"Jiang Yang scored 26 points, the Celtics beat the Rockets away, shattering the last hope of the Rockets" report by the Los Angeles Times.

"Tough rookie, Jiang Yang slammed Hayes and was selected as the top ...... of the top five" reported by the Washington Post.

"The Rockets have no hope of making the playoffs, and the Celtics are triumphant, winning three in a row!" Basketball Illustrated.

"The champion is from Boston, getting closer and closer...... at this time, the Boston Globe report ...... "Rookie Jiang, getting stronger and stronger, what will happen to Rondo's position?" The front page of Yahoo Sports the second day.

On March 19, 2010, Eastern time, the Celtics began their three consecutive road trips to the West! The first stop is Houston. There they will challenge the Rockets, the Rockets, now no Yao, no Mai, just with a Martin how is the opponent of the Celtics? Although they are now in the top eight in the West, it seems clear that they have little hope.

The Celtics put Jiang Yang on the bench today, but this was enough, Jiang Yang played 31 minutes in the whole game, and his current performance is getting stronger and stronger, and he can completely replace the role of other main players on the field.

With Jiang Yang, veterans like Garnett can rest more at the end of the season.

Doug Rivers, who originally wanted to give up a few games to rest, saw Jiang Yang's performance so well, and couldn't help but give up his original plan, with Jiang Yang, a young man with full physical strength, he didn't need it, and he didn't lack heart! In the battle with the Rockets, Jiang Yang scored a game-high 28 points plus 8 assists and 6 rebounds, and his combat effectiveness skyrocketed, Rondo, who played privately, only scored 2 points today, but he sent ten assists, and the Rockets, Scola and Martin each scored 17 points, of which Scola also got 10 rebounds and played a double-double, but what is the use? Under Jiang Jian's defense, Brooks shot 4 of 17 from the field, and this shooting percentage was enough to make him depressed! Only 10 points were on the books, with Ariza scoring 11 and Jordan Hill scoring 11, and although there were many double-doubles, they still lost the game 87-104.

However, after winning against the Rockets, the Celtics didn't have time to celebrate, and they immediately traveled to Dallas to challenge the Mavericks.

The Dallas Mavericks, currently ranked third in the West, are one win behind the Nuggets, and the Celtics' position in the East is not very stable, so this game has a playoff feeling from the beginning, and the starters on the Mavericks' side have changed because of the reason that they have found Wizards players, and the center is the talented big center from the original Wizards, Haywood.

Needless to say, the big forward must be the core of the Mavericks, the German tank, Deco Nowitzki, the small forward is a hacker, Sean Marion, scoring guard Caron Butler, point guard, Jason Kidd, Jiang Yang is still sitting on the bench today, this game is very exciting, most of the game is a meat game with a very small gap.

In the first quarter, the Celtics relied on Jiang Yang's three points to stretch the score to 28-21, but then Terry hit three points to start a counterattack, the Celtics won the opponent by 6 points 30-24 in the first quarter, and the game was the same in the second quarter, but it became the Mavericks to take the initiative, and the Mavericks won the Celtics by five points 23-18 in this quarter, and at the end of the half, the Mavericks entered the second half with only one point behind the Celtics at 47-48. In the third quarter, Ray Allen's three-pointer gave the Celtics a nine-point lead at 61-52, but the Mavericks immediately returned an 8-2 offensive run to chase the score back, and the Israeli side tied the quarter at 25-25, and the Mavericks continued to trail by one point...... In the last quarter, the Mavericks' three-point shots began to exert power, and after Nowitzki and Barria hit consecutive shots, the Mavericks led by seven points at 82-75, but then Jiang Yang began to go crazy, and Kidd, who had already played a game, began to lose his physical strength, which made Kidd, who could defend himself with Jiang Yang at the beginning, was instantly broken through by Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang directly deducted Nowitzki, and after playing a 2+1, he began to counterattack, and then Jiang Yang passed Pierce to a layup, and the two sides fought to an 88-88 draw!

At the critical moment, Rondo scored six points in a row, allowing them to overtake each other 94-91, and finally Pierce and Jiang Yang both scored a three-pointer, and then Rondo hit a quick layup, Kyle led the opponent by as many as nine points at 102-93, and the Mavericks did not score several offenses, Marion's layup was directly blocked by Jiang Yang, the last time the Celtics played the Mavericks, Jiang Yang was not good at Marion, and today Jiang Yang can be regarded as revenge! In the end, the Celtics defeated the Mavericks 105-93 and 12 points.

Four of the Celtics scored twenty and five scored in doubles! Pierce scored a game-high 29 points, Jiang Yang had a second-high 25 points and 10 assists, Ray Allen had 21 points, Rondo had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Perkins had 11 points, and Garnett only scored 8 points today, but the Celtics won! As for the Mavericks, Nowitzki is still the same.

scored 29 points in the game, Marion scored 16 points, but in the end, the most critical layup was blocked by Jiang Yang, and he could only end up hating.

Jason Kidd had 11 points and nine assists, Terry had 18 points, Haywood and Butler were clearly not integrated into the team, Butler had just nine points on 3-of-14 shooting, and Haywood had only 3 points on 1-of-3 shooting.

After beating the Mavericks, the Celtics won four in a row! After a day off, head straight to Salt Lake City, where they'll face the final game of the Western Conference three-game game against the Jazz, but the game against the Jazz won't be that easy.

The Celtics and the Jazz only have two chances to play each other in a season, and the last time they played against the Jazz was in November, when Jiang Yang had not yet entered the Celtics team, so this is also the first time Jiang Yang has played against the Jazz team, in fact, Chinese fans are no strangers to the Jazz team, no matter when you start watching the NBA, you will know the Jazz team very well, even if you start watching it from the Jordan era, at that time the Jazz were double-shaking, Malone and Stockton, At that time, the Jazz were the strongest team in the West! Anyone who knows the NBA, someone who knows Jordan, can't be unaware of the Jazz.

If you started watching the NBA after Yao Ming, it must also be the Jazz and the Rockets, because of Yao Ming's existence.

The market behind it has directly changed from Houston to China, all Chinese, some people can say that they are not fans of Yao Ming, they can also say that they are not fans of the Rockets, but the most concerned is the Rockets! Because the imperial court station only broadcasts the rocket game.

If you don't care, you must passively let you care, this is the way the court is doing.

However, in those years, there were Yao and Mai, but they couldn't rush through the first round, and it was the legendary Jazz team who stood in their way.

Therefore, Chinese fans still know the Jazz team very well, just like Jiang Yang knows the Jazz team very well.

"I heard they play in the dark, right?" Sitting on the plane to Salt Lake City, Jiang Yang asked Rashid Wallace, who was sitting next to him, Roaring Tianzun is still a relatively good talker, but his temper is a little short-tempered, but now he also knows that he is old, anyway, he also has a championship ring, and the desire to win has gradually disappeared, so he has slowly become a good old man, because he is a substitute with Jiang Yang, so his relationship with Jiang Yang is relatively good.

Listening to Jiang Yang's words, Rashid Wallace couldn't help but smile, is Salt Lake City's manpower black? This question is a good question~ "Then how can it be called black?" That's pretty dark...... You know it when you play, but there is also a way to break them, aren't your hands not clean when you usually do, they dare to hack you, you follow them! Listening to Rashid Wallace's words, Jiang Yang couldn't help but scratch his head a little helplessly, what do you call me black...... "I didn't hear it from your words, do you mean to praise me......" Jiang Yang glanced at Rashid Wallace, and continued to look at the schedule, after this game is over, the Celtics still have 12 games and it is time to play the playoffs.

"It's so fast in a blink of an eye...... But alas, maybe this is my first and only season with the Celtics! "Until now, the general manager of Celtic, Danny Angie has not talked to him about the contract, it seems that he does not plan to sign him again, in fact, Danny Angie also wants to negotiate a contract with Jiang Yang, but he does not have the money to talk to Jiang Yang about this.

With the arrival of the financial tsunami, coupled with the salaries of Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen next year, a new five-year, $55 million contract with Rondo just signed this year, and next year, which is also the contract year of center Perkins...... At Perkins' current level, it is at least tens of millions of annual salaries...... Garnett's annual salary next year is 21.24 million, Pierce is 15.33 million, Rondo is 10.04 million, and Ray Allen is at least 10 million (Ray Allen's economist has negotiated with the team to renew his contract for 2 years and $20 million), which adds up to more than $46.5 million, plus Perkins' 10 million, more than $56 million.

So the salary cap is already rising...... Sign Jiang Yang again? In the middle of Jiang Yang's season, some people estimated that Jiang Yang's annual salary could be middle-class, 15 million for 3 years is at least, and now at Jiang Yang's level, there is no problem with getting an annual salary of 10 million, even if the starting salary is 9 million, it is more than 30 million for three years, and there are fifteen people in a team.

Only six of them were signed, and the others didn't sign? That's not the case, so you can only choose the one with the surname.

Jiang Yang belongs to the side that Danny Angie gave up, and Jiang Yang also understands that it is impossible for the Celtics to give themselves too high a salary, plus the positions of the main force here have been occupied, if you want to have greater development, you can only go to other teams!

"Salt Lake City, it's already here, the plane is ready to land, it may be a little bumpy, so please wear seat belts for all passengers." At this time, the voice of the flight attendant came from the radio, and Jiang Yang immediately fastened his seat belt and prepared to land.

The plane stopped smoothly at Salt Lake City International Airport, where the Celtics players were ready to fight the Jazz! At 9 p.m. ET on March 22, the game between the Celtics and the Jazz officially began.

At the Jazz's Energy Solutions Center, the game between the two sides officially begins! Today's starters on both sides, the Celtics are still the same people, Jiang Yang sat on the bench, the Jazz starters, center Turk, once selected as an All-Star Memet Oku, a veteran in the NBA, has a rather terrible pair of hands, not that he is powerful, but that his hands are black, his hands are definitely not ordinary black, and Yao Mingdu was quite helpless at the beginning, which shows that his lethality is very strong!

The offensive range is very wide, you can shoot three-pointers, you can pull out, and the level of grabbing rebounds inside is not bad.

The big forward is Carlos Boozer, a well-known short big forward in the league, although he is not tall, not fast, and does not bounce well, but his strength in the fourth position is still very strong, and in the most powerful aspect, he can use both left and right hands.

One of the famous, tough guys in the league! In terms of small forwards, CJ Myers, who was appointed today, is another second-round miracle, he was selected in the 34th place in the second round, and was immediately trained by Sloan to become a good outside player.

Very physical, outstanding three-point ability in the bottom corner, dare to shoot, good ball control and passing ability, after Derrick Fisher returned to Los Angeles, CJ Myers became the first of the Jazz's No. 2 position, but now he plays the No. 3 position.

Today's No. 2 spot on the Jazz is Wesley Matthews, a league who, like Jiang Yang, did not enter in the draft.

But now it has also played a value, the scoring means are very comprehensive, the scoring ability is strong, the physical fitness is strong, the athleticism is not bad, the breakthrough is very sharp, the layup and the dunk are all about it, the mid-to-long-distance anti-thief basket is quite good, especially the shooting ability of high and three-point has been relatively stable, although the height is only 195 cm, but the level is definitely not bad.

Defensively, he is also very aggressive, and in Jiang Yang's opinion, he should be regarded as a more reliable player.

The point guard is currently the No. 1 point guard in the league in Barkley's eyes, and Deron Williams, one of the 05 twin stars.

There is no need to introduce this player, his physical fitness is the biggest guarantee for him to play on the court!

At the beginning of the game, Jiang Yang felt why everyone said that the Jazz team was dark...... It's really darker.

At the referee's suggestion, the center forwards on both sides came to the center circle to jump the ball, and Perkins jumped Oku more accurately.

jumped the basketball directly to his side, Ray Allen got the ball, and then handed the ball to Rondo, after Rondo dribbled past half court, he handed the ball to Pierce, but CJ Myers, who defended Pierce, deliberately put his foot at Pierce's feet when Pierce wanted to break through, as long as you dare to break through, then you have to fall, and at the same time stand on the tip of your elbow, you dare to hit it and try, CJ Myers is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, he doesn't care about the reputation, Pierce didn't dare, After all, he is not young, and this is still the end of the season, so he is a little shrunken, so he can only withdraw his foot, and then shoot a mid-range shot in front of CJ Myers, but unfortunately the mid-range shot did not go in, and Deron Williams directly grabbed the defensive rebound.

Then after dribbling past half-court, he forced his body to squeeze Rondo away and pass the ball inside to Carlos Boozer. Boozer received the ball and faced Garnett, who was very strict defensively and he wasn't a good boy.

The moment Boozer's elbow lit up, so did his elbow! Boozer, the anti-bone boy, knows that he can't be stubborn, and these old demons of the Celtics are also not fuel-efficient lamps, so he passed the ball.

CJ Myers on the other side received a pass from Boozer and hit a layup directly on Pierce to open the scoring for the home team.

In this offensive round, in Jiang Yang's opinion, the opponent's elbow was swung up at least three times.

"Wipe it, it's really not ordinary dirty!" Seeing the movements of the Jazz team, the startled Li Hao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat behind his back.

"I know this time! There are a lot of sunspots in the alliance! Rasheed Wallace, who was next to him, also said with a smile.

Because there are too many black men on the other side, the veterans of the Celtics have played some shrunken, played eight minutes, and the two sides fought 15-14, and the Celtics only led the opponent by one point, and then Doug Rivers was also considering a substitution.

"It's really necessary to change some young people with momentum to go up and impact the opponent's defense!" Doug Rivers thought as he touched his chin.

Veterans always think too much, these veterans don't like to play in the regular season, if they get injured in the regular season, it will be even more worth the loss! So when they touch each other's elbows and black feet, they will always show a little shrinking.

At this time, it is obviously better to let some young people go up and try it, it just so happened that at this time Boozer and Pierce were fouled when they grabbed the ball, this was a dead ball opportunity, Doug Rivers directly replaced the substitute players, Jiang Yang and Glenn Davis came to the court, Jiang Yang replaced Ray Allen, as the team's scoring guard, and Glenn Davis replaced Garnett!

As soon as the game restarted, Jiang Yang and Davis, who had just come on the court, made meritorious contributions, and Rondo broke through and gave the ball to Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang slapped the ball directly and hoisted it into the inside, Glenn Davis received Jiang Yang's pass and hit a layup, stretching the score to three points! Then Carlos Boozer attacked, and Jiang Yang blocked in front of him and caused him to foul the attack.

Then Pierce hit a layup, and in just half a minute, the Celtics scored four points in a row to make the score 19-14!

(To be continued)