Chapter 191: To Dallas
The game with the Wizards, although it was a continuous game, but only with Jamison and Butler, and the current Celtics, could not create any effective damage, to Jiang Yang's surprise was Boykins, under Jiang Yang's defense, he still scored 14 points. It's not that Jiang Yang doesn't work hard, but this little man is too fast, even if Jiang Yang's physical fitness has reached A+ now, but he specializes in art, and in the face of Boikins, who is 36 cm shorter than himself, Jiang Yangxian has not many ways.
And this guy's offensive ability is really strong! Soon after the opening, they played an 18-9 start with full firepower, and then the Wizards also played a wave of 12-4 counterattacks ** to narrow the score difference to only one point, and then after Jiang Yang played, although Boykins was able to kill Jiang Yang, but Jiang Yang played him more easily, a shot, a three-pointer, at the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led the opponent by six points at 29-23 into the second quarter, At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Rashid Wallace scored consecutive inside jumpers on the court, and there was also a violent dunk, the Wizards played a 13-2 offensive ** under the leadership of Boykins and Blatch, and tied the score, but then Jiang Yang and Garnett hit consecutive jump shots to help the Celtics fight back, and Mike Miller's timely three-point shot helped the Wizards stop the Green Army's offensive, and at the end of the half, the two sides were tied at 54-54.
At least for now, it seems that the Wizards are still relatively tenacious! After the start of the third quarter of the game, the two sides have been in a state of stalemate, the Celtics want to overtake the score, but have not succeeded, at the end of the quarter there is only more than a minute left, Caron Butler cut five points in a row, the score was instantly opened, and Tony Allen and Rashid Wallace were also under the guidance of Jiang Yang, one after another to make fouls on the inside, with free throws to slowly catch up with the score, after three quarters, Kyle held 77-78 behind the Wizards by one point, but the fourth quarter began, Tony Allen and Jiang Yang blossomed inside and out, the league led the Celtics to play a wave of 10-4 offense ** to overtake the score, pulling them without letting the Wizards catch up, Jiang Yang's defense has no effect on Boykins, but the effect against Butler is quite good, Jiang Yang made Butler completely unable to find a touch.
And taking advantage of this opportunity, the Celtics' interior line also took up positions one after another, Rasheed Wallace's jumper pulled the score away, Garnett's jumper, so that when there was more than 1 minute left in the game, the difference was stretched to more than ten points, and the Wizards had no chance, and finally lost the game with a gap of 88-102 at home, with a gap of 14 points, Butler scored a game-high 20 points, but the shooting percentage was miserable, only 6 of 18 shots, and Jamison was even worse, under Garnett's defense, he only shot 2 of 17 in the whole game, If he holds up at the last moment, maybe the Wizards may still win, but now the only one in the entire team who is still playing hard is in addition to those substitutes, only Butler, a desperate guy, has some momentum, and the other main players have no thoughts, and all their minds are now on the transfer market, after all, the current Wizards team is no longer welcome, and after Arenas made a fuss, the reputation of the Wizards has become stinky.
For the Celtics, all seven players on the team scored double-doubles, and the main team except for Perkins scored the rest of the scores in double figures.
Garnett's team-high 19 points, Rondo 15 points and 12 rebounds, Pierce 12 points, Ray Allen 17 points, Jiang Yang 13 points and 8 assists, Tony Allen 10 points, Rasheed Wallace 12 points, finally got rid of the shadow of two consecutive losses.
Then they are at home, facing the challenge of the Heat, as the season deepens, O'Neal Jr. and Michael Beasley are becoming less and less powerful, with Wade alone, it is difficult to pick up the current Heat team's beam, at the beginning of the game, Wade continued to impact the Celtics' interior line, Ray Allen defended Kobe Bryant very well, but the defense of Wade was always a little worse.
Wade not only scored a layup, but also created a lot of opportunities to shoot in the open space, Jiang Yang played with him in the last copy, Wade at that time was much easier to deal with than Wade now, Wade at that time, there was only one way to play.
Breakthrough! There is almost no need to worry about his long shot, but now it is different, Wade's breakthrough is still the same sharp, but his long shot has to be guarded against, even if it is not very stable, but he now has a basket, which is an indisputable fact.
Alston and O'Neal Jr., who have just transferred, also gave him some firepower support, the Celtics still focus on Rondo and Garnett's combination of inside and outside play, the two teamed up to score 15 points in the first quarter, each sent four assists, at the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led the Heat by one point at 27-26, at the beginning of the second quarter, Wallace and Jiang Yang teamed up to set off a wave of 12-6 small **, the advantage of the generals expanded to seven points, and the bench level on both sides was too poor and a little big.
After Wade came on the court, the Heat's offense was back on track, and the efficiency of the combination of inside and outside improved, and they gradually caught up with the point difference.
At the end of the half, the Heat only trailed the Celtics by 4 points at 51-55, and in the third quarter of the game, the two sides went back and forth, and the score rose alternately.
Wade here was also agitated at first glance, although Jiang Yang's small movements were annoying, they had not yet reached a state of insolvability.
He forcibly resisted Jiang Yang's small movements, scored three times in a row, and led the team back to an 8-2 offensive **, and at the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two sides was only the last 2 points, and the Heat trailed the Celtics 74-76.
In the last quarter, the Celtics' proudest defense began to exert its might, only allowing the opponent to shoot one shot in the first five minutes, after Ray Allen scored six points, he led the team to play a wave of 14-4 small **, expanding the difference to double digits, although the Heat then played a wave of 8-0 small **, but Jiang Yang scored five points in a row, and also assisted Garnett to shoot a goal, in the last 36 seconds, the Heat trailed the Celtics by 8 points, the general trend has gone, and finally Jiang Yang also stole Wade, Wade can only commit on Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang made two free throws to seal the win for the home team, and Wade scored 30 points and added 13 assists in this game.
Six people on the Heat team scored double-doubles, O'Neal Jr. 10 points, Beasley 13 points, Alston 15 points, Richardson 12 points, Haslem 15 points, although the six scored double-doubles, but there is no obvious second main point of attack except Wade, no one has scored more than 20, it is really a little helpless, O'Neal Jr. has been powerful at the beginning of the season, and now it is soft.
The highest scoring for the Celtics was Ray Allen, with 23 points in the game, Rondo with 22 points and 14 assists, Garnett with 14 points and 9 assists, Perkins with 13 points, Edor House with 11 points, and Jiang Yang with 14 points and 6 assists.
In the end, the Celtics defeated the Heat 112-102 at home, and then No. 5 played the Nets at home, not to mention.
The Nets are still at the bottom of the league, or at home, and the game is actually meaningless in the third quarter.
Jiang Yang scored 26 points plus 11 assists in this game, Pierce's old injury attacked, and he took a temporary break, Jiang Yang naturally filled his position, and now Jiang Yang's reputation is getting louder and louder in the league, and in this game, Jiang Yang also got the title of the most valuable player, and now all the evidence shows that Jiang Yang has more and more potential for development!
After winning against the Nets, the Celtics have won three in a row, and with the afterglow of three consecutive wins, they welcomed the challenge of the Magic team at home, but when playing Magic, the Celtics played a little ugly! In the third quarter of today's game, the Magic scored 36 points in a single quarter on the offensive end, and only let the Celtics score eleven points on the defensive end, less than one-third of the Magic, such a huge point difference made the Magic from a 11-point deficit at the end of the second quarter to a 14-point lead at the end of the third quarter, so it can be said that it was because of the third quarter of the game that the Celtics lost the game.
From the beginning of the game, in fact, the rhythm was on the Celtics' side, just two minutes into the game, Howard called the first foul of the game, Ray Allen made two free throws to help the Celtics open with a 6-3 lead, today Pierce returned, Jiang Yang returned to his bench position, and when there were more than five minutes left, Howard ate the second foul and could only leave the game early, Kyle continued to lead the other party 16-10, and in the absence of Howard, Jiang Yang and their benches also performed well, leading the opponent by one point at 28-23 at the end of the first quarter and entering the second quarter.
In the second quarter, Howard only played a little more than a minute before Jiang Yang made a foul, and could only be a straight court, although Gortat did not perform well, but at the end of the quarter, the Celtics led the opponent by as many as 11 points at 51-40, and after three quarters of the game, the whole situation was completely reversed! Lewis, Nelson, Barnes, Carter, Petrus, all hit three-point shots in this quarter of the game, and directly attacked a 36-11 single quarter to overtake the score, and in the fourth quarter they were even more unpolite, further stretching the score to as many as 17 points, and the Celtics only then launched a pursuit.
Jiang Yang hit a three-point shot, Pierce made a layup, Ray Allen hit a shot, and kept narrowing the score, with 2 minutes 07 seconds left in the game, Jiang Yang narrowed the score to only 4 points, and the critical moment was Carter, three-point hit, pulled the score away, and then the two sides began to score alternately, and the last shot Pierce missed a three-point shot, and finally the Celtics lost the game 94-96 at home, and the three-point rain in the third quarter of the Magic directly blinded the Celtics, but such a three-point rain, Basically, it depends on Meng, and it is difficult to use it completely in the game, so the threat is not very big.
In this game, Carter, the best player of the game, scored 20 points in the game, Howard had 16 points and 13 rebounds, and except for the two of them, the rest of the starters scored double-doubles, Liu Wansi 14 points, Nelson 15 points, and Barnes 11 points. The opponent's offensive scoring is very balanced, but there is Carter on the outside, Howard on the inside, and the role of the axis is very large.
On the Celtics side, Perkins' performance today was really poor enough, not only did he not completely limit Howard's play, but he only had 2 points and 3 rebounds, Garnett 13 points and 9 rebounds, Rondo 17 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists, a quasi-triple-double, the comeback Paul Pierce was 13 points, Ray Allen 14 points, the three-point shots of these two guys today are really disgusting, Rondo, who is usually very poor in three-point shooting, shot two of two three-pointers, but they shot 1 of 6 and 1 of 5.
On the bench side, only Jiang Yang scored 11 points and 7 assists, scoring double-doubles. In the three-point comparison between the two sides, the Celtics shot 7 of 19 (Jiang Yang scored two, Rondo two, Pierce one, Ray Allen one, Eddie House one).
The Magic is 22 shots in 11 shots, and a considerable point difference is pulled out from this, of which Carter and Barnes are 4 shots and 3 shots, such a three-point rain, the Celtics' outside line is really unbearable, sometimes when the level of the two teams is about the same, feel and luck will determine whether a team wins or loses in the end! After a two-day break, the Celtics went to New Jersey to face the Hornets, this game is actually relatively easy to play, because of Paul's injury, and now the core of the Hornets backcourt is the rookie, Darren Collison, this rookie's performance is really good, the passing and assists are quite good, and there is also a good offensive ability, only behind Jiang Yang, competing for the best rookie.
Today, Ray Allen took a turn to rest, and Jiang Yang stepped into the position of starting point guard, playing double point guard with Rondo.
So when Rondo didn't perform well, he switched defenses directly on the field! After the game started, Perkins and Pierce made layups successively, Garnett hit two free throws, the visitors started the game 6-0, All-Star level player David West hit a shot, Peterson hit a three-point shot, Peja also hit a jump shot, the score on both sides fell into a stalemate, Pierce scored seven points with free throws, Peja hit a three-point shot, West scored six points in a row, Okafor also made a layup, and the home team reversed the score, but Jiang Yang and Rasheed Wallace immediately scored four points in a row, and Collins hit two jumpers in a row, Equalize the score.
At the end of the first quarter, the Hornets and the Celtics were tied 29-29, and in the second quarter of the game, the Green Shirts began to exert their strength, 28-14 in a single quarter, Rasheed Wallace scored four points in a row after the opening, Glenn Davis also scored seven points in a row, and the Green Army started the game with a small ** of 9-2, the Hornets and the Lakers are somewhat similar, and his own bench strength is very weak.
Sangeira scored 10 points in a row to lead the Hornets, but Pierce scored four straight points with free throws and Garnett hit a 3-pointer to give the Green end the first half with a 14-point lead at 57-43.
The Hornets launched a crazy counterattack in the third quarter, Collison became the offensive vanguard again, and Rondo had no way to limit the opponent, but Jiang Yang stepped up at a critical moment, first scored four points in a row on the offensive end, and then blocked Collison's layup!
But Jiang Yang blocked well, but Peja on the other side took the opportunity to hit three three-pointers in a row, and finally Jiang Yang blocked the opponent, fortunately, Jiang Yang completed his task at the last moment, the original 14-point difference was narrowed to 2 points, if it wasn't for Jiang Yang, it was possible that the opponent would have collapsed in the third quarter! In the final quarter, the two sides fought fiercely, Sangeira made a jumper, Peja made a layup, Collins scored nine points in a row, and today Rondo had no sense at all, and the offense was completely dominated by Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang scored six points in a row with a layup and a jumper, and then assisted Rasheed Wallace to hit a three-point shot, and the Celtics tied Huang Yu 81-81 with 3 minutes and 27 seconds left in the game! Then Jiang Yang made another layup, and Collins returned a two-point return.
Then Jiang Yang hit the inside again, dunked and overtook the score again, but Peja and Weiss scored four points in a row on free throws.
There's no way around it...... In the end, the Hornets lost 92-91 at home, and the Green Army lost two in a row!
The Player of the Match was Darren Collison who scored 25 points in the game, mostly when Rondo was defending him.
Rondo's state today is indeed not very good, and after Jiang Yang defended him, he directly added nine times to his mistakes!
Collison had 12 turnovers, David West 15 points, Peja 20 points, Peterson 16 points and 10 rebounds, and Sangeira 12 points.
In terms of the Kels, the five people who started, Jiang Yang got a team-high 21 points plus 11 assists, 20+10 people, but unfortunately the last shot did not score, the Celtics lost the game, in addition to him, the second highest scoring is Pierce, 15 points in the game, 3 three-point shots 0 shots, Rondo 7 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, he is really not in shape.
Garnett had 7 points and 7 rebounds, Perkins scored 3 points, of course, this also has the idea that Doug Rivers wants to rest them in this game, the recent schedule is too fierce, looking at their playing time of more than 20 minutes, you can understand that only two people on the team have played more than 30 minutes, namely Pierce's 34 minutes and Jiang Yang's 31 minutes. It can be said that this game, if Doug Rivers really wants to fight, is not without a chance.
But he chose to let the substitutes take up more time, let the main team have a good rest, if Jiang Yang can turn the tables successfully, that's good, if the comeback is not successful, it doesn't matter, because he has decided to give up this game.
The Celtics lost two straight games after the loss to the Hornets, but they had plenty of rest time to prepare for the second half of the season.
From February 10, 2010 ET to the next game against the Kings on February 16, the Celtics can take advantage of the halfway break of the All-Star break to recuperate as much as possible.
At the same time, Jiang Yang, Garnett, Pierce and Rondo are already on the plane to Dallas!
(To be continued)