Chapter 140: The Great Sixth Man

The stalemate of the situation on the field made Vincent, who couldn't bear it anymore, call a timeout. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoIn these rounds of offense, the Bobcats' advantage under the basket is still obvious, but Vincent said that it is useless, they are coming up to chase points, not coming up to blow up with the opponent's bench.

It doesn't take a second thought to know that Vincent won't give up his advantage on the inside, and Rivers, who doesn't want the game to be a little unexpected, also made changes to the lineup, replacing Davis with Perkins.

After replacing Perkins, with Shi Lei, who was supported under the basket, the defense was really sharp. The Bobcats' first offense was given to Okafor as Rivers had expected.

Okafor, who lacked offensive skills, was interfered with by Shi Lei's help defense and shot out of the frame. Toney grabbed the rebound and went down quickly with the ball alone.

Toney scored two points to extend the margin to 21 points.

The Bobcats' nominal boss this season is Richardson, but he doesn't have leadership qualities and still wants to take on the responsibility of leadership. At the critical moment of the team's life and death, he forced three shots outside the three-point line, but Posey did not hit a ball, and the Celtics, who opened the offense, hit two three-pointers in a row by the loach-like House, which suddenly made the game lose suspense.

Because of the uneven strength of the opponent, the attention of this game is not high, but there were several explosive points in the process, which made many reports about this game appear in the newspapers and magazines the next day. The famous basketball critic Fran even published a special commentary - "The Great Sixth Man"! Uh-huh, Fran is a Bostonian!

"Since the 60s of the last century, the Celts have pioneered the conceptual position of the 'sixth man', spanning a long history. Ramsey, like Jordan on the shooting guard, has always been an iconic figure in this position, a handful of 'sixth man' who helped the team win multiple championships, a handful of 'sixth man' who was selected as an All-Star, and the only 'sixth man' inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Despite the fact that in Frank. After Ramsey, the 'sixth man' became the standard configuration of every team, but among the many latecomers, even the best Argentine Ginobili could not help the team as well as Frank. Ramsey is on a par.

However, after entering this season, the cycle seems to have begun, and it is still Celtic, and their No. 23 seems to have found a successor. The international player they signed with the 'first-of-the-line' contract lived up to their expectations and from the very beginning, they became the most trusted on the bench for this team aiming to win the championship.

Just like Frank. Like Ramsey, he has become the 'invisible cornerstone' of the Celtics, his excellent game reading ability, his breakouts, defense, assists, rebounds, and several times to save the team, making people vaguely see Frank in him. Ramsay's Shadow.

But just yesterday, Frank. Ramsey seems to have really come along, he can play Okafor alone, he can pass the ball to open players in the bag, he can protect rebounds, he can make his own defense cover the whole half, he seems to be able to do anything.

I just want to say one thing to him: 'Hey, buddy, you're an amazing sixth man'!

But for more media editors, it was Rivers' roar at the end of the first quarter that was more reportable.

"Rivers yelled at the 'Big Three' and said, 'Can't you win without him?'" ――sportspro。

'Look how he plays,' Rivers said to the 'Big Three.'" -- A gossip tabloid.

"In the second half, the 'Big Three' sitting on the bench were ashamed and didn't say a word." - Another gossip tabloid.

Gossip and entertainment spread faster than a player's great performance in a game, and soon, "Rivers' roar" made American imperialist netizens spoofed countless episodes on the Internet. is also promoted by some people with ulterior motives, these episodes have even appeared in the programs of TV channels. For example, a TV station in Los Angeles......

However, these people were disappointed, these did not destroy the good internal atmosphere of the Celtics, Garnett retweeted a such bridge on his Twitter, and uploaded a paragraph: "The four of us, each of whom has his own role that cannot be replaced by others, is optimistic that the youngest brother Stone will be selected as an All-Star next year, of course, we will win the championship first this year!" ”

Then Pierce also published: "For the championship, the Celtic four-wheel drive has been assembled and is ready to charge!" ”

Thunder. Allen met Garnett, Pierce, and Shi Lei at the same time, and issued a message saying: "With you, winning becomes easy. ”

Originally, Shi Lei was a little worried, after all, the role he played this time was on the opposite side of the "Big Three", but when things developed here, Shi Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly posted a tweet: "Thank you brothers for their selfless help to me, you are my best role model, I will do my best to provide you with some small help on the way to winning the championship, I love you." ”

The March season is a dense and terrifying schedule, and all teams with extravagant hopes for the playoffs are starting to fight for a playoff spot, to gain home advantage, or to avoid an opponent they don't want to meet. Just one day later, the Celtics, who have a tendency to flood the ground, face their second opponent in March, the Atlanta Hawks.

Without the suffering of pommel horse fatigue, the Celtics at home took the lead and gained a nine-point advantage in the first quarter.

There are still two seasons left before the rise of the Hawks, and at this time they are in the process of rebuilding, Rivers began to rotate the lineup in the second quarter, with Shi Lei as the core of the bench group replacing the main team.

Or the same tactics against the Bobcats, the Hawks, who are mainly young players, encountered the same embarrassment as the Bobcats. Horford's main interior line could not stop Shi Lei's flexible and impactful impact under the basket, allowing Shi Lei to score 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in a single quarter.

After that, the game did not make waves again, Celtic won at home, and Shi Lei also won the first "triple-double" in his life.

After that, it was still home, and the Celtics waited for their biggest opponent in the East, the Pistons, and this time the Pistons did not cause problems for the Celtics, and the Celtics won the game by 12 points at 90:78.