Chapter 206: Choosing the Center of Gravity

In the end, the Celtics won the game 94-86, Bogut scored 25 points and 17 rebounds in the game, and played a very dominant statistic, but unfortunately the Bucks still lost, and Jennings was beaten by Jiang Yang and Rondo too badly.

Jennings had just 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting, and he had just four assists, while Delfino had 19 points, and his three-pointers made a big difference, shooting 5-of-8 from three-point range, and the Celtics might have won without him.

Salmons had 16 points and was in a singles position on the team.

On the Celtics side, the highest scorer is Rondo, with 20 points in the game, but today he basically focused all his attention on offense, with Jiang Yang helping him pass the ball and string the game, Rondo said that he was very happy, plus 14 points and 10 rebounds in the game, Pierce 12 points in the game, Ray Allen played a little abnormally today, only got 3 points in the game, under the defense of Salmons, Ray Allen obviously couldn't find the crosshairs, and Jiang Yang had 19 points and 12 assists today. also let him snatch the best brand in the game from Rondo's hands, Jiang Yang and Rondo are abusing Jennings today!

But before the Celtics could be happy for two days, when they returned to play the Grizzlies at home, the Celtics were depressed!

The current lineup of the Grizzlies is as follows: The starting center is the younger brother of his sister-in-law, Marc Gasol, one of the tough guys in the league lately.

The big forward is Zach Randolph, who was selected as an All-Star this year, and he is not an ordinary fire recently, with an average of 20+10 per game making him the most arrogant person in the league now, and his strength is outstanding.

Small forward is the core of the current Grizzlies team, Rudy Gaiyi, has the strength of an All-Star level small forward, the only thing that is not so good is that it is not very stable, but when it plays well, it is no worse than those old demon level uncles.

Scoring guard OJ Mayo, in fact, after Mayo came to the team, his positioning has always been a little strange, sometimes playing as a substitute, sometimes playing as the main force, but at least this time, he played the main force! The point guard is Mike Conley.

Although Mike Conley is usually inconspicuous, his own level is definitely not bad.

Athleticism, passing, attack, and physicality, and while you rarely see him shine in a game, he's likely to kill you when you ignore him.

After all, he is a rookie who ranked fourth in the first round of 07, just look at this rank, and know if there is any scolding, it must not be too bad! This season, he is averaging 12 points, 5.3 assists and 2.5 rebounds per game, which is very good.

In the face of the young Grizzlies, these veterans of the Celtics are a little relaxed, and the outside world is generally more optimistic about the experienced Celtics, so at the beginning of the game, the Celtics gave the opponent a dismount, Perkins won Mark Gasol when he jumped the ball, and then gave the racket to Ray Allen, who didn't score three points, but Rudy Gay here hit a layup through an assist from Mark Gasol. Then Paul Pierce violated the three-second attack, Rudy Gay missed a three-pointer, and Rondo received an assist from Gane and hit a layup to tie the score...... With 8:50 left in the game, the two sides were tied at 4-4, but then the Grizzlies hit a layup by Marc Gasol to stretch the score away by two points, then Zach Randolph hit a layup for another two points, and then Sam Young hit a jumper for another two points...... Halfway through the game, the score was 10-4...... The Grizzlies' offense is basically dominated by the inside, but with the impact of the inside, they are still slowly pulling up the score! With six minutes left in the game, Rudy Gaeichi caused Garnett's foul and hit one of two free throws to make it 11-4, and the Celtics had to call a timeout and bring Jiang Yang on the court to replace Pierce, who had not scored a point...... Actually, there were four points in total, two points for Rondo, two points for Ray Allen, and none of the rest scored.

After Jiang Yang came on the court, don't say it, it's really useful, Jiang Yang used a feint to cause Rudy Gaiyi's foul, but the free throws were a little worse, and today it may be that Jiang Yang's hand is not good, and he only scored one of the two free throws, but he started to score points.

And the rebound of the second free throw missed in the front court also allowed Perkins to pick it up, and the latter hit a layup directly to pull the score back to four points! But Sam Young, who was on the other side, hit a shot to stretch the score back to six.

Rondo and Jiang Yang played together, and was fouled by Mike Conley when he made a layup, and he also hit two free throws, and Sam Young over there hit the shot again, this guy has scored six points today, but fortunately, Jiang Yang immediately returned a ball, hit the shot, and the two sides continued the game 15-10, and the Celtics felt like they were really contagious at this time...... Ray Allen missed a layup under the basket, and in turn was hit by Zach Randolph's mid-range shot, and Rondo also missed a layup, and the Celtics managed to prevent Conley's breakthrough, but they were attracted by him and passed to Sam Young, who hit a three-point shot, 20-10, can there be more shame? The Celts tell you that you can! In the last three minutes of the first quarter, in fact, Celtics fans didn't really want to recall, because they only scored two points in total, and on the Grizzlies side, after Zach Randolph made one of two free throws, Tabit, a rookie with an almost 0 offense, also hit a layup, and Rudy Gaiyi, who broke through Jiang Yang, hit a layup. Then he hit in front of Jiang Yang...... In the end, Jiang Yang's three points did not score, and the first quarter of the game ended, and the Celtics trailed the opponent by 15 points 12-27! Such a big hole instantly stunned the Celtics players, and Jiang Yang was also stunned...... At the beginning of the second quarter, the Green Shirts scored a goal in the first two minutes of the game with only a foul on Jiang Yang.

Today, the away team's basket at the North Shore Garden Arena was like being covered, and Jiang Yang's free throws couldn't go in.

The Grizzlies took the opportunity to pull away the score, and Guy made a three-pointer to help the Grizzlies extend their lead to 33-13, although Pierce, who came on later, once used a three-pointer to narrow the gap to 14 points, but the Grizzlies still ended the first half with a 55-33 lead.

That's a difference of 22 points...... Oh my God, the entire Celtics bench is gloomy, the light enemy before the game, so that these old fritters are a little uncomfortable, and when they want to chase points, they find that the gap has been widened.

At halftime, Doug Rivers kept adjusting the team's form! He doesn't ask his team to attack!

Yes, there is no feel, and there is no offense in the Celtics, just like he only scored 12 points in the first quarter, and he didn't scold a word about this, but he scored 12 points himself, and let the opponent score 27 points, which is going to curse!

It's okay if you can't get in by yourself, and don't let the other party in! In the second quarter of the game, the Celtics scored 21 points and made some achievements on offense, but when defending, the opponent scored 28 points, which is not right! This is still due to the Grizzlies' lack of offensive ability, their offense is basically on the inside, three-point shooting percentage, and their team is the worst in the league.

In this case, it also gave people a 22-point lead...... This is already a very shameful score!

In the roar of Doug Rivers, the second half of the game also began! In the third quarter, the Green Shirts' offense finally improved, and they could also defend against each other when defending, the Big Three took turns to score points, but OJ Mayo and Michael Conley came out to wreak havoc at critical moments, although the Green Shirts once chased the score to 57-71, but Williams's three points opened the gap again, and a bad hand will be contagious, Jiang Yang has never believed this sentence before, but now he believes it!

At the end of the third quarter, he didn't make two consecutive three-point shots, and only one mid-range shot...... After three quarters, the Gray led the Celtics by 19 points 82-63 to end the third quarter, in fact, it was already garbage time at this time in the fourth quarter! But against the Celtics, the Grizzlies had to be careful. 'Never underestimate the heart of a champion' This is what the former coach of the Rockets, Lao Tang, said, and sure enough, in the fourth quarter, the Celtics began to exert their power!

The home game is like this, and they don't have the face to see Jiangdong's father, after all, it is one of the most well-established teams in the NBA, at least when they came off the bench, they successfully found their rhythm, since Jiang Yang didn't have a touch today, then he would play inside.

The closer you are to the basket, the easier it is to score, and that's true no matter where you are!

Jiang Yang started to assist the big baby Glenn Davis in a row, allowing him to score four points in a row on the inside, Ray Allen also completed a wonderful 2+1, and Jiang Yang also scored six points in a row on the inside, with 8 minutes and 29 seconds left in the game, the two sides fought 89-76, and the Celtics lost by 13 points...... Even if you hit such a **, it's still 13 points away, and the pit dug out is too big.

And at this time, Mark Gasol caused Glenn Davis to foul on the inside, two free throws and two hits, and today he only scored 7 points, which is enough! Ray Allen hit a mid-range shot to cut the score back to 13 points, but Rudy Gay was back in the picture.

Although his first layup was blocked by Rasheed Wallace, the basketball fell back into his hands, and the second layup, he did not disappoint, and the basketball hit accurately to pull the score back again...... Rasheed Wallace made two free throws on the inside to chase the score, but then Marcus Williams hit another shot to score his twelfth point of the game and stretch the score to 15 again...... Ray Allen missed three times, Rudy Gay scored two points repeatedly, the young team is good, it is possible that in adversity, they will play because they think too much, and there is no discipline, but in such a big shun, their offense is getting sharper and sharper, and the counterattack of the Celtics' old arms and legs is getting weaker and weaker, and the three-point shot with 4 minutes and 50 seconds left in the OJ-Mayo game has directly become the last straw that crushes the old camel of the Celtics, 105-84, and the point difference is back to 20+!

Under the offensive of these young men of the Grizzlies, the Celtics players played more and more unconfidently, and finally lost the game 111-99, 12 points at home, and the best of the game was Rudy Gaiyi, who scored 28 points on 10-of-18 shooting.

Jiang Yang defended his breakthrough okay, but there was no way to defend his jump shot, Zach Randolph double-doubled, 13 points and 10 rebounds, Mike Conley 12 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, OJ Mayo 17 points, Sam Young on the bench 11 points, Marcus Williams 16 points and 5 assists, and for the Celtics, Rondo and Ray Allen became the top scorers on the court.

Rondo had 17 points and 8 assists, Xuan Allen had 17 points and 4 rebounds, Pierce had 14 points, Jiang Yang had 11 points, and Rasheed Wallace had 11 points...... A full-court shooting percentage of 43.8% looks pretty good, but compared to the Grizzlies' 55% shooting percentage, it's not your average scum. Encountering the home Waterloo is indeed a heavy blow for the current Celtic.

And Jiang Yang's problem, Jiang Yang himself also felt it, his body may be good in the first and second positions.

But as long as the No. 3 position is mentioned, neither James nor Rudy Gay today has a problem abusing himself.

"It looks like I have to train my body more~!" Jiang Yang looked at his family name that had not risen for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh, Jiang Yang's training has basically been in a state of balanced development recently, but now Jiang Yang needs nothing to balance.

Because he needs something to get a foothold in the NBA, he needs a strong point!

Almighty warrior, that is to say that all abilities have been exerted to the limit, and the all-round warrior has not exerted all his abilities to the limit, the all-round is also called all-incapable, and now Jiang Yang needs to think about it, his own focus!

Whether it's offense, defense, or physicality, as for passing, stagnation, footwork, and dribbling, it's all based on these things! In the past, Jiang Yang has always been a balanced development, but he is always bullied, which is not comfortable after all.

Originally, they were going to go to Cleveland with an eight-game winning streak, but now it looks like their eight-game winning streak is ending here.

At the same time, the team has also identified the problem of the current Celtics, which is that they are too old, Rasheed Wallace, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pearce, and Michael Finley, a free agent who has just been signed by the team to strengthen the interior line.

This team is so old, and in the middle of the game, they are likely to rely on the old and sell the old.

Now the young people in the league don't care if you are a veteran or not, they will step on you when they seize the opportunity!

"New blood, new blood, ......" are the words that Danny Angie muttered the most in the last few days, the current Celtics are not without new blood, Jiang Yang and Rondo are both great talents, and they can be cultivated, but now the Celtics have to make a multiple-choice question, Jiang Yang or Rondo, because their salary space is only enough for one of these two people to sign a big contract.

And if you don't sign a big contract with the other party, then the other party will definitely leave, which is also a matter that has already been decided.

But those things are after the season, and after the big loss to the Grizzlies, the Celtics actually feel that they have lost face.

In the next game against the Pacers, which is also a youth team, the Celtics are full of power.

As if to be angry with the Grizzlies in the last game, all the anger on the Pacers' heads, from the beginning of the game, the Celtics began to attack at their own pace, the Celtics won 29-23 in the first quarter of the game by 6 points, and in the second quarter of the game, the Celtics' benches, with the help of Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang and Nate Robinson both scored three points, and won the opponent by 12 points in a single quarter 38-26! In the rematch, the Celtics faced the counterattacking Pacers and tied the game at 31-31 in the third quarter.

The Celtics' slowed pace in the final quarter eventually grinded the Pacers to victory in the game.

Since there is no way to go to Cleveland with eight consecutive wins, but at least go to Cleveland with one win and find James.

In this game, except for Garnett, who scored only nine points and did not make a double-double, the rest of the main players scored double-doubles, Perkins 10 points, Rondo 16 points and 10 assists, Pierce 20 points, and Ray Allen 13 points. The bench was even under the leadership of Jiang Yang, and today he got a score difference that was no worse than the main team, and at the same time, he also beat the opponent's bench lineup and became a real bench bandit, including Glenn Davis 12 points, Nate Robinson 12 points, Jiang Yang 18 points and 8 assists.

The 122-103 home win over the onslaught Pacers, the Pacers' starting center Hibbert scored 23 points, and Troy Murphy, who has been very eye-catching recently, has 17 points and 10 rebounds, and he has been very hot in the league recently.

The core of the Pacers, Danny Granger got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Brandon Rush scored 9 points, Earl Watson scored 13 points, and the Pacers are actually quite resentful.

(To be continued)