Chapter 366: The Haze of Boston
Two consecutive victories in the Eastern Conference Finals put the Celtics at a low point, and after returning to Boston, there was no rest for a big training camp, after two days of rest, Ray Allen and Pierce have basically recovered their bodies, and Howard, one of the core of the Cavaliers, can also return to the court, and the bits and pieces of the day have made him physically restored.
The last game can be said to be a narrow victory, and the Cavaliers without Howard are really a little unbearable in the face of Yao Ming's No. 5 impact.
The first and second games between the Lakers and the Mavericks are also over, and the Lakers are also on a two-game winning streak, and like the Cavaliers, both wins have come at home, and they will travel to Dallas the day after tomorrow to start their road campaign.
On May 16, the Cavaliers arrived in Boston, a city they already knew well, not to mention that Garnett and O'Neal had fought here for years.
Fortunately, the weather in Boston today is quite sunny, otherwise there will be any special situation again, and the Cavaliers will be in danger, and if they want to take away the victory on other people's turf, there will be physical problems with the players, isn't that nonsense?
After a break during the day, the Cavaliers will come to the North Shore Garden in the evening, and Huang Xiang is also very familiar with this arena, where he used to be an exchange student, and he basically came to every game.
"Little Yellow Bean" roared so that Huang Xiang, who had just entered the arena and was about to warm up, almost fell, and he didn't hear this title.
"Wang Wei?" Huang Xiang looked at the yellow man in the second row on the sidelines, and the familiar figure made him grin and laugh.
"It's not easy, I got a place in the second row, hehe, you're all here, Aaron, Taylor." Huang Xiang walked up to Wang Wei and found that his former roommates from Boston University had also come, and the smile on his face couldn't help but be even stronger.
"Hey, hey, don't think we're cheering for you, we're all Celtic fans, although we want to cheer you on, but we can only pray silently for you in our hearts." Alun looked at Huang Xiang with a smile.
Huang Xiang pursed his lips, hehe, this guy is still so humorous.
"I'm going to warm up, you guys can play by yourself." Ignoring Alun Huang Xiang and returning to the field immediately, he didn't want to delay the warm-up because of his chat, otherwise it would be over if he lost and was no longer in a state.
When Wang Wei and Huang Xiang chatted, they immediately ushered in the crazy eyes of countless people, the most of which were contempt and hatred, as well as the eyes that killed a few people, but when Wang Wei and the others then put the green clothes issued by the Celts, they relaxed a little of their emotions.
The fans at the scene were looking forward to it, and the two losses made Celtics fans very dissatisfied, and they were all looking forward to a win in the game, so today they were all working hard, even shouting to cut their throats, and to suppress the momentum of the Cavaliers.
After the game began, there was a spontaneous silence for a while, and the lineup was still the same as in the previous games, with Howard and Yao Ming walking to the midfield position to jump the ball.
"You were very arrogant in the last game, hehe, this one, I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed." Howard looked at Yao Ming in front of him and said arrogantly, he didn't score a game-high 34 points in Yao Ming in the last game, but although he didn't win, Yao Ming's performance in the last game was the best and couldn't be hidden, Howard would not give up on this matter, because of his own reasons, the Cavaliers wasted more energy.
"Oh? Hehe, this is not Cleveland, here...... It's my place. Yao Ming's faint words were full of wireless domineering, which was once the king of the Rockets slowly emanated, and when the referee raised the ball to signal preparation, he and Howard stopped sarcastically mocking each other at the same time, and the game was about to start.
Howard and Yao Ming jumped at the same time when the ball was thrown into the air, today's Yao Ming did not have the luck of the last game, Howard slapped the basketball in the direction of the Cavaliers, Huang Xiang took the falling basketball and handed it to Iverson, Iverson slowly passed the half, today's game, the coach gave him the task of stabilizing the rhythm.
Rondo blocked Iverson's several attacks under the encouragement of the fans at the scene, Iverson did not continue his attack but handed the basketball to Jones on the side, Jones took the basketball and picked the ball into the inside line and handed it to the monster, Howard took the basketball and carried Yao Ming backwards to make a hook gesture, West and Yao Ming pressed him at the same time, Garnett took a step outside the three-point line to the free throw line, the basketball in Howard's hand also flew over, Garnett took the basketball and jumped up gently, the basketball was steadily drawn from his hand, and the net fell into the hole.
"Handsome scum!" Huang Xiang gave Garnett a thumbs up, Garnett waved his hand excitedly at the fans in the stadium, and there was no boo for him on the spot, all of them looked at this tall and thin guy blankly, last year, although he was injured, although he was absent, but Kevin at that time was fighting on behalf of the Celtics.
Garnett has fought for the Celtics for several seasons and has made the people here fall in love with this hard-fought guy, but this year, at this critical moment, he represents the enemy.
Rondo also glanced at Garnett meaningfully, he hadn't felt anything before, but these two playoff games let him know the value of this guy, Garnett was the first brother of the Celtics' defense in the past, and it was much more serious without him than without Pierce and others.
The current Celtics have a good offense, and there are capable people in every direction of firepower, but in terms of defense, except for Yao Ming, there is really no one who can be put on the sidelines, even Yao Ming is not popular in the No. 5 position.
So Rondo is the most depressed whenever he defends, but fortunately, the offense can cover up a little bit of defense.
Give the ball to Ray Allen, Lei Allen shook the basketball with his big hand and went straight to Yao Ming, Yao Ming received the ball and pressed Howard with one hand and shook the basketball to the basket with the other, the standard center hooked his hand, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket.
This is the Celtics at this time, Rondo's offense is good, he can basically play doubles in every game, and Ray Allen doesn't say anything about offense.
Pierce, an All-Star, what else do you want to say? West, well, he's the former No. 1 scorer for the Hornets, and Yao Ming, the No. 1 center in China and one of the two absolute cores of the Rockets, is the No. 1 center in the league, not to mention this guy's offensive ability.
So from an offensive point of view, it is no exaggeration to say that the Celtics are the first gorgeous team in the league.
The defense is much worse, but Rivers is not afraid of this kind of thing, he has a lot of tactics in his belly, and even the Zen master is full of praise for him.
Iverson's dribbling skills are not to say, even if izai maintains an average of two doubles per game in the playoffs, Iverson, who concentrates on being a point guard, is no worse than anyone else, and Iverson's performance at this time, even if it is a contract of tens of millions, is not too much.
Give it to Huang Xiang Huang Xiang rushed forward like lightning, and the signature attack stride was made in an instant, Lei Allen didn't have the strength to suppress Huang Xiang's footsteps, so he could only rely on the pinching with Pierce to limit it, and Huang Xiang basically wouldn't give him this opportunity, whether it was attacking by himself or breaking through the ball, Huang Xiang played with ease.
If it was in the previous college days, Huang Xiang didn't have to think about the opponent's defense at all, at that time he was a real dragon in a small river, and he could raise big waves when he lifted his buttocks.
However, in the NBA, it is not the same as before, where every team has opponents who let Huang Xiang pay for his full strength, even if Huang Xiang can score in their hands, but he also pays more energy and physical strength than usual.
Huang Xiang, who passed Ray Allen, skimmed left and right, saw that no one was chasing him, laughed secretly in his heart, passed the basketball through his crotch with his big hand, turned around and rushed over West again, the basketball was thrown in his hand, ran to the basket and bounced twice before falling.
"Not bad, so soft to the touch." Rivers looked at Huang Xiang's action and sighed in his heart, to be honest, he had heard of this Huang Xiang for a long time, but he was not the first pick, otherwise he really wanted to recruit him into the Cavaliers.
But now...... Even if they send Ray Allen and Pierce to the Cavaliers, they may not necessarily exchange, although Ray Allen and Pierce have infinite energy at this time, but Huang Xiang is only 21 years old at this time, and his strength can already compete with Wade and others, where to find such a superstar.
He is smart, and others are not stupid, so when Huang Xiang's name appeared on the Celtics' simulated trading, he directly hooked it, even if it was an exchange, it was not something that the current Celtics could exchange.
If the Celtics make a trade, the entire lineup will have to change, not to mention Huang Xiang's salary in two years, even if he signs a contract of hundreds of millions, it is not an exaggeration, although at this time the player's salary is very tight.
Affirmed by Rivers but booed by the whole audience, Huang Xiang's goal made all the fans say "boo.................." to Huang Xiang from the bottom of their hearts
At 6 minutes and 32 seconds in the first quarter, the Celtics took a timeout, and both sides made certain adjustments to the lineup, the Celtics replaced Hickson, and the center also replaced Davis, and the outside three did not change.
And the Cavaliers have already replaced Jones, at this time the ball in the middle of the court Gibson, scoring Huang Xiang, small forward Petrus, big forward Garnett, center O'Neal.
The game continued with the Celtics' offense, the big baby Davis grabbed the ball and attacked the inside, O'Neal's body was huge, and Davis's size was not small, but when the two collided together, Davis still took two steps backwards, a strong bear.
Let him attack O'Neal Davis is one hundred and eighty reluctant, although this guy is forty years old, but his teammates in the last year often played against O'Neal to make him understand one thing, even if this guy is not as good as before, but his weight has increased a lot, let himself arch him to attack, that is not exhausting him.
But as a player, how can you not listen to the coach, if you want to play, you have to honestly obey orders, no way, let's go.