Chapter 265: Jiang Yang's toughness
At the beginning of the last quarter, in the first half, the Celtics players turned defense into the first element on the court, and the offense on both sides was extremely difficult, Jiang Yang and other main players were sitting off the court, and now Doug Rivers is really hesitant because of Jiang Yang's own problems.
His height is only 201 cm, and now he wants to learn from Johnson as a cameo center and help the team win, it is not an easy task, after the third quarter, Jiang Yang's score was 15 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds, which looks very comprehensive.
But it is full of loopholes, and he wants to replace Jiang Yang and let Jiang Yang return to the outside to play, but he is not worried about Rashid Wallace, after all, Jiang Yang's defense in the No. 5 position is now seen by everyone, and Doug Rivers is too entangled.
"Let's have Rashid Wallace take a look!" With such a thought, Jiang Yang still sat on the field when it was time to make a substitution, but instead pushed Rashid Wallace to the fifth position, but after Rashid Wallace arrived at the fifth position, he still did nothing, and Doug Rivers was even more entangled when he saw this, and Jiang Yang off the field also watched the game on the field with a frown.
Just when Doug Rivers and Jiang Yang were struggling there, the Lakers on the court had slowly chased the score, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers or Artest played an important role, he first hit three points successfully, chasing the score to 61-57, the score was only four points, at the critical moment Ray Allen caused the opponent's foul in a row, three of the four free throws, the Celtics once again stretched the score to seven points, at this time the Lakers two big heart balls stepped forward, First, Derrick Fisher shot a key three-pointer against Nate Robinson's defense, and then Kobe Bryant caused Ray Allen's foul, two free throws and two hits, plus Gasol scored nine points in a row after Rasheed Wallace fouled on the inside, this wave of 9-0 tie also made them instantly overtake the score 70-68, looking at such a score, Doug Rivers immediately called a timeout, with this wave of offense, in fact, it has erased the advantage of the Celtics in the first three quarters, looking at the court, Doug Rivers panicked a little.
"Do you want to lose!" Together, this thought was like a fire in the wasteland, slowly burning in Doug Rivers's mind, and the original confident thought was slowly collapsing, and now he was a little powerless to parry!
People are not machines, people have feelings, so in this case, even if Doug Rivers has the ability, he can't show it, in fact, now it's not only Doug Rivers who is anxious, but other players are also anxious, and the only one who can stay calm on the sidelines is estimated to be Jiang Yang, who is frowning, Jiang Yang raised his head and glanced at the time, there were still 3 minutes and 10 seconds left.
"It's almost time...... Jiang Yang stood up at this time and walked in front of Doug Rivers.
"Coach, let me go!" Listening to Jiang Yang's words, Doug Rivers was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with a wry smile, it's not that he doesn't want Jiang Yang to play, it's just that the other party has been using shooting to limit the play of his side, Jiang Yang's height is the biggest disadvantage, how can he let Jiang Yang play? Now that he heard Jiang Yang's words, he could only smile bitterly.
"Coach, our biggest problem right now is not defense! It's an offensive ......" Seeing Doug Rivers shaking his head and refusing his request, Jiang Yang thought for a while and said to Doug Rivers, listening to Jiang Yang's words, Doug Rivers seemed to suddenly understand something, originally this game, in everyone's predictions, was a defensive battle, judging from the first three and a half quarters, this is indeed a defensive battle, Phil Jackson and Doug Rivers are ready to carry forward this kind of defense.
"Defense is what wins a championship!" This sentence has always been rooted in the hearts of all coaches, and any coach who makes the playoffs or the finals always emphasizes his team's defense, but sometimes defense is not everything.
The current Celtics obviously can't defend against each other, but they have been emphasizing defense, which also makes everyone a little puzzled.
When there was Andrew Bynum, the Lakers were still playing on the ground all the time, but now they are playing more offense!
Listening to Jiang Yang's words, Doug Rivers's head was like being poured with a basin of cold water, and he quickly calmed down.
Looking at the Lakers who were celebrating opposite, his eyes flashed a few times before waving at his players.
"Jiang Yang, next you go on the court, play center, and then we ...... Such...... ...... like this"
There are three kinds of timeouts in the NBA, one is the most common, the kind that plays at critical moments, 20-second short timeouts, but these 20-second short timeouts are just to disrupt the opponent's deployment once, you think about a total of 20 seconds, plus the time for the players to walk back, and the time for arrangement, it is basically a drink of saliva and a cutscene! And the other kind of timeout is the 100-second timeout used by the Celtics just now, this timeout, each team has a total of seven, which means that the two sides can apply for a total of 14 long timeouts in 48 minutes, which is basically used to set up tactics, after all, there is a minute and a half.
It's enough for them to arrange some simple tactics, the last kind of pause is the so-called official pause, the NBA is a commercial league after all, they need to insert advertisements during the live broadcast, if they don't pause, there will be no time to broadcast ads, and there will be no revenue without ads, then naturally the owners of the teams, as well as the league, will lose money, which they don't want to see, so the NBA will call a timeout when both sides delay calling a timeout, which is also the so-called official timeout.
Of course, no one will call an official timeout when the tension is at its highest, and the NBA people are not brain-dead...... The timeout passed quickly, Jiang Yang, Garnett, Pierce, Ray Allen, and Rondo all came to the field, preparing for the next game, and the opposing players also returned to the court, looking at Jiang Yang again, everyone was quite strange.
"Jiang Yang, who didn't play in the first nine minutes of the fourth quarter, actually played in the last 3 minutes and 10 seconds, it's really a bit strange!" Kenny Smith on the sidelines watched Jiang Yang actually play, and there were some surprises, if Jiang Yang came on the court at this time, it was to play as a substitute, then he would not be surprised at all, even if it was a player who played outside, replacing Ray Allen, Pierce, Rondo, and whoever of them, he Kenny Smith would not be surprised, but now it seems that Jiang Yang is still playing the fifth position!
"Looks like Doug Rivers is a little dizzy!" Charles Buckley, who was next to him, also said with some puzzlement.
As for the Lakers, all the players laughed, Jiang Yang didn't play just now, didn't they still win the same game?
Now that Jiang Yang is on the field, he can't change anything! Only Phil Jackson's eyes kept squinting, looking at Jiang Yang on the court.
"This guy definitely has a conspiracy!" Phil Jackson is the mental guru of the league, everyone admits that.
This guy Jiang Yang is a very smart player, he never fights uncertain battles, just like this game.
When he didn't get Wallace's defense and became an S+ level skill, he would never say that he was going to play the No. 5 position, and now that he has taken the initiative to play, then he must have some tricks to show, watching Jiang Yang play, in fact, all the fans had some surprises, but they still gave applause to this player who had already gotten a triple-double.
"Look at me!" When he came to the court, Jiang Yang nodded at the other teammates, and Garnett passed the ball directly to Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang dribbled over half the court, yes, Jiang Yang dribbled over half the court, he is indeed playing the No. 5 position now, but at the same time he is also the team's PG, this time the four players passed the half, all standing outside the three-second zone, and the Lakers players were stunned!
"What now?" Those five words came to the minds of all the Lakers players, and now they really don't know what to do, defense? The opponent is all on the outside, how to defend it? Stuck inside to grab a rebound? Jiang Yang's shooting ability is not easy to mess with! Just when they hesitated, Jiang Yang jumped directly on the outside, and the three points that no one defended were comfortable to throw! Jiang Yang's three-point shot fell directly into the basket with an arc, 18 points! Jiang Yang's score came to 18 points!
At this time, they also led the Lakers 71-70! After the Lakers took a look at it, they decided to attack and come back.
After Fisher dribbled past half court, he directly found Kobe, and Kobe Bryant faced Ray Allen, first after a feint, he directly inserted the inside line, shook Ray Allen's center of gravity and then jumped out of the shot, although Ray Allen had adjusted his center of gravity as much as possible, but he still hit the opponent's hand when defending, although the basketball did not score, but sent Kobe Bryant to the free throw line.
Kobe Bryant made one of two free throws, 71-71, and the Celtics and Lakers tied the score! Then the Celtics continued to attack, and after the extra court, Rondo handed the basketball into Jiang Yang's hands, Jiang Yang just got the ball, and Kobe Bryant on the Lakers' side ran over to defend! That's what they think, too, and while all five of the opposing team are on the perimeter, Rondo has little shooting ability.
So put Herondo first, and focus on Jiang Yang! But Rondo isn't that easy to deal with! Gasol has been standing on the inside line, Rondo's shooting is no longer accurate, he can still shoot in a big vacancy, Jiang Yang directly distributed the basketball to Rondo, and he didn't hesitate at all.
Rondo took the ball and attacked the basket directly, and the basketball went directly to the basket, although there was some luck in this ball, but it was always scored!
"Prevent out, prevent out!" Seeing that the Celtics turned the score to 73-71 in the blink of an eye, Phil Jackson panicked a little and immediately shouted at the players on the court, listening to Phil Jackson's words, the Lakers players all nodded.
In the subsequent attack, Gasol found this point, Gasol faced Jiang Yang, and after arching hard, the 'sister-in-law' sadly found that her strength was still not as big as Jiang Yang, so she could only turn around and jump, but as soon as he turned around and jumped, Jiang Yang also jumped up, and what was split on his face was a big blood cap, which was slapped directly on the basketball, but the hole was stained with Gasol's hand, and the player was one, so in this case, it could be judged or not, but the referee still gave Gasol two free throws.
Gasol made two free throws to tie the score! Then Rondo dribbled the ball again after half court and handed the ball to Jiang Yang single, this time all the players of the Lakers pulled out, but made some changes, the faster Odom appeared in the position of defending Pierce, so as to push down, except for Kobe Bryant who was still defending Jiang Yang, everyone had a defensive object, and Gasol defended Garnett! It seems that this is a very perfect defensive lineup, but in the current Jiang Yang's view, it is still full of loopholes, speaking of defense, as long as the opponent's center can shoot, Jiang Yang has not many ways, but when it comes to offense, Jiang Yang is very virtuous, looking at Kobe in front of him, Jiang Yang smiled at Rondo, and then directly handed the ball to Rondo, and took Kobe Bryant straight into the inside, and Rondo's pass arrived just after Jiang Yang finished his position on the inside.
The fight of the inside line, strength is a very important point, Jiang Yang was originally ready to fight Gasol, but now Kobe Bryant followed him to the depths, so if he doesn't beat Kobe, he is really blind to his physical fitness!
After Jiang Yang received the ball, he made a center's shoulder shake action, although Kobe Bryant was not fooled, but the center of gravity has changed, Jiang Yang directly turned around, and directly took the ball with both hands and buckled it to the basket, although Kobe tried his best to block Jiang Yang.
But Kobe, who has a big gap in physical fitness, can only be blocked by Jiang Yang, and then his hands are violently buckled!
"Bang!" "Boom!" Looking at Jiang Yang's violent dunk, he not only pulled his score to 20 points, but also caused the whole audience.
"Jiang ...... Ocean! The DJ at the scene roared Jiang Yang's name loudly, and after Jiang Yang landed, he couldn't help but raise his hands high, allowing the audience to raise the cheers to another height.
"So that's the idea he played!" Looking at Jiang Yang's appearance, Phil Jackson's face was quite ugly.
He now understands Jiang Yang's style of play, Jiang Yang doesn't have any strange tactics, just strong tactics! He can pull out the outside line, but Gasol can't pull it out, and in the past, he could rely on Odom and others to make up for the defense to limit Jiang Yang.
But now it's very troublesome, if you let Artest or Fisher defend Jiang Yang, then Jiang Yang is almost the same as no defense on the outside, and if Kobe Bryant defends Jiang Yang, then Jiang Yang will go deep into the inside to force Kobe, if Gasol defends Jiang Yang, then it is foreseeable that Jiang Yang will definitely break him, Gasol's footsteps in the big man are good, but compared with Jiang Yang, a pure guard, it is far worse! Looking at Jiang Yang, who was enlivening the atmosphere on the court, Phil Jackson patted his head.
"How could such a monster appear!" Phil Jackson looked at Jiang Yang on the court, and a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes.
At this time on the court, the Lakers finally did not score, and gave the Celtics a chance, Jiang Yang played alone again, but this time Kobe Bryant learned well, he let Gasol make up the defense, instead of letting Gasol make up the defense next to him, it is better to let himself attack directly!
This time, Jiang Yang adopted a blocking and dismantling tactic, and directly let Garnett block Kobe, and directly faced Gasol alone!
is like an orthodox center, Jiang Yang faced Gasol and sat directly on his buttocks! Although Jiang Yang's ass did not have the power of O'Neill's big guys, in the face of the 'sister-in-law' who was not known for his strength, Jiang Yang still squeezed him back a step, and this step became Gasol's nightmare! Step back, step back! Jiang Yang was like a traditional center, directly squeezing Gasol and squeezing him into a reasonable collision area, and suddenly with a force on his back, Gasol, who was caught off guard, directly knocked Jiang Yang down, and then Jiang Yang jumped directly and condescendingly! A two-handed clasp that pulls out the mountain Wa!
"Woo woo woo woo ......" The audience went crazy! Jiang Yang first deducted Kobe, and then knocked down Gasol and then deducted Gasol, and the Lakers will be humiliated by Jiang Yang in the two major battles! All the Lakers fans have a dull face, and Gasol and Kobe's faces are also very exciting, Kobe's face is full of anger, and Gasol's face is full of horror!
From here, it can be seen why Gasol is called a sister-in-law! Then the Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant thought very well, just now Jiang Yang beat Gasol, and now he is going to go to Gasol to beat Jiang Yang, and he doesn't have many ways under Ray Allen's defense.
can only hoist the ball into the inside line to Gasol, after Gasol took the ball, he hit Jiang Yang backwards, although the collision was banging, but Jiang Yang stood there as if his feet were rooted, he didn't move, Gasol panicked...... The impact just now was his last fight!
But when he found out that he couldn't hit Jiang Yang at all, he really panicked, and immediately turned around and wanted to shoot.
But his mentality was already out of balance, so he forgot to do the feint of shaking his shoulders to deceive Jiang Yang, and jumped directly, so can his bounce be compared to Jiang Yang? At the moment when Gasol jumped, Jiang Yang also jumped high, and what he covered his face was a big hat, and he directly fanned the basketball down, and after the basketball bounced to the ground with a spin, it was picked up by Rondo for the first time, and then passed to Pierce, the captain had to play a scoring role at this time, and Pierce rushed directly into the basket and scored with one hand!
79-73! After Jiang Yang came to the court, he pulled the score back to as many as six points with a round of 11-3 small **!
And these 11 points are all related to Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang scored 7 points alone, and among the remaining four points, one is his own assist, and one is his own block, at this time there is 1 minute and 16 seconds left before the end of the game, Jiang Yang has 22 points, 12 assists, 12 rebounds, 5 blocks and 2 steals, and this miracle continues!
(To be continued)