Chapter 239: Pit Knight
"Welcome to the NBA National Broadcast, the following games, brought by TNT...... Welcome to the show's host, Nikon Smith...... Charles Buckley! As the picture on the TV turned, it was the home court of the Cavaliers, and on the courtside commentary bench at the Quick Loan Center, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley were all on the screen with their ears on.
"Hello everyone, I'm Kenny Smith, and today I'm going to bring you Game 1 of this year's NBA Eastern Conference Finals with Charles! Celtics vs Cavaliers game! Kenny Smith's smiling face appeared on the TV screen for the first time.
On the other side, Charles Barkley also sat up straight and began to broadcast the news of the day to the fans in front of the TV.
"I'm really tired from the game at one o'clock in the afternoon!" Charles Barkley rubbed his temples, because this game was played at half past one in the afternoon, but because it was the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, TNT also had to come here for a national live broadcast, obviously Charles Barkley didn't do anything good last night, otherwise how could he be tired like this!
"The biggest variable in this game is actually Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang also appeared in the squad today, but now he still has a bandage on his shoulder, and I don't know how Doug Rivers will use this super rookie today!" Looking at the rosters on both sides today, Kenny Smith couldn't help laughing, he was also a little unclear now, whether Jiang Yang was setting off smoke bombs, and Charles Buckley next to him couldn't help but snicker, he didn't believe Jiang Yang's injury all along.
"Jiang Yang will be injured? Don't be funny, I've only recently started to like him, but this guy doesn't usually get hurt, his body is as strong as James! After saying that, Buckley also deliberately showed off his arm.
"Okay, but everyone knows when they are in the game, whether Jiang Yang is pretending to be or not, let's take a look at the picture of Jiang Yang's injury in the last game!" As Kenny Smith's voice fell, the TV signal began to shift, and it came to the fourth game of the Celtics and Magic, after Jiang Yang stole Nelson, Yan dunked Howard's ball, which was rated as the top five at the time, and then named the top ten of the week, and it seems likely to be one of the top ten games of the season.
After Jiang Yang steals Nelson, he deducts Howard, which is definitely rare in the league, just with this one goal, Jiang Yang's fans can at least increase by about half percent, don't underestimate this half percent, now Jiang Yang's popularity at home and abroad is extremely high.
The popularity of the Celtics is extremely high on the one hand, and Jiang Yang's own strength is also on the other, and now he is getting stronger and stronger.
"My favorite is Jiang Yang's violent dunk, although I love Howard very much, but I still have to say 'Dwight, you are in the background!' Looking at the ball, Charles Buckley exclaimed, this ball is really powerful.
At the time of the two hosts, the players on both sides were already about to appear, of course, the first to come out were the Celtic players, their main force and substitutes were no different, they just came to the field to meet the audience.
The game hasn't started yet, and the Cleveland fans are still more polite to the Celtics players, and there are still sparse applause on the court, and when the Cavaliers on the other side come on the court, ouch, it will be terrible!
The cheers, the roar of the DJ on the spot, and the roars of the fans, coupled with the arrogance of the main players when they entered the court, made the home of the entire Cavaliers set off the first wave of **, and the cheerleaders on the scene also danced the sidelines, these cheerleaders are relatively famous in the local area, although they can't make too much money part-time in the team.
According to the Los Angeles Lakers, who pay more cheerleaders and pay more salaries, for example, their cheerleading team basically only earns $200-300 for a jump, depending on the importance of the game, if it is a weak team and there is no media live broadcast, it is 300, if it is a strong team, and there are big media broadcasts such as ESPN, TNT, and FSN, it is 200.
Yes, it is not written back, because of such a big media broadcast, they will also follow the fire, 82 regular season games in a season, according to half and half, the income is only about 20,000 US dollars, plus the playoffs are only 28 games, and they can barely get together about 30,000 US dollars, which is enough for an ordinary person, but it is not much for these beauties, so they dance here only part-time, basically all of them have their own jobs.
In the local area, their influence is still relatively large, after all, they are also considered high-priced public figures, so what kind of public relations lady to be, what fashion company to work in, etc., this is their main source of income.
The cheerleading team is more of a springboard for them to make a name for themselves, just like the current national live broadcast in the United States, they dance very hard, this is the Eastern Conference Finals, plus it is still their home field, it is strange if they don't work hard.
Amid the cheers of the fans, the Cavaliers players ran into the arena one by one, and today the Cavaliers were all in full force.
Center Big Shark, Shaquie O'Neal, All-Star power forward Antoine Jamison, small forward Emperor Lemenlang James, scoring guard outside defense master, Anthony Parker, point guard All-Star caliber Maurice Williams.
The lineup on the Celtics side has not changed, it is still the old five, Jiang Yang has bandages on his shoulders and sits on the sidelines in his jersey.
With the referee's order, the piercing bell for the start of the game rang immediately, and the orange ball flew into the air.
Considering Perkins' bounce and height, it's a bit ...... It's good to let him jump in the regular season, but in such a crucial Eastern Conference Finals, don't let him come, so Garnett stood at the free throw line, and he jumped the ball today.
At the moment when the orange ball flew up, O'Neill and Garnett in the center circle jumped up at the same time and talked about bouncing.
Garnett didn't scare O'Neal, even if the two of them were at their peak, O'Fat's killer handbrake was not his bounce.
And Garnett joined the NBA after graduating from high school because he could jump on the spot and touch the edge of the rebound.
Being able to join the NBA when he graduated from high school is already a testament to how different this player is...... Of course, Mai Mei Brown is not counted, it was chosen by Boss Joe himself, in fact, Mai Mei Brown was also very surprised at that time, originally he thought that he would be at most in the first round.
Garnett photographed the basketball for the first time and wanted to shoot it to his side, but Ao Fat next to him never thought about whether Garnett could get the basketball one step ahead of him, and years of experience made him understand that he was no longer young after all.
So he didn't focus on basketball at first, but on Garnett's hands.
The two jumped and although Garnett slapped the basketball first, O'Neal slapped his hand directly on Garnett's hand.
The ball that originally flew to Rondo turned a corner directly in the air and flew to Pierce and James next to him, how Pierce grabbed the young and strong James, and James directly took the basketball into his arms, and then James began to control the ball.
Although the Cavaliers' point guard is Mo Jr., James is actually the team's outside passer.
After James dribbled and controlled the time, he directly handed the ball to Xiao Mo, and after Xiao Mo took the ball, he easily hit it.
opened the scoring for the Cavaliers, the game has just begun, and Xiao Mo's hand is not bad! However, the Celtics are not vegetarians either.
After Rondo dribbled past half court, he directly handed the ball to captain Pierce for a single, and Pierce used the feint after receiving the ball to shake off James and hit a mid-range shot, and then Rondo defended Xiao Mo with a full-court pressing.
Mo Williams had no choice but to pass the ball, but the pass allowed Pierce, who had already judged the route, to steal, and Pierce made an easy layup to overtake the score, and Antoine Jamison, who played well in the regular season, also softened after meeting Garnett, and his first offense made the tough Garnett withstand and forced a steal.
The Celtics narrowly led the first three and a half points of the Mardajas, and until the end of the first quarter with 8:44 left, the Celtics still led 6-4, but this is when James began to go berserk.
He broke through the violent dunk and successfully helped the Cavaliers chase the score to a 6-6 draw. Then O'Neal caused Perkins' foul under the basket, two free throws and one hit, but finally overtook the score, but immediately Pierce also hit a layup, overtaking the score, today's Pierce is crazy, he fought the Cavaliers alone, he scored 8 points in the first quarter, and the Celtics also relied on Pierce's excellent play, has been leading the Cavaliers by a slight margin, and then Rondo led the team to play a wave of 9-3 small **, The Celtics eventually led the Cavaliers by six points at 26-20 heading into the second quarter.
Jiang Yang didn't play in the first quarter, still sitting off the court, talking and laughing with Nate Robinson, which made everyone have some surprises, and after the start of the second quarter, there was nothing to do with Jiang Yang, the second quarter of the game, although the Cavaliers began to fight back, Delonti West showed his bench effectiveness, one person took the team's first six points in the quarter, JJ Hickson held the ball and hit Davis to score three points, the Cavaliers chased the score to 29-32 and fell behind by three points, But then Pierce caused O'Neal's third personal foul and could only be replaced, taking advantage of O'Neal's absence as an inside killer!
Ray Allen and Rondo Garnett have made contributions to help the Green Army ease the momentum on the field, and the rhythm of the Cavaliers' positional battle is extremely unsmooth.
Now they can't insert in the fast attack, and in the positional battle, Xiao Mo's power can hardly be exerted.
In addition, the Celtics' defense was extremely tight, Pierce instigated a counterattack after a steal, after Perkins made a layup, the Green Army rewrote the score to 42-33, but then, the referee had a little bit of the meaning of the home whistle, James played three points on Pierce's body, Rondo dribbled through, and when he quickly hit the basket, he dodged Xiao Mo's position, but Xiao Mo had a little fake fall, and followed Vallejo to learn badly, and the referee directly gave Rondo a foul, This time, the players on the Celtics' side were not happy, Jiang Yang and they all began to boo, and Tony Allen stood up and cheered directly to the referee.
The referee was probably also annoyed and angry, and directly gave Tony Allen a technical foul, and these two fouls obviously made Rondo, who usually doesn't care much about his offense, angry, and Rondo was angry, and the consequences were very serious, and he scored four points in a row with free throws...... Finally, at the end of the second quarter, the Celtics led the opponent by 11 points at 54-43 and entered the second half of the game.
Rondo had 19 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds in the first half, and without Jiang Yang, he is now showing his toughness.
Garnett had 10 points and 6 rebounds in the half, Pierce had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 steals in the half, and although James scored 14 points, he felt that it was useless, but in the third quarter, the Cavaliers finally played their due level of the league's first, after all, they also swept the Hawks before they advanced! James and Ao Fat played a wave of 8-2 small **, after James hit all, the Cavaliers narrowed the score to 51-56 only 5 points, and at the critical moment, Rondo stepped forward again and scored five points in a row, helping the Green Army stabilize the morale of the army, and then assisted Ray Allen twice to shoot three points from the outside, and instantly the Green Army pulled the score to double digits again and stopped the Cavaliers! After the timeout, the Cavaliers made two consecutive steals of the Green Army, Mo Lian ten points, the Green Army was beaten a little confused this time, and Vallejo also took advantage of the score, the Cavaliers chased the score to 71-73 only two points, and Tony Allen hit three points on Mo Jr. at the dangerous moment, helping the Celtics stabilize the morale of the army, but the last moment ...... Xiao Mo actually hit a two-point shot at the whistle, which is really a bit surprising.
In the end, the Cavaliers won the quarter by as many as 12 points, leading the Celtics 79-78 into the final quarter.
The end quarter opened, big baby, Glenn Davis scored three points in a row, and the Celtics regained the lead, but the Cavaliers fought back successfully, Jamison, Mo, James and O'Neal scored one by one, scored eight points in a row, and played a wave of 8-2 offense**, helping the Cavaliers lead 87-83 in one fell swoop, and a few rounds later, Pierce hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the difference between the two sides narrowed to a point again, James immediately returned to three points, but Perkins scored two consecutive inside attacks.
With 5 minutes and 02 seconds left in the game, the Celtics tied the score at 90-90, and the Cavaliers had to ask for a timeout.
After that, Jiang Yang stood up directly, took off his coat, and then stood in front of the fourth official...... "Jiang!" Jiang Yang is going to play? On the comment bench of TNT on the sidelines, Kenny Smith looked at Jiang Yang who was standing on the sidelines and was about to play, and said a little overwhelmed, Jiang Yang didn't have the slightest intention of playing in the first three quarters, even when the team was leading by 11 points to falling behind by 4 points, Doug Rivers didn't want Jiang Yang to play, and now when there were 5 minutes and 02 seconds left in the game, after the two sides were tied, Jiang Yang was about to play, and patted the bandage on his shoulder, Jiang Yang smiled and replaced Rondo, who had scored 26 points today, and the next game will depend on Jiang Yang!
"Wow, wow, wow, look what I said? Jiang Yang is a cunning guy, he is like a little fox, today the Cavaliers have shown all their hole cards, and now Jiang Yang is on the court again, what he wants is to impact the Cavaliers' defense, and I really don't know how Doug Rivers can let Jiang Yang stay off the court for so long! Haha, there's a good show to watch this time! Looking at Jiang Yang, who was beating back on the court, Charles Barkley roared with a silver smile on his face.
Although now he says that he has a different opinion of Jiang Yang, he is far from being a fan of Jiang Yang, and he is talking about the person he hates the most.
James is ranked first, and Jiang Yang can definitely be ranked in the top five! Watching Jiang Yang and James fight, he has endless fun!
No matter what Buckley thinks, anyway, Mike Brown of the Cavaliers is in a hurry now, and he originally thought that Jiang Yang was pretending.
But after that, Jiang Yang went to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with a bandage, and he also knew that the Celtics were training that day.
At that time, he believed that Jiang Yang was injured and five percent of the game, and today he prevented Jiang Yang from playing half of the game, but in the first half Jiang Yang has been playing off the court, so after the defense of the half, the Cavaliers fell behind the opponent by eleven points, at this time Mike Brown decided that Jiang Yang was injured, and believed that seven of them were seven, in the third quarter of the game, when the Cavaliers chased the score back and won one point, Jiang Yang had not yet played, Mike Brown believed that Jiang Yang was injured and nine percent, until the fourth quarter was halfway through, Jiang Yang did not play, Only Rondo was playing desperately on the field, and at this time he basically completely believed that Jiang Yang was injured.
So he had lit up all the Cavaliers' tactics and hole cards, and at this time Doug Rivers told him that Jiang Yang was actually not sick and in good health...... How does this make Mike Brown not annoyed...... "Liars, you liars!" Seeing Jiang Yang coming to the court, Mike Brown couldn't help but shout loudly, and the fans on the sidelines naturally wouldn't let go of such an opportunity to boo the Celtics, booing all over the sky, venting their dissatisfaction.
"Soldiers, treacherous ways are ......" Doug Rivers muttered about what Jiang Yang had told him, and couldn't help but be happy.
(To be continued)