Chapter 196: Sweeping the Lakers

With the trade window closed, Jiang Yang also confirmed that the Celtics will not start this season, but who knows next season?

With the mentality of a rabbit and a dog, Jiang Yang followed the team to Los Angeles, where they will challenge the Lakers.

Before the All-Star Game, they had just fought the Lakers, and Jiang Yang performed well at that time, helping the Celtics defeat the Lakers in the last moments, ensuring that, at least now, the Celtics will not be psychologically disadvantaged when they meet the Lakers in the playoffs.

"The birds are all hidden, and the rabbits are dead and the lackeys are cooked......" Watching Eddie House and others leave the team, Jiang Yang was really a little sad.

But there is no way, this is business, Jiang Yang and they did not accept such a thing and came to Los Angeles.

The Staples Center in Los Angeles is a stadium shared by the Lakers and the Clippers, Jiang Yang is not very unfamiliar with this place, after all, he also struggled here at the beginning, of course, others don't know, today's game should not be difficult for the Celtics to play, because the difficult Kobe Bryant, there is no way to play today, and the injury on his finger is too serious.

It's almost completely broken, not wrapped in tape, and there is almost no way to straighten up normally, and it is precisely for this reason that he, a warrior, has rarely rested a few games, but although he has rested, but in the last few games, the Lakers have played well, after the All-Star Game, the Lakers just won 104-94 against the Warriors, completing a four-game winning streak.

Now facing the Celtics, although there is no Kobe, but they are still more confident that they will win the game in the cheers of the home fans, today's starting lineups on both sides are as follows, the Lakers, the starting center is still Andrew Bynum, power forward Pau Gasol, the recent consecutive wins, Gasol can be said to be indispensable, it is because of his excellent play, the Lakers have been winning, today he is facing Garnett, but also an opportunity for him to correct his name.

Small forward Ron Artest, the body of this beast, is generally not a problem.

The shooting guard is Shannon Brown, who replaced Kobe, Shannon Brown is actually good when he plays off the bench and can shoot and rush.

But playing the main team, it is always a little worse, of course, if there is someone, Phil Jackson will not arrange for him to play.

The point guard is still the old fish Derrick Fisher, and Fisher has said that he can retire after playing this year.

At the same time, he has already negotiated with the Lakers executives, and after he retires, he will serve as an assistant coach on the Lakers' team.

But it doesn't seem like he's going to want to slip so easily, at least the Lakers won't give him a chance to slip right now.

The Celtics are still the old five, inside Perkins, power forward Garnett, small forward Pierce, scoring guard Ray 0-Allen, point guard Rajon Rondo, but the bench is not so full, after Eddie House and Jr Giddens left, Nate Robinson over there They haven't caught up yet, fortunately, Daniels is back in the line of fire, plus Jiang Yang in the No. 1 position, the Celtics' bench strength has not dropped too much, at least it still presses the Lakers!

At the referee's order, Bynum and Perkins jumped at the same time, and the game began!

It's a bit strange that Perkins might have hit Howard when he jumped the ball, but he definitely couldn't jump Bynum.

The same was true for this ball, and Bynum easily hit the ball, leaving Perkins with no hope of turning the tables in the regular season.

The basketball directly slapped his side, after Fisher got the ball, the Lakers attacked directly, Kobe Bryant was not there, the boss of the team was Gasol, Gasol singled Garnett after taking the ball, Jiang Yang saw it clearly off the court, this guy squeezed for a long time.

But it's not squeezed, Gasol is not wrong to be called a 'sister-in-law', this guy's strength is too poor.

Gasol forced a shot, missed the hook, Perkins got the backcourt rebound, handed it to Rondo, Rondo dribbled past half court, and handed the ball to Garnett, since the sister-in-law dared to single herself just now, then now Garnett must also find it back.

But maybe he was also a little anxious, the same jump shot missed, but Perkins used his tonnage to carry Bynum on the inside, and then grabbed the offensive rebound, and then Perkins took the basketball into his arms, and then forced Bynums to make a layup, not only hit, but also caused Bynum behind him to foul, but unfortunately missed the free throw, but also scored two points first.

And then Artest on the Lakers' side couldn't shoot, Rondo seized the opportunity, broke through successfully, and the Celtics led 4-0!

The critical moment still depends on the Lakers' interior line, Lakers owner Buss spends so much money on the interior every year, even if it is smashed in a blister, at least it can be turned out to be a little flower, and the genius 'teenager' Bynum has a very big height advantage on the inside.

He relied on Perkins' hook shot and also scored two points! But then Rondo drew a foul on Shannon Brown, hit both free throws, and then hit a jumper, and if he only scored in the single digits in the last game, he was on fire today.

Ray Allen also made a long-range shot, followed by a jumper, the Lakers relied on Bynum to score four points in a row on the inside, Brown blocked Rondo, Fisher hit a jumper, Perkins made a layup, Gasol scored four points in a row, and Garnett also scored on a hook...... With 5 minutes and 46 seconds left in the game, the Celtics led the Lakers 19-12, and the Lakers finally waited for Garnett to foul Gasol and asked for a timeout, but Gasol just hit two free throws to narrow the score to five points.

But Rondo over there immediately assisted Pierce to hit a shot, and it wasn't until there were 3 minutes and 08 seconds left in the game that Jiang Yang replaced Rondo on the court, and at this time the score on both sides had reached 27-18, and the Celtics led the opponent by as many as 9 points.

It can also be seen from this that without Kobe, there is indeed a problem with the offense on the Lakers' side.

After Jiang Yang came on the court, Bynum really gave it a try, grabbed an offensive rebound on the inside and made a layup, and deceived Garnett's foul, the Lakers took the opportunity to ask for a timeout, and the two sides took the opportunity to replace more bench players, Glen Davis replaced Garnett, and Jordan Famar on the Lakers' side replaced Fisher, and Fisher was obviously going to suffer in the face of Jiang Yang.

But looking at Jordan Farmar on the court, Jiang Yang couldn't help but be happy, Fisher suffered, and you Jordan Farmar didn't suffer?

After returning from a timeout, Bynum's free throw missed, which was rebounded by Pierce, and then passed the ball to Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang dribbled the ball while walking through the half, and after half time, Jordan Farmar pounced, in fact, the Lakers' outside defenders have many more powerful defenders, like Kobe Bryant, like Ron Artest, they are all more powerful defenders.

If they defend Jiang Yang, then Jiang Yang may still be stunned, but you are a Jordan Famar, looking for abuse!

Jiang Yang's current body is A+, and he is no longer the one who can be abused by a person when he first entered the alliance.

Facing Jordan Farmar, Jiang Yang smiled slightly, and directly dribbled the ball under his crotch, wanting to force Jordan Farmar to do so.

It was not the first time that Famar had played against the current Jiang Yang, so he probably knew Jiang Yang's level, so after hesitating for a while, he took a step back, wanting to prevent Jiang Yang's breakthrough, but at the moment when he retreated and his center of gravity moved back, Jiang Yang took his foot back, and then in front of him, he pulled the jump shot outside the three-point line, and the basketball was pulled in Jiang Yang's hand and flew directly towards the basket.

Just on the court, Jiang Yang's hand felt really good, with a brush, the basketball was directly spun into the basket, 30-20, the Celtics directly extended the lead to ten points, looking at Jiang Yang on the court, Phil Jackson couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Every time he faced this guy named Jiang Yang, he always felt that this Jiang Yang was somewhat familiar, and Jiang Yang knew his tactics very thoroughly, and now his personal ability was still very strong, which really made people feel a little unguardable!

Famar was shot by Jiang Yangyan, and he was naturally uncomfortable in his heart, and in the next attack, he didn't care about the team's tactics, and after finding Jiang Yang directly, he wanted to shoot Jiang Yang! But is Jiang Yang so easy to deal with?

A big blood cap directly fanned the basketball down, Ray Allen on the other side took the ball and ran away, and then hit a jumper 23 feet away from the basket, allowing Shannon Brown to pounce on the inside and make a save, 32-20, and the score on both sides continued to pull away!

With one and a half minutes left in the game, the Lakers finally found an opportunity by Shannon Brown to cheat Ray Allen's foul, made two free throws, and slowly narrowed the score, but Jiang Yang immediately returned another layup, continued to pull the score away, Gasol dunked violently, and maintained the score at 12 points, and finally Tony Allen, who was on the court, passed the ball to Jiang Yang and made a mistake, allowing the other party to get a chance.

Shannon Brown hit a three-point shot from the outside, and finally locked the score at 36-27, the Celtics led the Lakers by 9 points to end the first quarter, without Kobe's existence, the Celtics played very comfortably, Kobe Bryant was not there, relaxed!

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Jiang Yang first assisted Tony Allen to make a layup, but after that, the Green Shirts' offense was a little out of shape, allowing the Lakers to play a wave of 7-0 offense**, narrowing the score to 38-34 only four points, at this time Jiang Yang once again exerted his power and made a long shot, Jiang Yang had already scored 8 points at this time, and then Jiang Yang assisted Rasheed Wallace to shoot a foot, Glen Davis on the inside made a layup, Artest received an assist from Vujacic and dunked it violently, but Jiang Yang on this side, He played his trick-making spirit in the rookie challenge, stealing Shannon Brown and Gasol's passes twice in a row, and the Celtics scored six points in a row to extend the advantage of the score to more than 10 points again! At this time, Jiang Yang was substituted.

After Rondo came on the court, he was blown a t because he was dissatisfied with the referee's decision, Fisher hit a free throw, Artest hit a jumper, Odom broke through the dunk, but Garnett immediately turned and leaned back to hit...... The rest of the second quarter had nothing to do with Jiang Yang, so it passed relatively quickly, and in the end, the Lakers trailed the Celtics 48-58 at halftime and entered the third quarter.

Jiang Yang scored 10 points in the half plus 4 assists, played very well, led the benches to play very smoothly, and did not give the other party any chance, looking at Jiang Yang's current performance, especially Jiang Yang's performance in the last game Jiang Yang's performance against Evans, I have to say that Jiang Yang's reputation has indeed slowly risen, and at the moment when Jennings made a series of mistakes, only Jiang Yang, Curry and Evans are the only people who compete for this year's best rookie, Curry and Evans, because Jiang Yang is from a non-draft background, so he is still ranked third.

In China, Jiang Yang's reputation is getting louder and bigger, especially during the Chinese New Year, after participating in the Rookie Challenge, Jiang Yang's reputation in China has gradually caught up with Yi Jianlian, of course, if it is in Guangdong, Yi Jianlian's reputation is greater than Yao's, but according to the national scale, Jiang Yang's reputation is no smaller than Yi Jianlian.

At the same time, the Basketball Association also put the invitation of Jiang Yang to join the national team on the agenda, this year's Yao Ming has determined that there is no way to participate in the summer World Championships in Turkey, only by virtue of Dazhi, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue and others are difficult to make a breakthrough in the World Championships.

So at the critical time, they still believe in Jiang Yang, but Jiang Yang has no foundation in China, which is also a problem, playing basketball in China, the level and strength are always ranked behind the qualifications.

No matter what the domestic reaction is, anyway, Jiang Yang has not considered whether to participate in the national team or not.

Now all his attention is focused on the court, without Kobe, the Celtics really played more and more smoothly, and at the beginning of the third quarter, Garnett made a strong layup and caused Artest's foul, completed the three-point shot, and pulled the score away.

But then Artest also hit a three-point shot, and the hydrogen score was chased back, but Ray Allen immediately had another three-pointer!

Garnett blocked Fisher's layup, and then Ray Allen picked another leak and made a jumper, the Celtics continued to pull away the score, Gasol on this side finally fought for a layup and caused Garnett's foul and two free throws, but Junzi Ray immediately returned another three-pointer, as if Ray Allen was still a little angry that he did not participate in the All-Star, and was venting at this time.

After Garnett's dunk, the Green Shirts were already leading the opponent by as many as 16 points, Bynum scored four points in a row, but Ray Allen hit another jumper, and he and Kobe Bryant were basically in a state where he was defending Kobe, Kobe was not easy to score, Kobe was not good at guarding him, and he was not easy to enter.

Although in terms of reputation, he is a little worse than Kobe, but when it comes to defensive skills, Ray Allen is still very good at defending Kobe.

Now that there is no Kobe Bryant's restrictions, Ray Allen still has no problem singleing Shannon Brown.

Then Jiang Yang played! As soon as he came on the court, he passed the ball to Perkins on the inside line, but Perkins' shot was slow and was blocked by Gasol, but immediately Perkins attacked for the second time, Gasol scored four points in a row, Jiang Yang also hit a jumper, and then Ray Allen and Pierce added two points each, Shannon Brown made a jumper, and he still has a physical advantage over Ray Allen.

But back, Jiang Yang directly blocked Gasol, Jiang Yang's block today is really powerful, of course, the premise is that in the face of Gasol such an inside line, as well as in the face of Famar such an outside line, Davis made a jump shot, at the last moment Jordan Farmar wanted to fight for three points, but was interfered with by Jiang Yang, three points missed, the Lakers 69-81 behind the Celtics 12 points into the final quarter of the competition, the last quarter, this year's three-point king Pierce opened under Jiang Yang's string.

Two consecutive empty three-point opportunities were found by Jiang Yang, and after the pass was given to him, he hit two threes in a row.

Gasol hit a layup, Wallace also hit a layup, Jiang Yang directly relied on his physical advantage to steal Famar again, and after the fast break, a 180-degree back dunk smashed the basketball into the basket, which also made Famar and Vujacic who made up for him look a little ugly.

Today Sharapova came, just sat on the sidelines and watched Vujasic's game, so Vujacic also had a rare time, scoring four points in a row, but the third ball still interfered with Daniels, and was grabbed by Jiang Yang to rebound, and then made a long pass to Pierce, who couldn't shoot, and Gasol on the other side hit a jumper after the switch between offense and defense, Odom also shot successfully, and the Lakers played a wave of 9-0 offense**, leading the opponent by 11 points at 91-80.

In fact, such a score is relatively stable for Celtic, but Celtic is the kind of team that even if it wins, it is necessary to determine the posture of winning, and then step on the opponent's kick to make the opponent never turn over.

So even at the last moment, the Celtics did not release the water, and when there were 4 minutes and 07 seconds left in the game, they also replaced Jiang Yang and replaced Rondo, and carried out a brutal whipping of the Lakers, at this time the Celtics had a 14-point lead of 98-82, and finally the game ended, the Celtics won the Lakers 102-86 by as many as 16 points, which was already a fiasco for the Lakers, which also made Kobe Bryant on the sidelines look very ugly, he had just rested, and the Lakers were beaten like this.

The MVP player on the court today was Ray Allen, who had a total of 24 points in the game, while Rondo had 12 points and 11 assists, Garnett had 13 points and eight rebounds, Perkins had 13 points and 14 rebounds, and Pierce had 11 points, six rebounds and four assists.

Only one person scored a double-double on the bench, Jiang Yang had 16 points, 4 steals, 7 assists, 2 rebounds and 3 blocks in the whole game, which is very comprehensive, and now Jiang Yang is indeed getting stronger and stronger! On the other hand, the Lakers' highest scorer was Gasol, with 22 points in the game, but he only had 7 rebounds, Bynum, 14 points and 9 rebounds in the game, Shannon Brown had no way to replace Kobe's position, only 8 points on 2-of-10 shooting, Derrick Fisher scored 3 points, Ron Artest 15 points, Odom 13 points, without Kobe, the Lakers have no core, no backbone, and the final loss is not unjust.

After the win over the Lakers, the Celtics don't have time to celebrate, because they need to rest right away and head to the Portland Trail Blazers' Rose Garden early tomorrow morning, where they have back-to-back games to play!

(To be continued)