Chapter 47: Shooting Paranoia
"Boy, do you think you can stop me with those dirty moves? Don't dream about it, rookie. Facing Meng Xu, who jumped up, Anthony Walker hit a 3-pointer and looked at Meng Xu with disdain.
Since two consecutive back-to-back singles were overshadowed by Meng Xu's small movements, Anthony Walker gave up his plan to use his body to force Meng Xu, but used his height and bounce to start shooting constantly in the middle and long distances.
"Hehe, fat man, that's right, so the game is interesting." After hitting back at Anthony Walker, a smile appeared on the corner of Meng Xu's mouth, although the taste of being **** was not good, but at this moment Meng Xu's mood was indeed excellent. Anthony Walker's mid-to-long-range shooting percentage has not been high, especially the 3-point shooting, in the previous games of this season, his shooting rate was even less than 30%, forcing Anthony Walker to shoot from the outside, which is also one of Popovich's defensive tasks for Meng Xu in this game.
On the offensive end, Meng Xu once again got rid of Anthony Walker's defense, after receiving a pass from Antonio Danny, facing Pierce, Meng Xu hoisted the ball to Tim Duncan on the inside, Duncan with his back to Vitaly Portapenko, and after holding the ball, he made a sharp effort and leaned heavily on Vitaly Portapenko, under the pressure of Duncan, Vitaly Portapenko took a step back directly, and Duncan turned around and hung on the basket.
"Anthony is so uncool, Larry is right, Anthony will never be the next Larry Bird." The cardinal in the box shook his head and said after watching Anthony Walker on the court hit the iron again outside the 3-point line.
"Teacher, let's go, this game looks like we're going to lose again." Bill Russell, who was on the side, reached out and held the cardinal's arm. Since the sudden death of Celtics captain Lewis in training in 1993, and the death of the team's previously selected genius player Bias, who was poisoned by ******, Cardinal, who is nearly 80 years old, has left the Celtics, in his own words, "I have no motivation to work." ”
A few years ago, the cardinal was diagnosed with a heart attack, and the doctor warned his relatives not to go to the basketball game again, but today the cardinal insisted on coming, and in order to prevent accidents, the doctor and nurse stayed at the door of the box. And after seeing that the little guy who was most like himself in Bird's mouth was not so good, and the team had no hope of winning, Bill Russell also persuaded the cardinal to leave the court.
"Don't be persuading me, since you're here, let's watch this game." The cardinal waved his hand and continued to peuke his cane, looking at the court. The cardinal's mood is very complicated now, seeing the invincible overlord he created single-handedly, constantly falling, the cardinal's heart is simply dripping blood, and after Lewis's sudden death, the cardinal feels that his heart that loves basketball has died, but after hearing what Larry Bird said, the cardinal knows that he still loves basketball, or loves this team very much, that kind of love, unforgettable, unforgettable.
After making a block with Antonio Danny, Meng Xu received a pass from Antonio Danny inside the 3-point line again.
Anthony Walker gasped and appeared in front of Meng Xu, taking advantage of the fact that Anthony Walker was still one step away from him, Meng Xu immediately lowered his knees and made a jump shot.
Seeing that Meng Xu wanted to make a move, Anthony Walker jumped up without hesitation, ready to block Meng Xu.
“fack。” When Anthony Walker jumped, Meng Xu, who was supposed to jump up, shook the basketball with his body and squatted down again after his body stretched, before jumping up lightly and throwing the basketball in his hand
By the time Meng Xu jumped up, Anthony Walker had already fallen, and not only that, but this damn guy also hit him hard the moment he shot. Anthony Walker, who was furious, slapped Meng Xu directly on the arm.
"This goal went in." Meng Xu, who was sitting on the ground, was also a little surprised when he saw that the basketball had turned around twice on the edge of the basket and finally scored, how about his shot, Meng Xu knew best, just now Meng Xu didn't have the confidence to shoot, so he wanted to make Anthony Walker foul, but he didn't expect this shot to go in.
As the whistle sounded, Anthony Walker also had a black face and looked at Meng Xu viciously, this guy actually beat himself up a 2+1.
"Meng, well done." The assistant coach cheered loudly for Meng Xu on the sidelines, and Popovich also clapped his hands on the court. It's just that after Meng Xu missed the free throw, Popovich was a little uneasy, and even frowned, Meng Xu's 3-point shooting rate this season has reached 40%, which can be said to be not bad compared with the league's top pitchers, but his mid-range shooting and free throws are criticized, a 3-point shooting player who hits more than 4 percent, the shooting rate is only 30%, although the number of free throws this season is not much, less than 1 per game, but the shooting rate is only 60%, worse than Tim Duncan and David Robinson, Not at all like an outside player.
Looking at Anthony Walker, who was constantly playing iron on the court, Rick Pitino on the bench was not calm, and immediately called a timeout, in the second quarter Anthony Walker made 4 shots outside the 3-point line, only hit one shot, and the rest were all iron, and the Celtics are currently 40-29, 11 points behind the Spurs.
After the timeout, the Celtics replaced Anthony Walker and replaced him with another Larry Bird successor, Eric Williams, contrary to Anthony Walker, Eric Williams is not good at and does not like to shoot 3-pointers, but likes to break through the interior line, and mid-range shooting, and used to be a fierce man flying around in the sky, but in the third season of his career, he suffered an injury, and then fell from the sky to the ground, and his physical fitness was not as good as before, but the shot was still there.
After Anthony Walker left the court, the core of the Celtics on the court also became Paul Pierce, with a variety of offensive means, Pierce, known as the offensive textbook, singled Jaren Jackson, which was simply easy and wishful, taller than him, stronger than him, and faster.
After Pierce scored 6 points in a row, Popovich called a timeout, replaced Mario Aly, and switched places with Meng Xu, letting Meng Xu defend Pierce.
"This little guy is good." Seeing Pierce's performance on the field, Bill Russell in the box also showed a hint of appreciation.
The cardinal on the side also nodded in agreement.