Chapter 463: Bloodthirsty Old Wolf
It's not easy to get a 37-year-old veteran to feel like this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoMost of the players in this age group have no desire and just take their wages and wait for death. But Garnett is different, and although he is 37 years old, he still has a desire to win, even a championship. He, like An Jie, is a bad boy and a bloodthirsty beast. When he saw An Jie doing anything wrong on his own territory, the "Wolf King" finally couldn't sit still like this.
It's just that because of his age, Doug. Rivers now only lets Garnett play twenty minutes per game. As a result, Garnett did not play again for the remainder of the first quarter. Not long after Anjie completed that block, he was also killed by Meyers. Leonard replaces.
Celtics rookie center Jared Brown. Salinger played surprisingly well, but this technique was still a little rough on the inside, and it still couldn't compete with Batum and Contney. Lee's firepower is on par.
Unsurprisingly, the Celtics were on the back foot after the end of the first quarter. 25-18, the Trail Blazers led the league's oldest giant team by seven points on the road. This kind of thing would have been unimaginable two or three years ago.
"Easy man, easy man." After the end of the game Nicholas. Batum said as he high-fived Anjie. They didn't underestimate the enemy, but they could probably guess that there should be no big surprises in the next three quarters of the game. After all, a team that has entered the aging period does not mean that it can break out. Spur? The Spurs are an "exception" from top to bottom.
"Boom!" Doug. Rivers tapped the tactics board hard, and he was very unhappy with the performance of the Celtics bench just now. But there is no way, the point difference has been widened, and all Rivers can do is look forward. He immediately set about setting up his tactics for the second quarter, but to Garnett's disappointment, he didn't seem to play too much of an offensive role.
"Coach, do you want to arrange a few more tactics for me too?"
Hearing this, Rivers raised his head. He thought Garnett was a hippie smiley at this time, but to his surprise, Garnett's expression was very serious when he said this!
"You have your offensive time, but you also know that the hardest place for the Trail Blazers to get down is on the inside! I don't allow you to go head-to-head with An Jie, in fact, I don't allow anyone to go head-to-head with him. We don't need singles, what we need is to pass the ball, what we need is to block and disintegrate, what we need is cooperation! "Rivers has always emphasized the importance of tactics, and the only thing that the Celtics are better than the Trail Blazers is probably tactical cultivation.
"I know I'm not going to be stupid enough to go head-to-head with Ann. I mean, add a few sets of tactics that will give me a shot. Garnett was unrelenting, and to put it bluntly, he just thought that his shooting weight in the offense was too low.
Rivers stared at Garnett for a few seconds, and all the players stared at him, the hoarse coach. After that, Rivers began to bury his head in tactics. Garnett smiled with satisfaction, as the Celtics' champion that year, Rivers couldn't refuse this kind of request from his own star.
It's not hard to add a few tactics to Garnett, after all, that's how the Celtics won the championship in the first place. Rivers is a familiar set-up, and Garnett isn't rusty with tactics. The only question now is whether KG will be able to carry such a large offensive burden.
"Beep~~~" The beep of the timer sounded, and the break time officially ended. The cheerleaders left the court, and the referee urged the players to hurry up and stand up according to the rules.
"Man, are you interested in being who you were back then?" Before going on the court, Garnett touched Pierce with his elbow with an excited face. Pierce didn't respond because he didn't know if the guy was joking, or ...... Or seriously!?
"Kevin~~~ Garnett!" However, shortly after the start of the second quarter, the DJ shouted Garnett's name out loud. Due to the late start of the first quarter, Anjie still did not play at the beginning of the second quarter. Taking this opportunity, Garnett shook off the inexperienced Meyers with his feet on the inside. Leonard then slammed his hands into the hands.
The "Wolf King" hanging above the basket is still domineering, and his grinning expression is still terrifying. The TD North Shore Garden Arena was buzzing with people as they finally saw the resurgence of the apex predator.
"Jam him Meyers, jam him!" It wasn't Ricard or Divac who were shouting on the bench, it was Anjie. Leonard was born as a defender, and if he hadn't grown taller when he was in school, he might have played guard for the rest of his life.
This experience has made Leonard's skills relatively well-rounded, but his skills on the inside are not very proficient. An Jie reminded loudly at the bottom, hoping that this guy could pay attention to his loopholes.
However, the next leg of the Celtic attack, Garnett scored again.
This is a pick-and-roll cooperation between Garnett and Pierce, who bypassed Iguodala through the pick-and-roll, and Pierce did not accelerate to the basket, but used his body to carry Iguodala behind him to grab space for himself to make a layup.
I have to admit that Pierce's trick is indeed a thief. Although the physical confrontation was a little more intense, it also allowed the slow Pierce to continue to be a threat to the basket.
Seeing that Pierce was about to make a successful shot, Meyers. Leonard resolutely left Garnett behind and chased after Iguodala and Pierce.
Pierce started to take three steps, and Leonard also accelerated to get ready to jump to complete the chase. But Pierce glanced back stealthily before taking three steps. Rookies like Leonard naturally didn't see Pierce's eyes, but Garnett understood what Pierce meant.
He quickly ran to a 45° angle on the left flank, while Pierce, Iguodala and Meyers were at the same time. The three Leonards jumped in turn. Just when the tall Leonard was about to touch the basketball in Pierce's hand, Pierce sent the ball to Garnett with a behind-the-head pass without his torso moving and his gaze unchanged.
Garnett was not afraid of J.J. Hickson's defense, and even though Hickson pounced on him with a fierce momentum, Garnett's heart beat no more than 65 beats per minute.
This guy shoots steadily, and the shot jumps very short, but the ball is held high. Hickson jumped hard, but could only watch as the basketball grazed his fingertips towards the basket.
The basketball spun around the inside of the hoop three or four times before it crashed into the net. Meyers. Leonard shook his head helplessly, too, a rookie, where can he play these two well-established guys.
"Pierce and KG worked together wonderfully, and in the second quarter, the Celtics frequently scored on the inside. I wonder if it's time for Coach Ricard to bring Ann in. "With Mike. Brin's commentary, ESPN's cameraman also refocused his lens on the Trail Blazers' bench. However, as before, Rickard and Divac sat steadily, without any expression on their faces.
Of course, these two guys know that Garnett seems to be a little active during this time, but judging from the performance of the last few games and the performance in the first quarter of this game, Garnett must be so short-lived.
To put it bluntly, Rickard and Divac did not see the aged Garnett as a threat at all.
But when Garnett scored on a hook shot in Leonard's defense for the third time, Rickard couldn't help but frown. The tall Leonard actually defended the ball quite well, but Garnett still hit it with a hook in the face of a huge interference. If Garnett's first two goals were due to Leonard's unfavorable defense, then this goal is entirely due to Garnett's ability to score!
Ricard and Divac glanced at each other, what are the odds of a 37-year-old veteran breaking out? Very low. But considering that this guy with a fierce expression was the former king of Minnesota, he was the most promising high school genius of the year. Ricard and Divac decided that they couldn't relax with this guy!
"Ann, get ready to play!" As soon as Ricard gave the order, Anjie immediately took off his training uniform and walked to the technical table to prepare for the game.
Taking advantage of a dead ball opportunity, Anjie jumped twice, high-fived Leonard, and then strode to his own position. Now that the Trail Blazers are defending, Garnett is naturally "sticking" with Anjie as soon as he comes up.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, boy, it's not good to let an old man wait for you for so long." As soon as An Jie came up, Garnett also opened his own chatterbox. Compared to Leonard, Anjie is more interesting.
"That's it, that's it, that's it." Anjie didn't talk nonsense with Garnett, he came on the court just to strangle Garnett.
"Hmph." Garnett sneered, not caring at all about An Jie's words. Jason. Seeing that he was unable to break through Lillard's defense, Terry moved the basketball to the interior and prepared for Garnett to deal with it.
"It's coming!" Anjie doesn't dare to underestimate Garnett, who has always been one of the most successful power forwards in the league.
Garnett also knew that he couldn't eat Anjie with his back shot, so he held the ball high and used his footwork to turn on the spot. After that, the palace was re-raised, three threats, looking for a breakthrough gap.
"Left!" Seeing Garnett suddenly activate, An Jie moved sideways without the slightest hesitation. For a top-tier defender like Anjie, Garnett's triple threat is not deceptive at all.
An Jie was secretly proud that he had judged the right direction of Garnett's breakthrough, but in the next second, he collided with a shiny black guy.
"Brandon. Bass, nice pick-and-roll! An Jie didn't expect that he would be difficult in the way he was best at! ”
Anjie knew that something was wrong, and immediately reached out to pull Garnett's jersey. But Bath's blocking and dismantling is too tough, don't look at this "pocket inside" is only 2 meters tall, but the style of play is very tough.
Garnett immediately walked to the basket after breaking through Anjie, Aldridge naturally completed the switch with Anjie, and he went to chase the "wolf king" who had successfully broken through.
Just as Garnett started to take three steps, he held Aldridge with one hand and lifted the ball high with the other! Then, Garnett's legs exerted force, and the whole person jumped into the air. Aldridge also jumped up, but because he was framed by Garnett, Aldridge couldn't get close to Garnett in the air.
So Garnett barely dunked the ball into the basket through Aldridge's outstretched arm! Throughout Garnett's career, he has relied not on strength and impact like Griffin, but more on his long arms. If Garnett's arm had been a few centimeters shorter for that ball just now, I'm afraid the ball would have been dunked in the basket!
"Ho! Garnett actually completed a dunk on Aldridge's head, which is really a dunk that travels through time and space! "Mike. Brin couldn't believe that Garnett, who was almost 37 years old, could make such a move.
"Whew!" After landing, Garnett tensed the muscles in his arms and gritted his teeth! This expression is still fresh in Divac's memory. After Garnett successfully blocked himself back then, he showed such an expression!
After that, Garnett turned around and pointed at Angel. It's like a street thug saying to you, "I remember you."
It was precisely because of this dunk that the Celtics officially tied the score.
What are the odds of a 37-year-old veteran breaking out? Very low. Especially in front of An Jie, this probability will be even lower. It's just that Garnett can't be judged by ordinary people's standards......