Honk~

Three minutes later, the Nets opted for a timeout, then replaced Newman with Cage, and Ji Liang moved down to start playing against Pierce.

When the hand is hot, Walker will become difficult to stop, and the current Walker is in this state, even if it is Chi Liang, it is difficult to limit him much.

Coach Rivers' idea is simple, since it is difficult to limit Walker, then limit the other one of the Celtics' twin stars, Paul Pierce, and Walker will temporarily hand over to Cage, he does not believe that Walker has always been able to maintain this state.

After finding himself and Chi Liang facing each other, Pierce was obviously a lot more dignified, but faintly gave people a sense of excitement, he liked to play against strong players, especially if the opponent was still a player from the same class as him.

For Pierce, it was also a test, which also made his fighting spirit rise significantly, and he wanted to suppress Ji Liang in the matchup.

Speaking of Pierce, we have to mention a brawl that happened not long ago.

On September 25, 1999, Pierce was dragged to a bar by his teammate Barty for a drink, and had a verbal altercation with a scoundrel at the bar, and then the bar suddenly scuffled, and Pierce, who had no experience in group fighting, was hit on the head with a wine bottle by his opponent, and some people stabbed him 11 times. One of the slashes was 8 centimeters deep and had already entered the lungs, with a difference of 0.25 centimeters to penetrate the heart.

Unexpectedly, Pierce began to be discharged from the hospital three days later to recuperate, 18 days later, on October 13, Pierce's 23rd birthday, he miraculously started training, and 40 days later, he started competing, and he didn't even miss a pre-season game.

From a physical point of view, Pierce is 201 cm and 107 kg, and Chi Liang has an advantage in both aspects, and both are imaginary in other aspects, and they both belong to the floor flow players.

In the first attack after the substitution, Ji Liang did not use a low single, he had played against Pierce several times, and he knew very well that this efficiency was not very high.

Pierce's defense may seem average, and his defensive attitude and awareness are not stellar, but he is strong, tough and knows how to move his feet, and his defense is clearly seriously underrated.

Ji Liang skillfully dribbled, his shoulders swayed from side to side, and the frequency began to increase, trying to disrupt Pierce's rhythm.

Pierce spread his hands, his knees slightly bent, and Chi Liang was a step away, his eyes did not blink, and he was always staring at Chi Liang's movements. His defense isn't top-notch, but he rarely ventures into tackles and is dominated by solidity.

The next moment, Chi Liang spotted a vacancy, took a tentative step with his right foot, and then accelerated to break through to the right side.

When Chi Liang moved, Pierce's footsteps were not slow at all, and he used his sliding steps to move to the left, blocking in front of Ji Liang.

At this moment, the sound of the friction between the sole of the shoe and the floor sounded, and Chi Liang made a sharp stop, and withdrew the ball with his right hand.

At this time, the two had already arrived at the front of the forbidden area.

At the moment of the emergency stop, Chi Liang smoothly made a series of movements such as knee bending, jumping and wrist pressing.

Pierce was startled and jumped up in a hurry, his right hand raised in the air, trying to organize the other party.

But in the process of jumping, Pierce was surprised to find that the distance between the basketball and him was getting farther and farther, and he saw Ji Liang stretching his body and leaning back slightly.

In mid-air, Chi Liang's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the basket not far away, and after rising to the highest point, he gently threw the basketball in his hand.

Chi Liang's leaning is very standard, his movements are quite smooth, like a textbook, although the jump is not very high, but it still gives people a picturesque feeling.

At the moment of throwing the basketball, Ji Liang fell to the ground, subconsciously took a step back, and stabilized the trend.

On the other side, Pierce immediately turned to the basket after landing on the ground, subconsciously wanting to scramble for rebounds.

Swish~

Unfortunately, Pierce did no work, and the basketball hollowed into the net, swinging for a while, and finally fell to the floor.

For such a close-range step-back jumper, because Pierce also didn't jump high, coupled with Ji Liang's height and arm span advantage, the shooting rate was naturally very high.

Immediately after the switch, Pierce asked Anderson for the ball, and he wanted to hit it back.

Without hesitation, Anderson opted for passing.

Near the three-point line, Pierce received the ball with both hands and put on a three-threat move, his passing skills were not superb, but he was no less threatening.

In terms of offense, Pierce rarely plays hard in the game, and is good at using various small tricks to score on the opponent's head, his offensive skills are simple and effective, and the combination of multiple skills is known as the offensive kaleidoscope!

Of course, Pierce is not yet known as an offensive kaleidoscope, but his offensive means are all-round and still extremely difficult to defend.

Chi Liang didn't act rashly, and also took a step away from Pierce, his legs were slightly bent, as long as Pierce moved, he would block it with thunder.

With little warning, Pierce began to move, trying to use his left foot to get rid of Chi Liang, who liked to learn Jordan's tentative steps during his school days, and was also his most commonly used action in the game, he usually doesn't dribble too much, and often uses tentative steps to pass opponents!

However, Chi Liang reacted very quickly and stood in his position first, and at this moment, Pierce pulled the basketball and seemed to want to break through to the other side, which also made Chi Liang subconsciously move.

At this moment, Pierce took a step back, appeared outside the three-point line, and took up a jumper, what he does best is to use his foot back to create shooting space after trying to dribble with his feet.

By the time Ji Liang jumped up, he was already a step too late, and his defender threw the basketball first.

Boom~

Unfortunately, Pierce's luck wasn't great, as the basketball smashed into the front of the basket and bounced high in the air.

After landing on the ground, Pierce wanted to scramble for the flying basketball, but Ji Liang stood in the best position, stretched his ape arm lightly, and grabbed the defensive rebound.

Before Ji Liang grabbed the rebound, Armstrong and Billups immediately rushed to the front court as fast as they could, as if they had received a signal.

As they ran past the center circle, Ji Liang broke free from Pierce's entanglement and passed the ball to Armstrong.

Anderson, who is also a small player, is very fast, and the moment Armstrong receives the ball, he is already close to his side and wants to harass him.

Actually fleeting, Armstrong didn't stick to the ball, and with a ground-hitting pass, he passed the ball to Billups on the other side, who was unguarded and scored an easy layup.

The Celtics' offense, this time, Pierce is going to basketball again, he has excellent ball-handling breakthrough ability, and also has excellent dribbling skills, such as the "butterfly through the flower" stunt.

is the same as "butterfly wearing flowers", but Pierce is different from Iverson, in addition to wearing the crotch to change direction, Pierce also added some factors of European steps, or "butterfly wearing flowers" after turning his back, this offensive means has brought great trouble to defenders.

In addition, under the restraint of the stunt "butterfly wearing flowers", Pierce also worked hard to practice the mid-to-long-distance jump shot.

Without hesitation, Pierce broke through with the ball, even if Chi Liang tried his best to block, but the defender was relatively passive after all, and was soon found by Pierce, his body was strong, and the confrontation was not much worse than Chi Liang, plus Chi Liang was out of position, and he successfully squeezed in.

After a tough physical battle, Pierce didn't suffer much, scoring on a jumper before O'Neal Jr. helped defend.