierce said categorically, "I'm not going to play for the Trail Blazers." I'm going to play as a Celtic until I retire. ”
Then, in the next season, he played flawlessly - averaging close to 27+5+5 per game.
Scoring 50 points in a matchup with LeBron James and 30 in 31 minutes in Salt Lake City left AK47 (Kirilenko) in tears in the locker room.
He brought a bunch of hairy kids, a player with an abnormal brain - Ricky Davis, a soft center - Mark Blunt, and a white man who couldn't start anywhere - Lafrentz, and when there was no playoff hope, he still played with a spring breeze.
That's why he's a Celtic: the big numbers hanging from the ceiling of the Garden Arena, without exception, all have a not-so-normal side to their spirits.
Bill Russell must vomit before the game (coach is Shigeichi Taoka?), KC Jones is almost mute, Larry Bird's poisonous tongue is world-famous, Covance is free to switch in silence and hysteria......
The team's cultural heritage is like this: each of them is a mild pervert who is sullen on the surface and paranoid on the inside. Their excess passions are often vented in the wrong places.
When Pierce was a normal guy, he was the league's most unstoppable scorer, but when he's unhappy, he waved his jersey and didn't feel childish at all.
That's right, he's a true Celtic.
After the fat head left, the Celts lost a fat man who shouted to encourage the atmosphere.
He didn't step up, he just scored 25 or 30 points per game and looked at his teammates with disappointment.
The Celtics' golden age passed quickly, and then there was a steady stream of big deals and failed rebuilds: he stayed out of the way until the summer of 2005, when he vetoed the possibility of being traded.
A re-examination of Pierce in the 05-06 season will make one understand how abnormal he is.
A hopeless team young and hopeless, but he fights with a smile in the abyss.
In the 49 defeats of the season, he often surprised the opposing fans with some magical shots at the end of the season, and felt that "although we won, we didn't get this guy!" when he didn't want to be beaten, he wouldn't be beaten.
But then, he was furious.
To add insult to injury, Pierce's injury in the 06-07 season took the team to its worst record in franchise history after the Cardinal's death in the fall of 2006.
Pierce suddenly realized that he was 30 years old, and the anger that should have been poured out was suddenly pouring out at management: Danny Ainge had hoarded 11 teenagers born after 1982 on the team, and his fantasy was about 11 people to become a collective, like the 50 superstars on the bench in the garden of the '60s.
After playing with this team for two seasons, Pierce couldn't take it anymore: "I want a better team!"
The subtext is obvious: "or-trade-me!"
Then, in the 07-08 season, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen came.
There's no way back for the team, it's his team and he's going to prove that he's the best player.
……
Pierce shot 7-of-12 in the quarter, 2-of-5 from three-point range, and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, and Pierce scored 17 points in a single quarter.
Ray Allen also shot 3-of-3 from the field in the quarter, scoring eight points in the quarter.
Two other giants in BIG3 have stepped forward.
For the Hawks, Mike Bibby and Childis scored 15 points together in the first quarter, which was barely able to withstand the Celtics' crazy counterattack, and Ruan Erniu scored 4 points and 4 rebounds in this quarter, and his performance was not bad, but for a leader, it was somewhat unsatisfactory.
At 21:29, the Celtics relied on the strong play of the Big Three to recover 8 points in a single quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, 74:70, the Celtics only trailed by 4 points into the final quarter, and the key is that the Celtics' Big Three have all found their touch.
And the Eagles are in dire need of that hero for their team now.
Lunar Eclipse and Bibi have already stood up, and now it's up to Ruan Erniu and Yu Sen...... (To be continued.) )