Chapter 202: Unstoppable
At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led the Cavaliers by 10 points at 31-21 heading into the second quarter.
The strength of the Celtics themselves is still stronger than the other party, plus the Cavaliers were a little slow in the first quarter, so the Green Shirts led the opponent by ten points into the second quarter, in the second quarter of the game, the Celtics scored 25 points, the Cavaliers scored 27 points, and led the opponent by 8 points at 56-48 into the second half of the game, at the end of the half, Jiang Yang got 8 points and 4 assists, in fact, such a score is not bad, after all, Jiang Yang is not a superstar in the league now, but James who is opposite him, Jiang Yang let the other party score as many as 21 points, which is really a bit surprising.
Jiang Yang's defense is very powerful, at least among the rookies of this year, he is definitely the best! But even so, in the face of the little emperor, LeBron James's layup after the speed was still useless, and he could only be beaten with his back.
"Who's ...... This guy's strength is too strong, but he plays the inside line, it's enough! In the locker room, Jiang Yang beat his palm, there is no way, in the first half, Jiang Yang has been working very hard to defend, but there is still no way to keep up with James, this guy hits himself, his little black hand skills, there is no way at all.
Pulling the other party, pulling the other party, will be seen by the referee, Jiang Yang didn't dare to go too far, but not too much, Jiang Yang couldn't stop James who had rushed up at all, he used to say that this guy was like a bull in heat, when ordinary people couldn't stop it, Jiang Yang would laugh at the other party's lack of knowledge, but now that he really ran into it, Jiang Yang found that he actually didn't have knowledge.
"Strength is hard currency, and it has an advantage no matter what!" Pierce, who was wearing a suit, sat beside Jiang Yang and whispered, there are not many people in the league who can guard against James, especially in the case of one defense and one, he Paul Pierce recognizes the second, then no one really dares to admit the first, although Pierce plays the floor flow, so his ability to bounce and stay in the air is not strong, but pure strength to compete, he is not much worse than James, which is why other teams lose messily when they meet the Cavaliers, And when the Celtics meet them, they always win more and win less.
"The Cavaliers are James' team out-and-out, as long as James is restricted, then the rest of the Cavaliers are floating clouds!" This is what Barkley said at halftime, in fact, what he said Jiang Yang also understood, but the problem now is that no one can prevent him, Jiang Yang can't prevent it, and Tony Allen is even worse after he plays, because of the height disadvantage, he was shot by the opponent.
Jiang Yang can prevent his shooting when he plays, but there is no way to prevent his breakthrough at all, and the difference in strength is too much.
"In the second half, try it with joint defense!" Doug Rivers usually dislikes the coach who uses joint defense the most, because he has always thought that joint defense is very ungentlemanly, and the real defense is one-on-one defense, so it is generally not that the players have too much physical exertion and there is no way to play at the critical moment He will not choose to use the joint defense to play, and now is the critical moment.
"Lei, come here and make up for Jiang Yang's position!" Doug Rivers hesitated and pulled Ray Allen over.
Listening to Doug Rivers' words, Ray Allen nodded, he also knew that now was not the time to blame Jiang Yang, James's strength was almost impossible for anyone in the league to bear, even if he couldn't bear it, there was no need to blame Jiang Yang at this time.
"Jiang, work hard!" In the end, Doug Rivers looked at Jiang Yang and patted Jiang Yang on the shoulder, he didn't know what to say at this time, the halftime was still very short, and soon the game started again, and Jiang Yang and they returned to the court again.
At the beginning of the third quarter of the game, the Cavaliers launched an offense, Morris Williams dribbled past half court, and handed the basketball to James, James faced Jiang Yang and broke through directly, this time Jiang Yang did not catch up, but took a step back, used more free time to paste up, and after relieving the pressure of the opponent's first round, he began to pinch the opponent's waist.
And when James just wanted to exert his strength, Ray Allen over there also pounced, and the two of them were sandwiched.
Ray Allen mainly resists James's strength, while Jiang Yang pinched his waist more and made him unable to exert his strength.
James, who was really uncomfortable, also gave up his singles, and now James is no longer the guy who was abused by the Spurs, and now he will trust his teammates, at least when the game is not very critical.
James turned straight and handed the ball back to Maurice Williams, and there was nothing he could do about it when Mo Jr. took the ball to face Rondo.
But at this time, because Ray Allen came to wrap up James, Anthony Parker's side was empty.
Mo Jr. handed the ball directly to Parker, who hit a mid-range shot to make the score 50-56 and chase back two points.
"Wipe it, count them lucky!" Seeing his own shot in Parker, Ray Allen couldn't help but smash his mouth.
And in the next offense, Ray Allen became the main point of attack, broke through Parker and made a layup, although he was fouled by James, but he also stood on the free throw line, two free throws and two hits, and the Celtics slowly opened the score!
Next, James singled again, and let Jiang Yang and Ray Allen block it, but James passed the ball to the inside line this time, and Vallejo, as James's number one brother, is now quite good, hitting a layup under the basket.
But then Perkins hit a hook shot with Garnett's assist, and was beaten by Vallejo, but Perkins couldn't afford to lose him.
The score on both sides was once again stretched to three points, and then the Cavaliers were still James' main offense, Jiang Yang and Ray Allen's defense, which made James quite uncomfortable, although he had no problem with this for the time being, but the bag on this side meant that there was a vacancy on the outside, and this time, the opportunity for this vacancy allowed Xiao Mo to find, and James' back pass was handed over to Mo Williams.
Xiao Mo faced Rondo's vacancy to defend Parkin, and directly hit a layup under the basket, and the hydrogen score shrank back a little.
But immediately Ray Allen hit a three-point shot, turning the score into 63-54 and still trailing the opponent by nine points!
And Jiang Yang finally hit one shot, and got ten points under James' defense, which is not an easy thing!
Halfway through the game, with 6 minutes and 37 seconds left in the third quarter, the Celtics led the opponent by eight points at 67-59, and Jiang Yang, who defended hard in the first half of the quarter and let James not score a point, was already tired.
Doug Rivers replaced Jiang Yang, but after replacing Jiang Yang, James, who was still contained, immediately came to life.
When he didn't score a point in the first half of the quarter, he hit a three-pointer when the Cavaliers attacked for the first time after returning from a timeout, Jiang Yang's bench has a total of two people, Daniels and Tony Ahua, Daniels' physical fitness is similar to Jiang Yang, so Doug Rivers did not replace him at this time, and now it is Tony Allen who replaces Jiang Yang.
And Tony Allen's height is really a bit different from James...... Without the interference of Jiang Yang and others, James began to lead the team to chase the score! Jiang Yang and the others could only watch James chase back the score point by point, and point by point was approaching.
But they didn't have much to do, James, who scored 21 points at halftime, scored 11 points in the second half of the third quarter, and the total score increased to 32 points, and with his 32 points, the Cavaliers finally finished the third quarter, only 73-76 behind the opponent by 3 points, the original ten points in the first quarter, now only the last three points are left, the Cavaliers' defense is also a little helpless, the Celtics only scored 20 points in this quarter, this is really Wang Xiaoer's New Year, one quarter is not as good as the other.
And after the start of the fourth quarter, the Celtics' most fearful scene still appeared, although in the opening of James's absence, Tony Allen scored four points in a row with free throws, but JJ Hixon and West also scored four points here.
Then Xiao Mo hit a shot, Rondo, who was on the court, couldn't make a jumper, and Rondo, who had beaten the opponent for three quarters today, didn't have much physical strength now, and while Rondo's physical strength was exhausted, Delonti West received a pass from JJ Hickson and hit a three-point shot.
trailed the score of three quarters, and was overtaken by the Cavaliers with 8 minutes and 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter, 82-80, the Celtics were really dangerous this time, the Celtics immediately called a timeout, and let Ray Allen replace Tony Allen to strengthen his offense, but there are a total of these people on the outside, even if Ray Allen is physical strength and then him, his age is also there, after playing, Rasheed Wallace missed the shot, was grabbed by Moon to rebound, and then West couldn't score a jumper, J.J. Hickson grabbed an offensive rebound and hit a rebound, at which time the score on both sides had become 84-80, and the Cavaliers were ahead by four points! And then JJ Hickson fouled Glen Davis, taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, Doug Rivers immediately replaced all the main players, Perkins replaced Rasheed Wallace, Garnett replaced Glen Davis, Jiang Yang replaced Daniels, the Cavaliers just made an adjustment, James replaced Moon!
The game restarted, and just as it started, Rondo received a pass from Garnett and hit a layup, turning the score into 84-82, only two points behind the opponent! But in less than a minute, the Cavaliers over there made a comeback, James's breakthrough allowed Jiang Yang and Ray Allen to defend, but Mo Williams, who was beaten by Rondo for three quarters, hit a three-point shot at a critical moment!
directly stretched the score to five points, Jiang Yang, who was eager to attack, handed the ball to Rondo, and then directly began to run to help Rondo pull the opportunity, and Rondo also found the opportunity and burst Mo Williams for a layup, but unfortunately it was blocked by Valejo, and Jiang Yang took this opportunity to grab the offensive rebound, but Jiang Yang just wanted to attack, but the referee's whistle next to him sounded, only to see Perkins sitting on the sidelines helplessly, while James raised his hands high, signaling that he did not touch him.
But the replay on the big screen shows that James did push Perkins just now, which is what knocked Perkins down.
James's action is very big and fierce, and this action only gave an ordinary foul, which made the temper very hot, and now that he is behind, Perkins, who is also angry in his heart, stood up all of a sudden.
walked up to James and started talking trash talk, James didn't have much on his side, Vallejo over there was in a hurry.
What do you call a loyal horse, a lackey? It is when your master is in danger that you step up!
Vallejo was absolutely qualified in this regard, and when Perkins came to theorize, he rushed straight over. He pushed Perkins away with his elbow, like a drop of water falling into boiling oil.
The whole field exploded immediately, Jiang Yang was the closest, threw the ball, rushed over as soon as possible, and pushed Vallejo away.
The rest of the crowd rushed over, and the fans in the stadium let out the biggest boos since the start of the game.
The referee also rushed over as soon as possible, and at this time, Vallejo had already set his eyes on Jiang Yang and was talking trash to Jiang Yang.
But Jiang Yang ignored him at all, just blocked him, and then stood in front of Perkins, showing his tough attitude.
Others, such as Ray Allen, also ran over at this time, and after negotiating with the referee, pushed their teammates away.
The referee didn't say anything to Vallejo at all, because it was obvious from the slow-motion addition just now, Perkins just walked up to James and said, you did push me! He pointed to his waist, and then Vallejo next to him rushed over to escort him.
It's not an exaggeration to give him a technical foul! Vallejo could only raise his hand to show that he had admitted it, although he had a foul on his back, but looking at James's appreciative gaze, he thought that he had done the right thing, and this team had to slap James.
Because of this foul, there is a belly of fire on both sides, and the next game will inevitably be a little big.
After Ray Allen hit a technical foul free throw, the Celtics restarted the game, Jiang Yang served, and directly handed the ball to Rondo on the inside, Rondo against Valejo, he was not polite at all, he turned around and made a layup, Vallejo blocked, and he also deliberately hit Vallejo, this kid is also a bad guy! Vallejo, who was hit, had nothing to say, and he also paid a foul, this is the home field, this is the North Shore Garden, even if he James is David Stern's godson and has the right to be exempted, you don't have a Brazilian actor, so the referee's whistle is still relatively timely!
Rondo hit two free throws, and the score on both sides became 87-85 with two points to go! Then the Cavaliers made a comeback.
It was still James who pushed it, and Jiang Yang and Ray Allen also found his head very accurately, James did not lose his mind, at this time he knew that it was better to never clash with Jiang Yang and them again, but thinking about Jiang Yang's very dark defense, he also had a little liver tremor, the force was mutual, Jiang Yang pinched himself, Jiang Yang's hands were pinched, could he not hurt?
It's just that the muscles are squeezed together, so he temporarily suppressed the pain, this time seeing Jiang Yang and Ray Allen put on such a defensive position again, he hesitated for a moment, and handed the ball to Mo Williams, who had just shot a three-pointer, fully played his big heart and convulsions.
In front of Rondo, hit a three-point shot again! And then the Celtics' Ray Allen missed a three-point shot, and after the Cavaliers returned to the court, it was Xiao Mo again, another three-pointer! Three three-pointers in a row, Xiao Mo directly stunned the Celtics!
93-85, the score instantly stretched to as many as 8 points, and the Celtics had to ask for a timeout.
It turns out that after the technical foul incident just now, the Celtics had some fluctuations in their hearts, and after the timeout came back, the Celtics were temporarily in an offensive sluggish period, and at this time James came! What he has to do is to cut the Celtics players to death with a stick before the Celtics recover! That's what he did.
He first carried Jiang Yang and Ray Allen to the basket, and then when he came over to attack again, he also deceived Ray Allen's foul, and the score on both sides quickly opened up, and the Celtics finally hit a mid-range shot by Jiang Yang, but West over there also immediately hit a layup, and now the Celtics are distraught, and their defense is leaking everywhere...... The shot didn't go in, and the defense caught it and chased after it, and finally with three minutes left in the game, the Celtics surrendered! replaced Garnett with Glenn Davis, and the other party also replaced James, who had 36 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds today, without James, Jiang Yang would face Gamario Moon! Who knows who you are? Jiang Yang, who only scored 12 points before, made a big show at the last moment of the final quarter, scoring two three-pointers and a mid-range shot, but who expected that the Celtics were gone, Jiang Yangbai scored 20 points and 7 assists, although such data is good-looking, but it is still difficult to hide the plot of him being beaten by James! In the end, the Cavaliers ended the Celtics' five-game winning streak at home with a 108-102 win on the Celtics' home court, and Jiang Yang's biggest problem was also exposed.
Without Pierce, Jiang Yang and his substitutes have never been able to take the position of small forward, and Jiang Yang can't either.
(To be continued)