Chapter 184: The Enemy Meets
At the end of October, the northern hemisphere has cooled slightly, and the NBA regular season has officially kicked off.
In the opening game, there was finally a 76ers team.
The bad news is that the first game is a strong team, and the Celtics, who beat the red-eyed Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals last season, are enemies of each other, and fans have torn apart.
The good news is that playing at home, you don't have to run to Boston.
Before the opening game began, the league began the championship ring awarding ceremony as usual.
This is undoubtedly another irritating Celtic visit.
The three veteran superstars who had never won a championship looked at the young 76ers players on the court, looking at Allen Iverson who was laughing heartily, his pupils shrank slightly, his face was calm, but the fire was burning.
"Who came up with this bad move!" Wang Mingming thinks that after winning the championship, the ring can be mailed over, what do you have to do so ritually, is it really good to stimulate others plainly?
Sure enough, after the opening, the whole Celtics team went crazy.
Garnett scored the first with a back-to-back jumper and then shot out of control.
Ray Allen hit a three-point shot, Ray Allen hit a two-point jumper, and Paul Pierce hit a three-pointer, and the three old men were full of energy to take a 10-0 lead in the opening game.
“???”
Wang Ming looked at the 76ers players on the court with three question marks in capitalization, and during the pause, he couldn't say a word angrily.
The players were silent, probably knowing that they were playing like.
A timeout just passed, and Wang didn't arrange any tactics tomorrow.
The players go on the pitch and solve the problem on their own.
on the field.
Iverson controls the ball up front.
He took a deep breath, as the boss, he really should come up with something to solve the current dilemma at this time.
One-on-one, Rondo defensively.
The black boy is much stronger than last year, and on his two bare arms, the muscle lines like unicorn arms are clearly visible, and it looks like he did some penance during the offseason.
"Papa~"
Iverson dribbled the ball under his crotch twice in a row, dangling the ball in his left hand and changing direction sharply in front of his body.
It was still the familiar taste, but this time, the young man on the other side, with an unimaginable cadence, moved laterally, predicted in advance, and blocked Iverson's front.
It's like a wall that moves.
Pick-and-roll, Gasol's pick-and-roll came as scheduled.
Iverson frowned, pulled the ball back, turned and passed, and accelerated.
This time, Gasol delayed Rondo's defense for him, and Iverson turned inside to face Garnett's defense, playing small, shaking, and making a sharp stop in the middle range.
Garnett's eyes flashed, and he pounced on him regardless of it.
"Bell~"
Shot missed.
But at this moment, an arm appeared under the basket, and the basketball flying in the air suddenly changed direction, and after being gently supported by the man, a parabola was drawn, and it fell into the basket again.
"Huh!"
Iguodala makes a stoppage.
The audience breathed a sigh of relief, it was finally opened, the first goal of the new season, if it didn't score again, there was really nothing to see in this game.
The Celtics' face remained unchanged, and Rondo advanced with the ball.
Up front, Ray Allen ran from the left pocket to the bottom corner on the right, and after Garnett covered it, he came to the line to play a block with Rondo.
It's a change for the Celtics, who rarely had Rondo on the ball last season.
Rondo has a good sense of the ball, and the basketball in his hand seems to have spirituality, and he has not left his hand for a moment.
He dribbled back and forth under his crotch, just as Iverson had just done.
Then he stepped with his right foot, and after a pause in his body, he suddenly exerted force.
The breakthrough of young people is extremely fast, much stronger than last season.
Iverson was caught off guard and was overrun by Rondo, who thought Rondo would choose Garnett's left side of the pick-and-roll, but he went to the right.
Rondo looked up, and Mori looked at Daimpoter who pounced on him with a cold gaze.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a black figure assisting in defense.
The distribution of the entire court was quickly formed in the brain, and if these two people came to wrap him up, then at this moment, the most empty place should be .......
He suddenly made a wide pass, as if he had an eye in the back of his head.
The basketball came out of the hinterland and gave the number 20 to 45 degrees, an empty position.
Ray Allen raised his hand and hit a three-pointer, and the basket didn't look like he was looking.
"Huh!"
Hit again!
In the opening game, the Celtics' offense turned out to be like this, playing a wave of 13-2!
Iverson holds the ball, Gasol blocks high.
Rondo brushed Gasol's side, ghostly, and continued to follow Iverson.
Iverson felt the pressure from Rondo's defence and glanced sideways at Gasol, who followed up down the middle but had Garnett intercept in it.
Iverson gritted his teeth, broke through directly, and under Rondo's interference, the layup was missed.
The rebound was taken by Celtics center Perkins, who easily took advantage of the card position against Ballam Porter, and the Haitians were far less ferocious than last season.
"Didn't get in again!"
Fans were particularly worried that Iverson had already missed his third goal after the opening.
Fortunately, at this point, the Celtics offense finally missed, Pierce missed a jumper, and the rebound was collected by Iguodala.
Iguodala broke through again, causing a foul on Ray Allen.
The 76ers fell behind 4-13 on both free throws.
When the enemy met, no one expected that the 76ers, as the defending champions, would play so poorly, and the Celtics, who were defeated by their subordinates, were ashamed.
At least in the first quarter, the 76ers were completely pressed and beaten by the Celtics.
At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers trailed the Celtics by 18 points 17-35, and dug a huge pit in the first quarter, and the pit was still ventilated and had a cool feeling.
Wang Tomorrow was silent.
After the players were off the field, he took the tactics board and began to lay out the tactics for the players.
It's mainly the players in the second tier, and this second squad is a little different from last season.
In addition to Paul-Millsap still leading the way, the outside line is paired with new signings Kyle Lowry and Willie Green, small forward Kyle Korver, and center Theo Ratliff.
DeAndre Jordan sat restlessly on the sidelines, looking at Wang Ming with longing eyes.
He's hungry to play, he's hungry to prove himself.
But he also knows that he is only a rookie at the end of the first round, and the amount of playing time depends on his performance on the court in the future.
After all, the Celtics are one of the strongest teams in the league, not a fish belly that Wang will use to practice casually.
But to DeAndrew's Jordan's surprise, he was soon given his chance.
On the court, veteran Theo Ratliff injured his calf in a scramble with Celtics substitute Glenn Davis and fell to the ground with a painful expression.
Wang Tomorrow was stunned for a moment, walked up to the field, and questioned Ratliffe carefully.
Ratliff limped to his feet, then shook his head and said something to Wang Tomorrow.
Soon, he left the stadium to the applause of some fans.
In the first game of the season, injuries hit.