Chapter 61: The Beginning
Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics lead point guard and owner of the No. 9 jersey.
With a height of 185cm and a weight of 78kg, this is the figure of a standard ordinary person, but his pair of arms are against the sky, and his palms are frighteningly large, so when playing point guard, this guy is also a BUG-like figure, those two long arms are waved, that is, covering the sky and the sun, and the average point guard can't see the passing route clearly.
Why, because Rondo's arm length of 213cm! It's 28cm longer than its height, and this arm length is about the same as the inner line of some short hands.
Therefore, Rondo was able to win the steal king last year, which is a real kung fu.
However, Rondo's appearance is really a loss.
If he could grow to Paul's level, the league would have praised him a long time ago.
After all, if you want to be a newcomer in the NBA or something, you can't look too ugly.
Celtic's starting lineup for today is as follows:
Center Perkins
Power forward Garnett
Small forward Pierce
Shooting guard Ray Allen
Point guard Rondo
This lineup is exactly the same as the 76ers guessed before the game, and of course, their lineup was also determined by everyone during training:
Center Whiteside
Power forward Brand
Small forward Hayward
Scoring guard Andreas Iguodala
Point guard Han Miao
Whiteside and Hawes competed for the starting center position, and after almost two months, it finally came to a conclusion.
With a little higher talent, the support of the two big brothers, and his own improvement, Whiteside successfully won the trust of Coach Stevens at the last moment and became the starting center of the 76ers in the new season.
Of course, in order to encourage him, Coach Stevens also said that if he doesn't play well, he will be replaced at any time.
After all, Hawes is also good, with solid basic skills, and he also has a half-volley.
Whiteside went to the center circle to get ready to jump the ball, and it wasn't Perkins who came out to jump the ball for the Celtics, but Garnett.
"Hassan, don't rush, be steady."
Han Miao reminded Whiteside that, after all, starting his career on the first away road in North Shore Gardens would be nervous as a rookie.
"Tick-"
The referee blows the whistle and throws the basketball high in the air!
Whiteside let out a loud shout, then jumped up and reached out his long arm to touch the basketball!
Jumping up at the same time as him was the tall, thin guy with a very cold face opposite him - Kevin Garnett!
"Smack!"
The two of them slapped the basketball almost at the same time, but it was obvious that Garnett was more experienced and used more force, so the basketball flew towards the Celtics.
"Tsk, just a little bit."
Of course Whiteside is a little unhappy, who would have thought that Garnett would be so able to dance at the age of 34?
Rondo catches the ball, gesticulating and motioning for the team to pull away.
Han Miao rushed in front of Rondo in two steps and assumed the standard posture of defense, although he didn't know whether he could defend it.
After all, Rondo's ball control and passing are also gold-level, and he is on the same level as Han Miao.
However, Han Miao's defense of Rondo has his own set.
That is to resolutely not let him break through!
Let you shoot, even if you are given an empty position to shoot three points, but resolutely do not let you break through, as soon as you break through, Han Miao's whole person will be pressed, and he will use his body to force Rondo to give up the idea of breaking through.
There is no way, Han Miao is 10 centimeters taller and 12 kilograms heavier than him, and this kind of opponent is what Rondo hates the most. (Rondo is not afraid of Paul Nash's technical stream, but he is afraid of DeLong's type of point guard)
Although Han Miao's weight of 90 kilograms is nothing for other point guards, he is definitely more than one size bigger than Rondo.
However, as the current "fourth giant" of the Green Army, how can Rondo do it if he doesn't have some passable skills? In the face of this type of point guard, although Rondo said that he couldn't beat it, he also had his own set of coping methods.
That's to make up for the lack of body with speed and teammates!
Perkins came up early in the morning to prepare to block and dismantle, and in order to attract Han Miao's rest, Garnett also specially gave Pierce a false cover in an attempt to interfere with Han Miao's judgment.
However, how could Han Miao, who had watched the Green Army game in his previous life, not know their routines? As soon as Rondo suddenly moved to the side of his body, Han Miao knew that someone was coming up!
Turning around suddenly, Han Miao took her own steps almost at the same time as Rondo's breakthrough, sticking her back to Perkins, and after turning around, she was still in a parallel position with Rondo!
"Bang-"
The two just hit shoulder to shoulder, this hit Han Miao was nothing, Rondo staggered out a few steps, and almost dribbled the ball twice!
However, Rondo's long hand is really useful at this time, and the basketball struggles a few times unwillingly, and it is firmly controlled again!
"Smack!"
Before Han Miao pounced, Rondo took advantage of the situation to pass the ball to the ground, and those long arms helped him dodge Han Miao's steal and successfully gave the ball to Perkins!
Perkins turned around and faced the basket, but he couldn't dunk a little far away, so he chose to step up for a layup.
There is no problem with this choice, but Perkins ignores his opponent Whiteside, although Whiteside sits under the basket, but Perkins can still cover this shot distance!
Don't forget, he's also a member of the Longarms family! And at this time, Whiteside was only 105 kilograms, thin, so he jumped even higher!
"Huh!"
"Smack!!"
Jumping with all his might again, this time Whiteside was even more merciless, slapping the basketball hard and pumping it out like a volleyball!
"Tick-"
out of bounds, so it's still Celtic's possession.
"Well done!"
Han Miao encouraged Whiteside, it's very good, you can block the first ball, and this time the timing is very good, not a random block.
The only pity is that the strength is not well controlled, so the racket flies out, otherwise Han Miao will be ready to attack quickly.
The Celtics still had 14 seconds to attack, Ray Allen served, and Rondo once again used his long arms to get the ball under Han Miao's tight blockade!
"I'm top!"
Han Miao's principle is to take advantage of your illness to kill you, and Rondo's physical confrontation is not as good as his own, so just keep pressing him with his body, as long as he is careful to dismantle and don't let Rondo break through quickly, then he will be finished this time.
If you have the ability, you can shoot three points outside the three-point line! I'll give you a chance to sit in the air!
As soon as Rondo saw that the breakthrough was not working, he could only pass the ball again, this time to Garnett, who looked very relaxed in the face of Brand, a short but long-arm power forward.
A floor stream who weighs about the same as himself, it's too easy to hit him.
Turn around, feint and shake it, and jump straight on the spot!
Garnett is seriously injured, and now his physical function is not as good as before, and it may be a little difficult to burst and make up for the dunk.
But at his peak, Garnett's range was within the entire three-point line, and his turnaround jumper from the baseline was his weapon for scoring!
It's not too easy to shoot in this position!
"Huh~"
It was easy, with two points to win, and Celtic opened the scoring.
Brand couldn't jump, so he couldn't interfere with Garnett at all, they were all members of the long-arm family, and the advantages canceled each other out.
"Take your time, we'll have one more!"
Han Miao controlled the ball steadily, and gestured to signal everyone to run.
"Come on, rookie!"
Rondo stretched out his arms, and after he cheered up, he instantly arranged a tight blockade in front of Han Miao!
This should be the legendary iron lock Yokoe......