Chapter 235: Fierce to the End
may have sensed the thoughts of the veterans, and Doug Rivers has also replaced the substitutes who are not afraid of injury.
Under the impact of the substitutes, although the Celtics still played the same bravery, but always felt that something was missing, Jiang Yang went to the toilet, he did not play for the rest of the first quarter, at the end of the first quarter of the game, the Celtics fell behind the opponent 28-31 three points into the second quarter of the game, and Jiang Yang returned to the court at the beginning of the second quarter.
As soon as he came on the court, he assisted Rasheed Wallace on a shot from one step from the three-point line to chase the score back by two points.
But then Rashard Lewis hit a three-pointer, and in the first three games, Lewis, who was completely killed by Garnett, played more time in the sixth man position in this quarter of the game, and he was still very lethal on the bench.
This three-point hit, he has already scored eight points today, but sometimes people can't be too happy, because they will be happy and sad, and in the next offense, Jiang Yang found Lewis, in fact, Jiang Yang didn't deliberately look for Lewis.
One of the basic offenses of the point guard is to block and dismantle, facing Jason Williams in front of him, Jiang Yang is also a little embarrassed to break through the opponent, and his own physical exertion is also very serious, so after thinking about it.
Jiang Yang chose to block and dismantle this attack, and Rashid Wallace, who originally liked to float on the outside, naturally couldn't cover Jiang Yang anymore, so it was only Glenn Davis on the inside who came out to cover Jiang Yang, and the others were a little worse.
In this game, it was the use of blocking and pick-and-roll tactics that allowed Glenn Davis to score the highest score in the game and glory a handful.
Today he watched Jiang Yang beckoning, and he was the first to run out, and it was Lewis who was defending this little fat man.
Jiang Yang used the body of this little fat man, after blocking Jason Williams, he went straight to the inside, and the defense Jiang Yang naturally became Lewis, if it was Buss or Howard, otherwise Gortat and them, Jiang Yang might be a little stunned.
But Lewis ...... Jiang Yang really didn't feel stunned, Rashad Lewis, who is only 208 cm tall, although he has the height of a big forward, but only the physical fitness of a small forward, was once one of the twin stars of the Seattle SuperSonics.
He is one of the four players in the history of the SuperSonics to score 50 points, and he followed Ray Allen all the way to make the Seattle SuperSonics a famous shooting team in the league, and he just shot all the way to the Western Conference semifinals in 05, but unfortunately he ran into the Spurs at the time, and finally ended up 4-2, so there was a shooting in the league that could not win the championship.
It was also that season that he was selected as an All-Star that year, officially establishing his reputation as an All-Star player.
In 2007, the SuperSonics officially disintegrated, Ray Allen was traded to the Celtics, and Lewis signed the tenth contract worth 100 million yuan in NBA history to join the Orlando Magic.
This season's salary is 18 million, which is not many times Jiang Yang's salary, but Jiang Yang is not stunned by him.
With his average of 12.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.9 steals and 0.4 blocks per game, Jiang Yang ignored him!
Looking at Rashad-Lewis in front of him, Jiang Yang flew up directly in front of him, Lewis is also a veteran in the league after all, seeing that Jiang Yang actually wanted to buckle himself, then there must be no light on his face, he was originally playing soy sauce, and he couldn't help gritting his teeth and jumped up directly in front of Jiang Yang, wanting to use this to cover Jiang Yang's dunk.
In fact, it's okay if he doesn't jump, his jump shows the difference between him and Jiang Yang even more...... It can be clearly seen that Lewis only jumped after Jiang Yang rose into the air, but just as Lewis wanted to block Jiang Yang, he suddenly found that Jiang Yang stopped in the air...... Stuck in the air! This term is very common in the league...... But on the field, every ball in the air is a good ball! Now Jiang Yang, taking advantage of Kobe's stagnation, stopped directly in the air, looking at Lewis who pounced on him in front of him, Jiang Yang couldn't help but be happy, holding the ball in his right hand, as if dodging obstacles, directly in the air after dodging the opponent's hand, he buckled towards the basket, and saw that his hand had completely intersected with Jiang Yang's arm in the air Lewis was also anxious at this time, just like Nelson, he used his body as a weapon and directly hit Jiang Yang's body, but he regretted it as soon as he bumped into him, When Nelson hit Jiang Yang, Nelson was on the ground.
So his center of gravity shifted a little but not too significantly, but Lewis was in the air now...... And compared with Jiang Yang's physical fitness, it is indeed a lot worse, this collision, Jiang Yang's body just shook, and he could smash the basketball into the basket hard, while he lost his balance directly in the air and fell down all at once.
Fortunately, when he landed, Lewis's right foot propped up, and then he fell to the ground and did not fall to injury, but such an obvious foul, the referee could not cover it, so he could only give Lewis a foul, and Jiang Yang scored effectively, and just played a 2+1 again on the court! Watching Jiang Yang jump off the basket, his brows couldn't help frowning, Jiang Yang had only been on the court for less than three minutes, and he had already suffered two vicious fouls, if this game had been such a tone, it would not be easy to win, after all, Jiang Yang also had to think about his own body, the soft were afraid of the hard, the hard were afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal were afraid of not dying, and now the magic team really has some meaning of not wanting to die, and the only way to deal with the unwanted is to rely on the shameless.
But Jiang Yang and the others are still difficult to be shameless, but even if they can do it, Doug Rivers, who advocates heads-up and one-man defense and one-man combat, will not let them do this, because he has always thought that it is not a master!
But now the Magic team is enough of the masters, and some of them are overdone, and the lethality is really amazing.
One or two such fouls may not be enough to hurt Jiang Yang, but there are too many times, and Jiang Yang is also made of meat after all.
Sooner or later, there will be an injury, so now Jiang Yang is really a little worried, glancing at Doug Rivers on the sidelines, Doug Rivers is obviously too big about the other party's movements, and there are some worries, he is not worried about Jiang Yang and their young people.
He is more worried about the veterans of Garnett, Pierce and Ray Allen, if any of these veterans is accidentally injured, then the Celtics' idea of hitting the championship this year is estimated to be in vain, although Jiang Yang is strong.
But he can't replace any of the veteran players in the team, he can replace Rondo at most, so that Rondo's back injury can be alleviated, but it is difficult for Rondo to play a particularly key role in the game, he is more in the game when it is not critical, so Rondo is the only one of the main players that Jiang Yang can replace.
Now looking at the Magic team's desperate defense, the defensive action is big and fierce, although Jiang Yang has played a 3+1 and a 2+1 in a row, but this is Jiang Yang, if this is committed to other people, it is estimated that that guy will be injured.
Looking at the situation on the court, Doug Rivers is becoming more and more worried, and his brows can't help but wrinkle together, looking at the situation on the court.
At this time, Jiang Yang also made a steady free throw on the court, and glanced at Lewis standing on the court, Jiang Yang glared at him.
The game continued on both sides, and the Celtics still trailed the Magic by one point, and the two sides entered a stalemate with a score of 34-33.
The shooting rate on both sides is not high, and the Celtics still use that method to cut off the opponent's passing route, so that the opponent can't play out, and in the case of singles, unless the hand feels so good that it is overwhelming, it is impossible to succeed in single-handedly playing Celtics.
And the Magic team's defense is still based on ferocity, infringement and aggression, and after trying the bottom line in the heart of referee Bavita today, the Magic team's foul action is getting bigger and bigger, with fierce defense, the Magic team has not let the Celtics score, no one wants to be injured, so the Celtics players are a little unconsciously began to project on the outside.
There was no accuracy for a while...... It wasn't until 8:59 left in the game that Howard finally drew a foul on Glenn Davis on the inside, just in time for the official timeout, when Rondo came on and replaced Nate Robinson.
Jiang Yang went to the No. 2 position, and once again formed a backcourt double-gun tactic with Rondo, but Howard's free throws were still so inaccurate.
One of two free throws, 35-33, the Magic still led the Celtics by two points, but those two points didn't keep the Celtics waiting long.
As soon as Rondo came on the field, he sorted out the team's offensive routine, and his passing was indeed much sharper than Jiang Yang's.
Even if Jiang Yang's pass has reached the A level now, there is still some gap with Rondo's pass, after Rondo came on the court, the first ball assisted Ganei to hold, Garnett hit a shot, and the score was tied at 35-35! And at this time, it was Howard who also came to the magic station.
Howard's offense on the inside is still fierce, after knocking away Glenn Davis, Michael Finley next to him can only use the Celtics to play tactics, and Howard is still powerful, hitting two free throws and one ...... The free throws of the big center are really bad enough.
But after that, Rondo assisted Jiang Yang again with Weiwei, and Jiang Yang hit a jumper two steps away from the three-point line.
After a season of running-in, the relationship between Jiang Yang and Rondo is now more of a competitive relationship, and there is still a tacit understanding.
Both of them are playing tacit ball now, and Rondo knows that Jiang Yang may leave next season, so he doesn't care that Jiang Yang will take up more opportunities and playing time in this season, and Jiang Yang also knows that he has to brush up more data now, so between him and Rondo, the two are more cooperative, one wants to brush data, and the other wants to determine their status.
The husband met the silver-woman, and the two guys hit it off, and now the two of them are also well-known dog men in the alliance...... Jiang Yang's mid-range shot helped the Celtics overtake the score to 37-36, and the one-point gap was finally recovered, but then Howard continued to exert his power on the inside, and when Jaylin Williams and Carter on the outside were killed by Jiang Yang and Rondo, Jason Williams threw it casually on the inside, and then it was seen that Howard's body was indeed strong!
After forcibly taking down the basketball on the top of the Celtics' inside head, he directly turned around and scored a relay in the air...... The strength of pure strength made everyone stunned, and the current Howard was really too strong.
Trying to find him trouble on the inside, it was almost impossible to complete the stupidity, and then Jiang Yangzhong missed the shot, and was rebounded by public opinion, and the Magic team finally stabilized the situation, 38-37, and continued to lead the Celtics by one point!
And at the most critical moment, Howard received an assist from Jason Williams again, running five feet away and hitting a hook shot, this ball knew it was a dribble balloon at a glance, but no one could help it, who called Howard feel good today?
40-37, the Celtics asked for a timeout, at this time the second quarter was also halfway through, Jiang Yang was replaced by Ray Allen, Pierce also replaced Michael Finley, the main players appeared in turn, the substitute ball returned to the court, the rest of the second quarter on both sides of the offensive and defensive exchanges, but because Howard they were also on the bench when they were on the court, so the physical strength was a little weak.
At the end of the half, the Celtics overtook the Magic team by one point at 52-51, and at halftime, Doug Rivers also made some adjustments to the Magic's ferocious counterattack, but the adjustment was adjusted.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Celtics' offense was obviously not as sharp as the Magic, and after half a quarter, although the scores on both sides were very low, it was the Magic who relied on Howard's play to chase the score to a 60-60 draw, at which time Howard had scored 21 points! Howard, who was completely confined in the first three games, also had a great offensive today, at least he could get the ball, which is what Stan Van Gundy demanded, and his request was to let the players pass the ball inside.
Give the ball to Howard, whether it's Nelson or Jason Williams, or Vince Carter, or J.J. Redick!
When they are attacking, they will get the ball as soon as possible, and pass the ball to Howard inside, reducing the outside offense.
Although Howard's shooting percentage, fouls, and turnovers are a lot, the interior offense is always advantageous, and slowly Howard's offense on the interior has also revitalized the entire team, and Howard has become the player who has attacked the most times on the court.
But slowly, when these old fritters of the Celtics got used to the impact of the Magic team, they slowly found their rhythm. With 6:25 left in the third quarter, Howard made an offensive error and was fouled by the Celtics. Then Garnett's shot didn't go in, but when Howard wanted to play inside, he was blocked by Perkins! After arching twice and not arching, Howard wanted to turn around and hit Perkins, but Garnett next to him took a handful at the first time, which startled Howard and immediately took the ball with both hands, and then he noticed that he had not shot.
can only force a shot, it turns out that Howard's shot, in, it was all blind! If you don't enter, that's normal.
The basketball smashed directly into the neck of the basket and bounced out, and Pierce grabbed the defensive rebound, and then the Celtics fast-broke and began to chase the ball! This is also a tactic that the Celtics especially like to play after Jiang Yang arrived at the Celtics.
The success rate of launching an attack while the opponent's foothold is not stable is the highest! Not only can the Celtics be slow, they can also be fast, Pierce handed the ball to Ray Allen with a long pass, and Ray Allen did not choose to compete with the faster Magic defenders after getting the ball, but directly after a big emergency stop from the three-point line, it was a three-point shot.
The basketball spun and plunged into the basket, 63-60, and the Celtics overtook the score again!
But immediately Howard grabbed the basketball that Carter threw under the basket and made a successful rebound, such a purely physical competition, no one can do it, Perkins is big enough, but when it comes to bounce and height, that's his sad point...... I could only watch as Howard dunked the ball, but then Perkins took revenge.
After Rondo dribbled past half court, he hoisted the ball to Perkins on the inside, who has always been very upright and a little silly, and actually shook Howard on the inside, and after shaking Howard up at once, he leaned directly on Howard for a layup.
Although he didn't score, he deceived Howard's foul, and took advantage of this dead ball opportunity to start a big substitution on both sides.
The Magic replaced Vince Carter with J.J. Redick, Brandon Bass replaced Rashard Lewis, Marcin-Go replaced Dwight Howard, and the Celtics also began to make substitutions, Jiang Yang came on and replaced Rondo!
Rondo's offense wasn't strong today, and with the Magic's deliberate interference, he didn't have too many assists.
At this time, it is better to let Jiang Yang go on the court to impact the opponent's defense, and with 5 minutes and 17 seconds left in the game, Jiang Yang once again put on the line, served as the point guard of the ball, and played against Jamil Nelson, who bumped him in the first quarter.
(To be continued)