Crowder was in good form after the opening period, scoring six points alone to lead the Celtics to a 13-6 lead.

76ers coach Brown quickly called a timeout, he needed to stabilize the situation, and at the same time solve Zhang Zifeng's offensive problem.

Zhang Zifeng walked off the field, took the staff's towel and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

No wonder others always say that NC+ is the purest basketball, and the NBA is commercial basketball.

In NC+, although some people will use small moves, most of the players are clean and work hard to compete for victory fairly.

But in the NBA, fuck. In order to limit the opponent, it is really done to the extreme, and there are so many small actions.

A layup was secretly elbowed.

A shot, the defender and the defender even pulls and pulls to make you uncomfortable.

It's no wonder that those stars who have made a name for themselves often have to suffer from all kinds of injuries, and in this cruel competition, no one will pity you and sympathize with you. All they want to do is knock you down.

And to survive here, all you can do is grit your teeth, swallow the blood in your mouth, and keep fighting.

Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng and said, "How is it, are you used to the confrontation in the NBA?" ”

Zhang Zifeng looked at his coach and said firmly, "I'll get used to it, I promise you!" ”

Brown nodded and said, "Good, I like your attitude." Noel, Sampson, I need the two of you to help Zhang Zifeng block the defender and create opportunities for him. Also, it's Covington's turn for you to play. I want you to give me a hard lesson about that bastard Smart, and I want you to tell them that we 76ers aren't easy to mess with! ”

Covington was stunned for a moment, but soon he understood, nodded and said, "Okay, Coach." I know what to do! ”

After returning from the timeout, Zhang Zifeng received the ball at the top of the arc.

Smart pounced, "Hey, man. You'd better stop, or I wouldn't mind giving you a hard blow!" ”

"No one can intimidate me, Lao Tzu will definitely defeat you tonight!" Zhang Zifeng looked at Smart coldly, and then motioned to his teammates to come over to cover with his eyes.

Zhang Zifeng moved to the right with the ball, and Smart was just about to follow when his body was blocked by Sampson.

Zhang Zifeng used Sampson's cover to shake Smart away.

When David Lee wanted to run out to make up for the defense, Noel was already on his path ahead of time.

David Lee had no choice but to shout, "Taylor makes up the defense!" ”

However, at this time, Zhang Zifeng had completely opened up the space and jumped up to shoot.

"Huh!"

The basketball simply crashed into the net.

Seeing that the ball had scored, Zhang Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief and finally scored.

This is the first ball in an official NBA game, three points!

Zhang Zifeng clenched his fists and cheered himself up. The first ball is here, will the second ball be far away!

As he ran back, Zhang Zifeng high-fived Noel and Sampson to thank them for their help.

The Celtics quickly counter-attacked, with Bradley quickly advancing to the front and immediately getting the ball into Smart's hands.

Smart beckoned at Zeller, who immediately ran to the top of his seat.

Smart shook off the guarded Zhang Zifeng with the help of cover and killed the inside, just about to jump up and dunk.

Suddenly, Covington slashed from one side and slapped Smart down with a big palm.

Smart's whole person slammed on the floor like a bird with broken wings, and the sound of Smart's butt smashing on the floor was clearly heard in the ears of the surrounding audience.

Many viewers saw their buttocks tight, "How much it hurts, what an unlucky guy!" ”

Covington pretended to ask for Rassmart, but in fact he whispered in his ear, "If you dare to do something to my buddy again, you won't be as lucky as you are now!" ”

The Celtics players reacted, and Bradley and Crowder rushed over and pushed Covington away. "You bastard!"

Celtics head coach Brad Stevens angrily yelled at the referee, "That's a malicious foul, you should get that butcher down." That's a malicious foul, you have to get that bastard out of the game, he's hurting people on purpose! ”

The referee shouted, "I'll give you a penalty, now you go back to where you are standing!" ”

Pushing Stevens back to the bench, the referee blew the whistle and gave Covington a technical foul.

Two free throws and one throw.

Hearing the penalty, Covington raised his right hand and signaled that he would accept the penalty.

The NBA in the fifties and sixties was still in the era of lack of rules and brutal action.

At that time, there was a type of person on the NBA team who could sit on the bench all day doing nothing, and sleep on the bench until the end of the game.

But if you think they're water cooler managers, you're wrong, they have a high status in the team and can be called the boss of the team.

When there is a conflict on the pitch, this type of person will rush to the pitch at the first time to protect their star from loss.

There is a very popular name for this kind of person: NBA court bodyguard.

The most famous of these is Kormit Washington, who punched former Rockets coach Tomjanovic out of the brain.

Washington was the autocratic bodyguard of "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar.

On December 9, 1977, the Lakers hosted the Rockets. In the third quarter, Abdul-Jabbar was plotted by the opposing Kevin Kunat when he was grabbing a rebound, and the angry Abdul-Jabbar immediately fought with Kunat near the midfield.

As soon as Washington saw that the situation was not good, he immediately rushed into the arena to protect the "boss". Just as he was fighting with Kunat, he saw a red shadow running towards him out of the corner of his eye.

That person is the Rockets' star player Tomjanovich, and he just wants to persuade him.

But Washington thought he was here to fight, so he turned around and punched Tomjanovich in the face.

Tomjanovich was slammed into the ground and slammed into the floor, where blood began to seep out.

Tomjanovich fainted for two hours, and when he woke up on the emergency table, he was still curious: "Doctor, why is there some salty liquid in my mouth?" ”

The doctor told him that "you are tasting your own brain".

Because of this punch, Tomjanovich's skull was dislocated by one inch, and he underwent five plastic surgeries, and the tear gland was directly removed.

Mjanovic underwent plastic surgery and recuperation before returning to the pitch five months later. Later, because of this serious injury, he retired early.

By the eighties and nineties, bodyguards were in vogue. Especially the team that has the hope of winning the championship has such a number one.

At that time, Jordan's breakthrough was too sharp, and the opponent could only put him to the ground with a ruthless hand to demonstrate deterrence. Especially when I met the Pistons' gang of bad boys, I was not less "special care" from them.

Jordan still dared to attack the interior without fear in the era of pursuing iron-blooded defense, just because he had Oakley as a bodyguard.

In those years, everyone in the NBA knew that if anyone dared to plot against Jordan, they would wait to eat Oakley's iron elbow!

In addition to protecting their own team members, these bodyguards have to deter each other. Sometimes I do some money making work.

In the 1997 semifinals, the Knicks led the Heat 3-1 and were in great form.

At the end of Game 5, the Heat's P.J. Brown deliberately provoked a brawl, and the Knicks rushed up to beat Brown. In this way, the Heat only traded one Brown for the Knicks' suspension of all five main players, and in the end, the Knicks were eliminated 3-4.

In the semifinals of the 2007 season, the fourth game of the playoffs between the Suns and the Spurs, the Spurs had already lost the game, and Horry made a malicious foul and knocked over Nash. Enraged, Si and Dio rushed onto the pitch.

In this way, the Spurs traded a bench player for the suspension of two Suns generals, and in the end, the Suns were eliminated 2-4.

Although in the 21st century, the rules of the league and the scale of referees are not conducive to excessive physical contact in the game, some teams still retain some "villains" to intimidate opponents and players who can come in handy during special periods.

For example, Barnes of the Clippers, Green of the Warriors, etc.

Under Covington's care, Smart's butt hurt to death, affecting his hand, and he missed both free throws.

It continued to be the Celtics' possession, and Bradley singled Cannan and made a layup.

Retreating to the half, Smart habitually wanted to use small movements when he was staring at Zhang Zifeng.

But when he subconsciously saw Covington on the side looking at him coldly, Smart didn't dare to mess around.

Smart didn't dare to play small moves, Zhang Zifeng succeeded in singles twice, and Noel also scored 4 points in a row.

The two sides then traded two shots, with Noel hitting two layups as the Celtics trailed 21-26 at the end of the first quarter.

Zhang Zifeng scored 10 points in a single quarter.