Chapter 355: The battle for the top spot
Killed the Rockets, the Raptors' game in December officially ended, and Jiang Yang's performance in the game in December was also amazingly good, the Raptors played a total of 15 games in December, which in the fifteen games, Jiang Yang contributed an average of 15 assists per game, He Ci blocked and 32 steals, scores, assists, blocks and steals are ranked at the top of the league, such strong data also makes all Jiang Yang fans excited, and now Jiang Yang is becoming more and more dominant. If Jiang Yang in November played an infinite score-style offense, then Jiang Yang in December was close to the team, and the assists, rebounds and other data have increased significantly, and at the same time, the major teams in the league have also come up with a special style of play for Jiang Yang, and now Jiang Yang is said to be the public enemy of the whole people, which is not an exaggeration at all, at least it is like this is what the media in Los Angeles writes, and Jiang Yang likes this nickname very much, at least it is better than Jiang Yang Thief, but others call Jiang Yang, and the most called is Jiang Yang Thief, After playing the Rockets, the Raptors climbed to the first place in the East, but in everyone's opinion, the Raptors climbed up this time and fell easily, because the game in January began with a series of fierce battles!
They first have to accept the challenge of the Celtics at home on January 2, if the Celtics win, then the Raptors will change hands in less than two days of the league's first place, if the Celtics lose, it doesn't matter, because the next Raptors' record is quite difficult to play, they will directly face an Eastern three consecutive after playing the Celtics on the 2nd. No. 4 plays the Bulls, No. 5 plays the Cavaliers back-to-back, and then the No. 4 plays the Celtics again at the Huā Park arena on Boston's North Shore.
The Raptors and Celtics play four games a season, and it looks like they're going to settle the battle in the first three months.
Although there were only two days to prepare, the third game between the Raptors and the Celtics still attracted a large number of media and fans.
The current Raptors are the most fierce team in the league, which everyone admits, and the Celtics have "played quite well" at the beginning of this season, and these veterans are not so easy to let the Raptors win on their own bodies, especially when the season has only started for two months, and their physical strength is still left, as long as it is not back-to-back, as long as there are no injuries, then everything is easy to say! But the more I think about it, the more I end up, thinking that there are no injuries, no injuries......
As a result, before the start of the game, there was a news, this news is good news for the Raptors, not good news for the Celtics, their main power forward, the interior defense is making a big fuss Kevin Garnett is injured.
The Celtics' injury is indeed a bit too heavy, Rajon Rondo missed seven games due to a sprained left ankle, and today is the first time he has returned to the court to play, but he just happened to have Kevin Garnett injured his calf during training "So the world war that the media is looking forward to has not become unequal, but for the Raptors, it is a good thing!" It's easy to win the game and that's the best result, especially against a team like that.
There are a total of 82 games in the humble competition, and if the game is a strong match, although it is very cool, but if you are not careful, you will hang.
Everyone knows this, at 18 o'clock in the evening of January 2, Eastern time, the game between the Raptors and the Celtics officially started, this game "because it is about the first place in the East, so even if it is not punctual, it is not TNT's national live broadcast, but there are many people who watch this game, which also makes the broadcast ESPN make a lot of money."
Today's starters on both sides are as follows, and there is no change on the Raptors' side: "Who told them to be physically fit and not injured."
The original glass men have also shown unusually strong this season, "center Marc Gasol, big forward Andrea Banyani, small forward Andrei Kirilenko, this is also the trio called the golden interior line by the current media."
DeMar and Jiang Yang are two people who entered the NBA in the same year, but the current level is far behind.
Jiang Yang is now the absolute core of the team, he not only played 17.7 million identity, but even played a higher identity, Green and Grandward have already said that Jiang Yang is now not for sale in the team, and after Jiang Yang's contract expires, he will persuade the service team to give Jiang Yang the highest salary! It was precisely because of his words that Jiang Yang felt very good.
And Jiang Yang feels good, naturally the team's feeling will be better, of course, there will always be some strange guys who come to trouble Jiang Yangzai. As Jiang Yang's data gets better and better, many people have begun to pick Jiang Yang's thorns, such as Jiang Yang's style of life.
After all, he lives with four beauties, and others don't care what you Zhou Lu and Zhou Yun do, anyway, you just live there, and Jiang Yang has nothing to say in the face of these media, anyway, his ass is not clean.
The four women who live in his villa are all related to him, and Jiang Yang has never denied this, and of course he has never admitted it! Of course, their main friend attacked Jiang Yang, mainly because of Jiang Yang's skin color......
If Jiang Yang was a white man, or a black man, it is estimated that they would have put the name of "God" on Jiang Yang's body a long time ago, just like Wade, this guy who likes to listen to the Wuyun Conference in his own home, and will find more than a dozen adult movie actresses to come to the house to open a team, when the media mentioned him, it means two sentences, Wade is not very sensible, it's just.
And when it comes to Jiang Yang's side, it is simply an insult to women around the world, this is a matter of skin color, a very sensitive issue.
However, in the diversified city of Toronto, there are still people who believe in this play, and it goes without saying that the attitude of those countries in Southeast Asia towards China is needless to say, just like the Japanese themselves, Koreans, and some Europeans and Americans, who are not very friendly to Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang plays here entirely because of money! Since Toronto gives money, then everything is easy to say, Jiang Yang can pretend that he can't hear it for the time being! These fans in Toronto have used this trick to force a lot of people away.
On the Celtics side, the starters are as follows, the center is the old shark Shaquis O'Neal, the big forward is the big baby Glen Davis, without Garnett, Davis can only be played, but in recent years, Davis's lethality on the inside line has indeed increased unabated.
Very eye-catching! The player on the small forward side is Paul Pierce Garnett, and he will be the team's first kill point if he is not there.
Kirilenko, who is opposite him, should pay attention tonight! The shooting guard is Ray Allen, who has been on a strong streak lately, and his three-point count is catching up with Reggie Miller in front of him, and the gap between the two is rapidly closing.
The point guard is Rajan Rondo, in fact, it's weird enough, every time Rondo confronts Jiang Yang, he is always out of shape!
"Squeak!" As the piercing bell rang, the game began, and the referee threw the basketball in his hand high into the air, and Marc Gasol and O'Neal jumped at the same time, there was no way, O'Neal was old after all.
The first ball was directly slapped by Mark Gasol to his side, since it was replaced by Mark Gasol jump ball.
The Raptors' jump ball success rate skyrocketed...... In fact, there is nothing to say, Banjani has jumped more than 20 games this season, but only jumped once............ For the rest of the game, Jiang Yang and they were all serve players in the second and third quarters.
After Mahigasol slapped the basketball to Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang dribbled directly to the opponent's half, but Jiang Yang on this side just moved, and Rajan over there pounced, and today he has to face Jiang Yang, although his offense is far worse than Jiang Yang, but his defense is not worse than Jiang Yang, and he is usually a defensive master to deal with the sharp knives of other teams! But obviously, against Jiang Yang's sharp knife, Rondo is a little powerless, because Jiang Yang is not only a master of technology flow, he is also a master of power flow! Jiang Yang's breakthrough was like a savage rhinoceros, and he crashed directly away from Rondo's side, and Lei Yi Alun, who was behind Rondo, also met him at the first time, stuck Jiang Yang's position.
At this time, Jiang Yang's pass also came, and in the face of such a bag, Jiang Yang's pass is always invincible.
Although Rondo had already sensed Jiang Yang's passing route in advance, when his hand reached out, the basketball still passed through his hand and passed directly into DeMar DeRozan's hand, which was Jiang Yang's pass.
Inheritance is the magic hand of Magic Johnson! The basketball flew straight to DeRozan's hand, who had been working his jump shot lately.
For this moment, and in the last few games, this kid's hand is hot, as soon as Jiang Yang's pass arrived, DeRozan jumped high, and then gently pushed the basketball out of his hand, "Brush, with a bang, the basketball brushed directly into the basket."
"Good vote!" DeRozan's personality is actually a little cold and ignorant of current affairs, but this guy's attitude is very good.
Especially when he was training, Jiang Yang also saw the shooting he had practiced recently, and he didn't have anything to say about it.
As a scoring guard, his projection ability is sometimes very important, in fact, in this position, Jiang Yang hopes that Peja will play the most, but unfortunately, Peja seems to be a little uncomfortable in Toronto......
Then there was the Celtics' offense, after Rondo dribbled past half court, he saw that he had no chance, and Jiang Yang's defense was stuck in front of him, so Rondo had no choice but to pass the ball and hoist the basketball to Paul Pierce next to him.
After Pierce got the ball, he wanted to jump directly in front of Kirilenko, how could Kirilenko be embarrassed?
Naturally, the pair of long arms waved up for the first time, blocking Pierce's sight.
Pierce's jump shot also lost his accuracy because of this block, and hit the iron directly! Marc Gasol was grabbed by the basket, and then the long pass was handed to Jiang Yang, because Jiang Yang was already ready to break fast when Paul and Pierce shot in front of Kirilenko, this is Jiang Yang's trust in Kirilenko! This guy does have a hand for anti-jump shots.
Seeing that Jiang Yang had rushed through the halfcourt, Mark Gasol's pass also arrived, Jiang Yang took the ball and went directly to the opponent's basket, in order to prevent Jiang Yang from dunk, Rondo could only foul in advance, but at this time Jiang Yang had already made his own shooting action, the referee's whistle sounded, and then directly pointed to the free throw line, and the Celtics players had no choice.
In terms of speed, how are these old arms and legs Jiang Yang's opponents? In the face of such a fast attack, the Celtics are now a little powerless! Jiang Yang's free throws, you almost don't have to think about the problem of him not going in, "Brush, two sounds."
Jiang Yang made two free throws and two hits to turn the score into 4-0, and it was clear from the beginning that the Raptors played well today and were very imposing.
But these old guys of the Celtics are not vegetarians, and the momentum on their side is up, if they face the Rockets and the Grizzlies, these young teams may be a little short, but in the face of the Celtics, these old guys don't feel like they are crazy.
Their calmness also drove those young people to be barren," they still slowly and leisurely advanced.
After halftime, Rondo still handed the ball to Pierce, and after Pierce took the ball, he shook it directly, but this time he didn't jump shot, and he played with Kirilenko for so many years, what Kirilenko's weakness was, Pierce knew very well.
Kirilenko, a master of blocking, has the only weakness that he is a little thin "Don't look at it all muscles, very powerful, but thin is thin, and sometimes fat is also an advantage, especially when breaking into the inner line!" Pierce, who had tried his own feel, shook it after glancing at Kirilenko, "and then pounced directly on the inside line, Kirilenko also spread his two long arms, constantly waving, blocking Pierce's route, but in terms of strength, he is indeed a lot worse than Pierce" and the inside Mark Gasol also carried out a wrap defense at the moment when Pierce broke through.
Pierce deserves to be Pierce, this guy can be said to be the strongest person in the floor flow right now, just like this.
He can still make an unhurried stop, and then pick up Marc Gasol, who has some poor defensive experience, and leaned on the body of Mark Gasol "threw the basketball out, Kirilenko next to him wanted to block, but unfortunately" He was carried by Pierce, and could only watch the basketball get farther and farther, and at the moment of the basketball shot, the referee's whistle had already sounded.
And after the referee's whistle sounded, a light and bright, brush, sound, also came into everyone's ears.
"Worthy of Pierce! The opening scene is a tame out, these young people of the Raptors still have a lot to learn! Watching the game on the court, ESPN's Jeff Van Gundy also laughed, and Pierce played the ball quite well.
"Don't worry!" Jiang Yang on this side also clapped his hands and encouraged his teammates, Pierce added a free throw, and after Jiang Yang came to the half court again, he still passed the ball to DeMar and DeRozan, but this time DeRozan hit the iron.
Shooting is not something that can be practiced overnight, the shooting does not go in, and Lei Yi Allen over there has a rare fast attack, defensive counterattack, and a layup hit............ Seeing that the Korean players of the Raptors were a little anxious, Jiang Yang could only suppress the rhythm.
However, this pressure down, the Raptors' shooting rate did not improve much, but the Celtics took the opportunity to play a wave of 9-2 counterattacks, and then DeRozan and Ray Allen started a scoring competition, the score of the two sides was very tight, Kirilenko and Pierce hit three points successively, DeRozan scored four points in a row, Nate Robinson hit a jumper in the last 3.8 seconds, and the Green Shirts ended the first quarter of the game with a 24-25 deficit to the Raptors.
In fact, when Jiang Yang has no ball, how much of these defensive players' attention will attract others, but deep Jiang Yang in the Celtics who still have the ability to shoot the ball with one hand, Jiang Yang does not have a minute of relaxation, in the first quarter of the game, Jiang Yang only had two chances to shoot, and one time was a strong outstretched hand, but unfortunately did not score.
On the contrary, it was DeRozan, who was let go, who contributed a team-high 10 points to help the Raptors temporarily lead the Celtics.
In the second quarter of the game, the Raptors changed to a substitute lineup, and now the Raptors' benches are not soft persimmons, they are quite tough!
The veteran of the Rockets, Joey Dorsey performed quite well after the opening, first received a pass from Jerry Bayless and hit a shot, and then Barbosa and others followed the cotton, and directly played a wave of 8-2 small out, overtaking the score, the Celtics' new signing, Weaver, who had performed well with the Rockets, joined the Celtics after returning from Europe, and today he just played for the Celtics, and scored a goal, a low-handed layup, Dodged the block of Amir Johnson on the inside, sent the basketball in, and then O'Neal vigorously dunked the handle to help the visiting team stop the stubborn momentum, and then the two sides changed to the main lineup, Jiang Yang was still defended, and at this time Pierce divided the individual attack mode.
Kirilenko defended very well, but when he ran into Pierce's side on a rampage, there was no way for him to defend in place.
And Jiang Yang is still under the burden of offense, and it is not so easy to make up for the defense, after all, Rondo also has offensive ability, and for a while, seeing that the away team played a 10-0 attack wave to regain the advantage, the Raptors were a little anxious!! ~!