Chapter 249: Jiang Yang's counterattack
"Kobe Bryant is old!" Looking at Kobe Bryant on the court, Kenny Smith on the sidelines couldn't help but sigh! He was telling the truth.
Judging from the situation on the court, Kobe Bryant is indeed old, and his running is obviously not as fast as Jiang Yang, especially when he is still dribbling the ball.
When Kobe Bryant rushed across the halfcourt, Jiang Yang was still three positions away from him, but by the time Kobe rushed into the three-point line, Jiang Yang was already close behind him, and when Kobe jumped and wanted to run, Jiang Yang could already jump behind him, and in Kobe's surprised gaze, Jiang Yang directly fanned the basketball in Kobe's hand to the side.
"Cover!" Jiang Yang's cap! The basketball was directly fanned to the rebound by Jiang Yang, smashed directly after the rebound, and bounced back to the court, but Jiang Yang and Kobe Bryant did not grab the ball, but Odom, who followed up behind, steal the ball for the first time, and then Odom wanted to go to the basket, but was pulled by Rashid Wallace, who came just in time.
The ball didn't go in, but it sent him to the free throw line, and Odom made one of two free throws to give the Lakers another one-point lead at 20-19!
And then the Celtics still didn't feel good, basically relying on free throws to increase the score, Jiang Yang hit two free throws, after Tony Allen's third foul, Pierce hit one of two free throws after playing, and the Lakers can basically score in the athletic battle.
At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics trailed by three points at 23-26 heading into the second quarter.
"These grandsons are really well defended!" Returning to the bench, Jiang Yang gasped and said to Doug Rivers, after listening to Jiang Yang's words, Doug Rivers just smiled helplessly, their defense is strict, why not here? Jiang Yang scored six points in the first quarter, all of which came from free throws, and none of the other scores.
Every time Jiang Yang wants to go to the basket or dunk, someone will always come out to interfere with Jiang Yang, and Jiang Yang faces Kobe.
There is no problem for you to let him break through, you let him shoot three points on the outside, he really has no score in his heart, Jiang Yang has always been like this, there is no eighty percent certainty, he will not shoot three points on the outside, and later Jiang Yang's physical fitness and stagnation are stronger, he is also more willing to impact the basket, which also makes Jiang Yang's offense basically have to be solved on the inside.
Originally, his must-kill outside three-pointer, now it has become more of a cold arrow or a weapon to chase points, sitting on the bench, Jiang Yang and they seized all the time to rest, against the Lakers, it was indeed too difficult to play, even Jiang Yang had to admit it.
"Don't complain, the first quarter is not the time for you to really play your strength, in the second quarter their substitutes will be on the court, even if Kobe Bryant is stronger, he is already in his 30s, his body makes it impossible for him to play 48 minutes on the court, playing 40 minutes is considered powerful, then the remaining eight minutes, Jiang Yang You should know what to do! At this time, you will be the main attacker, and it is estimated that it is either Jordan Famar or Luke Wharton who will defend you, I think you will have no problem dealing with them! Doug Rivers glanced at Jiang Yang, who was not playing well for the first time, and couldn't help but ask slowly, and Jiang Yang smiled after listening to Doug Rivers' words.
He naturally knows when it's time for him to play and when he needs to cover for the other players.
"Jiang, do a good job!" Doug Rivers looked at Jiang Yang's smile and knew that this guy had understood that studying tactics with a smart player would always be very simple, and the break between the first and second quarters was very short.
After the cheerleaders finished dancing hard, Jiang Yang and the others returned to the field, but this time Jiang Yang had an extra Ray Allen by his side, and Ray Allen was recuperating in the first quarter, and then played with Jiang Yang in the second quarter.
Sure enough, as Doug Rivers said, in the second quarter of the game, especially when he was still leading, Phil Jackson did not send Kobe Bryant on the court, but pressed Kobe Bryant to the bench and let him play again at a more critical time.
'No Kobe, no Artest, hehe...... 'Jiang Yang looked at the situation on the court and couldn't help but smile evilly.
Because the jump ball was jumped by Perkins in the first quarter, the service rights in the second quarter were owned by the Lakers.
After Jordan Famar dribbled the ball past half court, looking at Jiang Yang in front of him, he was actually a little confused, and he didn't know how to fight Jiang Yang! Because in his impression, Jiang Yang seems to have always been at the same level as himself.
After all, Jordan Farmar is also four million dollars a season, when Jiang Yang still had an offer before, it was basically such a middle-class contract, and later after Jiang Yang became stronger and stronger, there was no offer for Jiang Yang, because everyone knew that Jiang Yang was already worth tens of millions of contracts, so Jordan Farmar was very strange, originally an existence similar to his own level, how could he become even more powerful than himself now? Jordan Famar, who was a little unsure of Jiang Yang's real level, decided to try Jiang Yang himself.
Looking at Jiang Yang in front of him, Jordan Famar turned around directly, and was ready to forcibly break through Jiang Yang, but as soon as he broke through two steps, Jiang Yang was directly stuck in his path, and the suddenness of this speed was almost like delivering food.
Of course, Jiang Yang's defense is very good, and he knows it, so Jordan Famar doesn't want to really break through Jiang Yang now!
He was just looking for a chance to make Jiang Yang move! Just when Jiang Yang was standing, Jordan Famar suddenly made an emergency stop, and then threw the basketball out in front of Jiang Yang.
"Smack!" With a crisp sound, the basketball in Famar's hand was directly slapped by Jiang Yang!
Looking at Jiang Yang, who was on the ground, there was still a trace of disdain in his eyes, Jordan Famar understood that his current self was far from his opponent!
Even the shot can be hated head-on, which is enough to show the gap between the two now, but the luck of the Lakers is quite good, the basketball fell directly into the hands of Luke Wharton who followed up behind him, Wharton didn't look at Mike Finley, who didn't look at the defense, and directly hoisted the basketball into the inside, at this time the Lakers' interior twin towers will always stay on the court, Andrew Bynum and Gasol's combination, it's really amazing, and it's Andrew Bynum who is still on the court, After Bynum received Wharton's pass, he turned around directly and was a violent dunk! Rashid Wallace only had to watch.
Although the buckle is cool, at most it is offset by Jiang Yang's block just now, Jiang Yang waved his hand to signal everyone not to get excited, after Rashid Wallace passed the ball to Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang dribbled through the half court by himself, and the current lineup on the opponent's court is as follows, center Andrew Bynum, power forward Ramal Odom, small forward Luke Wharton, scoring guard Shannon Brown, point guard Jordan Famar! After Jiang Yang passed half time, it was really like what Doug Rivers said, it was Luke Wharton who came to defend Jiang Yang, there was no way that Farmar and Shannon Brown were too short, and they came up to deliver food to Jiang Yang.
So at this time, it is a good choice to choose Luke Wharton, who has height, to defend Jiang Yang, but can Luke Wharton defend it?
Jiang Yang changed hands with a simple crotch, handed the ball to his right hand, and directly broke through Luke Wharton, the advantage in strength was fully revealed, Jiang Yang directly squeezed out of Luke Wharton and entered the inside line, Bynum on the inside line had to come out to make up for the defense, and Shannon Brown next to him also appeared next to Jiang Yang's side, plus Luke Wharton on his body, this is a three-line pinch.
But Jiang Yang didn't hurry to watch when the pinch was about to take shape, and then directly passed the ball into the inside line, and after receiving Jiang Yang's pass, Rashid Wallace on the inside line directly hit the board with ease, chasing back the score by two points!
But Jiang Yang's performance is not over yet, and then Luke Wharton passed the ball to Famar, but Jiang Yang, who defended Famar, took a step ahead and directly broke the basketball, and then handed a long pass to Ray Allen in the distance, Ray Allen aimed at the three-point shot for a long time and threw it out, but did not score, but Jiang Yang, who was under the basket, relied on his height and bounce advantage, and took the basketball into his arms on the top of the heads of Luke Wharton and Ramar Odom, and then Jiang Yang jumped again and was ready to dunk.
Odom fouled him and pulled Jiang Yang down directly, the referee's whistle sounded as soon as possible, Odom only scored 1 point at present, but there have been two fouls, Jiang Yang's free throws are very accurate, and it is difficult to be inaccurate now.
Two free throws and two hits, Jiang Yang helped the Celtics chase the score to 27-28, Jiang Yang now scored 8 points, all from free throws!
Of course, no Lakers player or fan said that Jiang Yang's free throws were wrong, because Jiang Yang's free throws should be punished.
It's like a shark slashing tactic, but Jiang Yang's free throws are very accurate, and he also scored eight points by relying on free throws!
Then on the Lakers' side, Odom's offense was directly fouled by Jiang Yang, but there was nothing to make.
Jiang Yang defended Famar, Famal retreated, Jiang Yang followed, just saw that Odom was ready to be strong, Jiang Yang made a cooperation with Glenn Davis who defended Odom, let Glenn Davis use his big fat body to force Odom to his side, and stood still, and when Odom felt wrong, it was already too late, after wiping Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang fell directly to the ground, an offensive foul is absolutely powerful, just like this, Odom directly committed two fouls, and the total number of fouls has reached three, He was directly replaced by Phil Jackson and replaced by Pau Gasol, who was only a minute and a half off.
And Rashid Wallace on this side received a pass from Jiang Yang in the next offense and hit a three-point shot directly!
30-28, the Celtics finally took advantage of the opponent's main force to overtake the score! This is the value of Jiang Yang in the team!
"Jiang Yang played very well, two assists helped Rashid Wallace score five points, and he also made the opposing player's players dare not let go of themselves at all, playing very well, very reasonable!" In the studio of the imperial court station, seeing Jiang Yang playing so high, Director Zhang was also very excited, looking at Jiang Yang's playing style, he couldn't help but smack his lips, and explained beautifully.
And then the Lakers finally opened up, except for the opening dunk, the second goal finally came.
It was Shannon Brown who scored the goal, and this guy was actually very lucky with this ball, it was a board and a basket.
Usually people who play may think that it is easier to play the board, but it is a rebound made of wood, a rebound made of glass like the NBA, and the ghost knows where the ball will bounce in the next second.
It's not a layup or a small board for Duncan, so generally no one shoots a board, even when the center makes free throws, because then the shooting percentage will drop even more, and rebounds in the NBA are also known as the Hand of God.
It means that if you hit it, it depends on whether God wants you to score a goal! Ray Allen defended very well, and Shannon Brown had no choice but to force his shot height, but who knew that it was smashed on the rebound.
And in such a situation, Shannon Brown's shot was miraculously hit, which is really a bit surprising.
But when he came back, Jiang Yang was not polite to the other party, although it was Luke Wharton who defended Jiang Yang, but he couldn't prevent Jiang Yang's breakthrough at all, Jiang Yang directly dribbled and rushed into the opposing three-point line, and a big emergency stop shook off one of the opponent's positions.
Then he made an easy jump shot and hit the basketball, turning the score into 32-30 and continuing to lead the Lakers by 2 points.
Jiang Yang became the first player on the court to score 10 points, and he also had 2 assists in his account.
But then the defense on both sides worked harder, almost every offense was close to people, so the shooting rate on both sides plummeted, Collen Davis on this side attacked fouls, Shannon Brown on that side failed to hit the board, Pierce kicked the ball on the new court on this side, Gasol dribbled out of bounds on that side, and almost all fouls can be found on the court.
Phil Jackson can be described as a key care for Jiang Yang, as long as Jiang Yang breaks through with the ball, it is a three-line bag!
Luke Wharton doesn't shoot and doesn't break through, Shannon Brown next to him pays attention to the defense at any time, and Bynum on the inside, as long as Jiang Yang rushes in, then directly abandon Rashid Wallace to deal with Jiang Yang, in this case, Jiang Yang has no way to play at all.
You can't even cheat and foul! With 8 minutes and 43 seconds left in the game, the official timeout and other players began to be replaced on both sides.
For the Celtics, Patrick Perkins was replaced, and the players on the court became like this at this time, center Kendrick Perkins, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Pierce, scoring guard Ray Allen, and point guard Jiang Yang.
And the Lakers also made substitutions, Sasha Vujacic replaced Luke Wharton, and Derrick Fisher replaced Jordan Farmar.
After the substitution, not to mention that both sides really scored, Shannon Brown received Sasha Vujacic and hit a low-handed layup in the run, and Jiang Yang over there assisted Ray Allen, Ray Allen hit a hook shot from four feet away, and then Bynum violated the column in three seconds, Jiang Yang rushed into the inside again to attract the bag and then passed to Perkins, who dunked it violently!
At the same time, it caused a foul on Vujasic, who came to make up for the defense, and played a 2+1 out...... After Luke Wharton was gone, the defense became the old fish Fisher, and Fisher's defense was not very strong.
But the attack is very ruthless, and it is very dirty, which is also a benefit for the old balls, plus his strength is very strong, so he basically came up to prevent Jiang Yang's breakthrough, but it turns out that Jiang Yang's breakthrough is not so easy to prevent! This ball, Jiang Yang forced Lao Yu to eat, and after rushing into the inner line, he attracted the bag of Lao Yu and Bynum, and Vujacic next to him came slowly.
Let Jiang Yang pass the ball directly to Perkins, and it happened that Vujacic rushed to his side, stretched out his hand, and got a 2+1 out! Taking advantage of the deadball, big substitutions also began on both sides, with Kobe Bryant replacing Sasha Vujasic.
Jiang Yang was also replaced by Rondo, and the main players started a new round of battle, and after hitting the free throw, the Celtics turned the score into a five-point lead of 37-32! After Jiang Yang returned to the court, all the fans gave Jiang Yang a round of applause.
Jiang Yang has already scored 10 points and 4 assists in such a short time on the court, which is really surprising.
And then the main forces on both sides began to attack, the Lakers' interior twin towers are indeed very powerful, Gasol also increased his score to 11 points near the end of the second quarter, although Rondo's hard-working offensive score also rose to 10.
But the Celtics still buried the original five-point advantage, at the end of the half, the Celtics entered the second half of the game with 48-50 behind the opponent by 2 points, although they lost the opponent by seven points in the second half, but Doug Rivers was not in a hurry, because he had already calculated that the gap in strength between the Lakers' main force and the substitute was very large, so the Lakers' basic tactic was to pull the score away, and then let the bench go up to live for a while, under such offensive conditions, The benches have become the biggest weakness on the court, and the Celtics have a quasi-All-Star level Jiang Yang here, which is enough for them to drink a pot.
Jiang Yang, who played on the bench in the time of substitution, is definitely the most present on the field with his offensive ability and ability to connect.
In such a situation, Jiang Yang can easily kill the opponent, pull the score back, or even overtake!
Now that Doug Rivers has bet all the treasures on Jiang Yang, it depends on how Jiang Yang turns him upside down on the court!
(To be continued)