Chapter 222: Keeping an eye on James
Not counting the playoffs every year, if you count the regular season alone, the Celtics and Cavaliers will meet four times, and this season is no different.
In addition to the first game at the beginning of the season, the two teams also played each other twice, and Jiang Yang caught up with both of them, but unfortunately they both lost.
In the eyes of Jiang Yang, a guy who has revenge, Zhan Orangutan has become his biggest enemy, he wants to improve his physical fitness, just to deal with James, although it is said that James's physical fitness is definitely at the S-level, but Jiang Yang relies on god-level skills, even if he only has the level of S-, now he is not stunned at all in the face of James.
But if you don't get stunned, you won't be stunned, and there is still nothing to do with Jiang Yang at the beginning of the game! With Rondo here, Jiang Yang is still a substitute at present.
The timing of today's game was very bad. One o'clock in the afternoon, this is not bad for the Celtics, after all, six consecutive home games, their rest is relatively sufficient, at most there is some sleepiness, but for the Cavaliers, it is not so comfortable, the day before yesterday they just welcomed the Hawks at home, yesterday came to Boston after a day of rest, today before they are familiar with the home court, they have already started the game, so this is also a time difference for the Cavaliers.
The game at one o'clock in the afternoon is really not a good thing for the fans, the North Shore Garden Arena, the home of the Boston Celtics, is called the home of the Devils, which is also related to their attendance, the attendance rate of the North Shore Garden has never been lower than 70%, and later after Garnett and Ray Allen entered the team, it was not lower than 90%.
But this morning's game at one o'clock in the afternoon did have some impact on the team's attendance, only about eighty and a half percent of the attendance.
Looking up from the bottom of the court, on the top floor, there are a lot of empty seats, less than half of the attendance, and indeed the entire arena is empty, but this kind of thing often happens in the NBA, and when some teams play poorly, the attendance rate is less than 50%, and such teams are basically advertising for the national live broadcast to their main industry.
Today's starting list on both sides, the Celtics starting center is Kendrick Perkins, power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Paul Pierce, scoring guard is Ray Allen, point guard is Rajon Rondo, Jiang Yang and others are sitting on the bench, and now the Celtics' lineup is relatively complete, except for Daniels and Nate Robinson, the main bench is full of other people, Jiang Yang, Tony Allen, Glen Davis, Rasheed Wallace, The likes of Mike Finley and Sheldon Williams are on the bench, ready to replace their own main players on the game.
The Cavaliers' starters, center JJ Hickson, power forward Antoine Jamison, small forward LeBron James, scoring guard Anthony Parker, point guard Morths Williams, and the big Z who was traded out a while ago are also officially back to play, plus Delonte West, Ribaugh Powe, and Gamario Moon are also considered to have a strong lineup, and Big Shark O'Neal and Brazilian actor Vallejo are all absent due to injury, which also gives the Celtics a certain opportunity inside.
The two teams only have four chances to meet each other in a season, so both sides cherish it very much and must overwhelm each other in the regular season.
The Cavaliers are currently leading the Celtics 2-1, so in the last games, the Celtics can lose anyone, but they can't lose to the Cavaliers, which is related to the morale of the two teams after they meet in the playoffs, and it must not be underestimated.
Under the piercing prompt of that electronic ringtone, the fourth game between the Celtics and the Cavaliers officially began!
Perkins and JJ Hickson jumped the ball, Perkins was a rare bully, not tall, but JJ Hickson, who had quite good motor nerves, pulled the ball out to Garnett, who had a clear advantage in height, Garnett took the ball, basically as long as he lifted it high, he Jamison couldn't touch it! Garnett took the ball and steadied it, then handed it to Rondo, who handed the ball to the team's boss Paul Pierce after half time, and not everyone was like Jiang Yang, who ignored the boss's authority so much.
Pierce couldn't shoot, but the Celtics, who had the advantage on the inside, grabbed the offensive rebound, Garnett directly took the rebound into his arms, watching Garnett get the rebound, and Jamison and JJ Hickson came over to defend at the same time.
However, Garnett was not prepared to come on his own, and instead handed the ball directly to Kendrick Perkins on the inside.
After Perkins received the ball in the opening game, he directly smashed the dunk with both hands to open the scoring for the Celtics, and the fans in the audience also stood up and cheered, and under their cheers, Ray Allen also hit a layup, and the Celtics started the game 4-0!
At the critical moment, Jamison showed his All-Star strength, deceived Garnett's foul, made one of two free throws, and finally opened his team, and the Celtics did it more simply, Ray Allen hit a layup again, JJ Hickson couldn't shoot, Perkins hit a layup after receiving an assist from Rondo, and when the game was two minutes into play, the Celtics had already missed the Cavaliers and made an 8-1 start, which is undoubtedly very powerful for Celtics fans. LeBron James started his performance at the critical moment, first hitting a layup on a run, then attracting a bag, passing to Jamison, who hit a layup, and then dribbling again to break through Pierce and hit a layup.
In the space of one minute, James scored four points in a row and an assist, and the Cavaliers scored six points in a row to make the score 8-7! Fortunately, Rondo hit a jumper at the critical moment, and then Ray Allen hit a three-point shot to score five points in a row to overtake the score.
But Xiao Mo also played a time difference with Rondo, Rondo's defense is very strong, but basically his defense is on the defensive breakthrough.
Jiang Yang is a bit similar to this, in the face of Xiao Mo's shooting, he doesn't have many ways, after all, Xiao Mo is also at the all-star level.
However, the Celtics had a clear advantage, and with 4:58 left in the first quarter, the Cavaliers struggled to chase the score to 15-19 and still trail the Celtics by four points.
Doug Rivers did not hesitate, and directly replaced Pierce with Jiang Yang, letting Jiang Yang play the No. 3 position, and the opponent's also replaced Parker with West, which was used to strengthen the offense in the backcourt, after Jiang Yang came on the court, Gane did not score with a hook hand, giving the Cavaliers a chance, and the Cavaliers are currently only four points away from the Celtics, so the head coach of the Cavaliers on the sidelines, Mike Brown, the glasses man, asked the team to slow down now and stabilize the rhythm, in fact, Mike Brown, although he won the honor of Coach of the Season.
But this guy is actually a parallel commodity, and it's hard to see any wonderful set-ups for Mike Brown in the game, not even a defense against the surname, and the outside world has always said that Mike Brown is actually James' nanny...... All coaches, some people praise them, some people scold them, just like old coaches like Sloan and Jackson, and some people don't want to see them.
But after all, he is a coach of Qiansheng, and there are many more people who praise than scold, and the only one is Mike Brown, who almost all scolds him.
Even the local fans in Cleveland only know James and don't know Mike Brown, so his position on the Cavaliers is still quite awkward, but unfortunately he doesn't care at all, he only has to be responsible for one thing on the sidelines, and while putting pressure on the referee, tell James, when you should play, when you should defend, it's as simple as that, the job is very easy.
Now Mike Brown signaled to press down the rhythm, that is, it was time for James to come, so after Xiao Mo dribbled the ball past half court, he handed the ball to LeBron James, and as soon as James received the ball, Jiang Yang greeted him.
Looking at Jiang Yang, although James had a headache, he didn't care very much, obviously in his heart, Jiang Yang was much easier to deal with than Pierce, so seeing Jiang Yang coming, James didn't care very much, his emotions were naturally felt by Jiang Yang, who was very close to him, and Pierce couldn't help but be happy at this time, this guy was killing himself!
"Haha, James is busy this time!" Pierce watched the duel between Jiang Yang and James off the court, and he couldn't help but be happy.
Jiang Yang can be regarded as Pierce's apprentice, after all, the foundation of his physical fitness, the immortal bird, is taught by Pierce.
So now Jiang Yang is getting stronger and stronger, and although Pierce is also a little depressed, he is still very happy.
In the recent intra-team game, Jiang Yang was mainly responsible for marking Pierce, there was no way, although Jiang Yang still played the No. 1 position, but he basically hovered around the No. 3 position when he defended, except for him, no one in the Celtics' outside line was Pierce's opponent, Nate Robinson has a lot of strength and great physical fitness, but his height is always a problem.
So now Jiang Yang has become the first person in the Celtics' outside defense! Looking at James in front of him, Jiang Yang knew that this was his battle of shame! When James dribbles to the three-point line, he turns around directly and leans his back back, which is a very particular method of outside back play, back play, which is a relatively common offensive method in the league.
However, the back play method of the outside line and the inside line is not the same, the back of the outside line is basically to use your own ass to top the other party, and rarely use your own back to hit, while the inside line is basically with the back, rarely with the butt to beat.
Of course, there will be some differences, such as O'Neal likes to use his ass, and James likes to use his back by hitting!
Now he is slamming into Jiang Yang with his back, if Jiang Yang retreats, then he will turn around and kill directly into the inner line, if Jiang Yang resists hard, according to his thoughts, Jiang Yang will not be able to withstand it, and when the time comes, after he crashes away, he will turn around directly, and he will be even more unguarded.
Stepping back first, then defending, this is the choice of some smart players, but they didn't think about it, how many guards can guard James after the frame? Jiang Yang did not choose the first one, but chose to be tough!
In the first two games, Jiang Yang tried almost all methods, but he still let James be abused!
It's all today, Jiang Yang is confident that he can withstand it! James leaned back, Jiang Yang went up directly, James didn't expect that he used eighty percent of his strength to lean on, and after smashing on Jiang Yang's body, he didn't smash Jiang Yang, but let himself take two steps forward, this kind of anti-shock force is like hitting a wall, James can't believe that this is Jiang Yang's method at all, the most taboo distraction in the game, James is distracted, it doesn't mean that Jiang Yang will also be distracted.
Jiang Yang was stunned when he saw James, and directly stretched out his hand a little, and directly clicked the basketball in James's hand.
Then Jiang Yang directly picked up the basketball and rushed to the opponent's half, Jiang Yang's current speed, although there may be some gaps compared with Harris and Parker, who are pure speed players, but at least it is not slower than the players in the current Cavaliers.
Jiang Yang took a big step, and rushed directly into the opponent's inner line, the opponent's players had no way at all, there was only one player who returned to the defense, Jamison, who had just served, was relatively close to Jiang Yang, watching Jiang Yang rush in, Jamison was waiting, he was waiting for Jiang Yang to pass the ball, or to jump, if it was a pass, it would be troublesome, if it was a jump...... With the strength of the rear and the advantage of height, Jamison didn't think that he would let Jiang Yang complete the attack so easily!
Jiang Yang didn't mean to pass the ball now, he had already hugged the ball when he stepped on the free throw line, one step, two steps, Jiang Yang jumped up directly when he was in the middle of the free throw line and the reasonable collision area, Jamison watched Jiang Yang jump, so what else is there to be polite? Yan jumped up at the first time, raised his right hand high, and slapped the basketball in Jiang Yang's hand, but he still underestimated Jiang Yang...... Jiang Yang dared to take off in front of him, so he naturally had already thought of a countermeasure.
Now Jiang Yang's violent buckle, in the case of one-on-one, there are almost no people who can be prevented, because Jiang Yang will Kobe's stay in the air! It can be seen with the naked eye that Jiang Yang's body, which was originally in the air, suddenly stopped! At this stop, Jamison, who was still on the rise, began to fall, and after he began to fall, Jiang Yang had just begun to fall, and such a stagnation was already very terrifying.
Jiang Yang's right hand directly let go of Jamison's blocked right hand in the air, and took the ball and smashed the basketball directly into the basket.
And the body also collided with Jamison, and the referee's whistle sounded at the first time, 2+1! As soon as Jiang Yang came on the court, he completed a 2+1 violent dunk after a steal, not only completing the score, but also making Jamison pay for a foul, which is already his second foul in this section, even if Jamison is unwilling to play now, he will also be off!
Mike Brown immediately replaced Jamison with Big Z, and Jiang Yang stood at the free throw line after accepting the celebration of his teammates, and James, who was standing next to Jiang Yang, frowned at this time and looked at Jiang Yang with a look of evil.
He really couldn't understand why Jiang Yang now had such a strong strength! The force of his impact just now, now he is still reminiscing, this force is no weaker than his own strength! So he was ready to try Jiang Yang's depth again.
After Jiang Yang's free throw was hit steadily, the score on both sides stretched to 15-22, and then the Cavaliers made a comeback again!
And the core of the offense is still LeBron James, after half time, Mo Williams handed the ball to James for a single, James took the ball, and Jiang Yang greeted him, but in order to limit the opponent's breakthrough, Jiang Yang stood farther away.
And after James hesitated, he didn't rush to break through, but directly hit the shot, and now James's mid-range shot is still relatively scored! The basketball hit accurately helped the Celtics recover two points, and watching James hit, Jiang Yang shrugged his shoulders.
James is two meters and three meters tall, taller than Jiang Yang, longer than Jiang Yang, and jumps higher than Jiang Yang, plus some small backs, Jiang Yang has nothing to do in the face of the opponent's shooting, especially standing farther!
Now Jiang Yang is gambling, betting that James's shooting is not accurate! Anti-breakthrough or anti-throwing, this is Jiang Yang's current tactic!
"Be smart, let him vote, just don't let him break through!" Doug Rivers off the court naturally understood Jiang Yang's intentions, and couldn't help but nodded, this Jiang Yang, he liked it more and more! Smart players are liked by everyone, like Luke Walton of the Lakers, this guy is outrageously poor, but the Lakers still spend a lot of money every year to sign him.
It's not for his reputation, after all, Bill Wharton is gone, what is there to show for his son's reputation? Signed him because he is very smart, there are not many smart players in the league now, and the smart players who stand at the top can be counted on one hand, Roy of the Trail Blazers plays with his brain, Paul of the Hornets plays with his brain, Gasol of the Lakers, Nash of the Suns, Kidd of the Mavericks, Rondo of the Celtics, and now may have to add a Jiang Yang's name.
James just scored a goal here, but Jiang Yang over there didn't have any sense of fighting, and directly handed the ball to Ray Allen, who hit the empty position and pulled the score away! And then James ran wildly again, although Jiang Yang prevented his shot this time, but unfortunately touched his arm, James, known as David Stern's godson, was naturally favored by the referee, Jiang Yang fouled, this can't escape! However, Jiang Yang immediately returned a layup, he can't suffer!
(To be continued)