Chapter 166: Atlanta
The score on the field was 89-81, and the Celtics were in danger! That's when Rashid Wallace hit a mid-range shot to chase the score back to two points.
And Wade's performance is far from over, after hitting the layup, he broke through Jiang Yang on the next offense, Jiang Yang really had no choice, had to pull him down, paid for a foul, and sent Wade to the free throw line at the same time.
When Wade made free throws, the other main players all came to the court, and at this time, Kyle said that the people were all in place.
Point guard Jiang Yang, scoring guard Ray Allen, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Rasheed Wallace, center Kendrick Perkins, Wade made two free throws, and the score on both sides became 91-83, but in the next offense, Ray Allen and Jiang Yang cooperated and rushed into the interior, causing O'Neal Jr.'s foul, two free throws and two hits, and the difference between the two sides was still only six points.
And since Ray Allen's side began to score, it was not so easy to finish, after receiving Jiang Yang's pass again, Ray Allen hit a three-point shot, and with 4 minutes and 23 seconds left in the game, the Celtics chased the score to 88-91, only three points away!
The Heat had to ask for a timeout, Wade limited Jiang Yang very well, but if he limited Jiang Yang, then Ray Allen would not have anyone to restrict, which is also a very important issue, thirty seconds later, the Heat made a new adjustment.
That is, regardless of Jiang Yang, and regardless of Ray Allen, they are now going to focus on offense, Haslem received a pass from Chanmos, and hit a direct shot, stretching the score to five points, but immediately Rashid Wallace hit another shot, and pulled the score back to three points! And then it was a three-pointer from Rasheed Wallace who hit it to tie the score!
93-93, the two sides were tied, and at this time, Richardson missed a three-point shot, was grabbed by Pierce for a defensive rebound, and then advanced directly to the half and then did not score a mid-range shot, but was grabbed by Rasheed Wallace for an offensive rebound.
Taking advantage of Beasley's absence, Rashid Wallace abused the Heat's current bench interior problem.
Rasheed Wallace handed the ball back to Jiang Yang directly, and Jiang Yang was not polite and shot directly near the free throw line.
The Celtics, who successfully overtook the score and caught up with almost one quarter of the game, overtook the score with Jiang Yang's goal with 2 minutes 03 seconds left in the game, 95-93, and the Heat had to ask for a timeout again, this time the Heat was in trouble!
After the timeout came back, the Heat rearranged, and now Wade is considered to be seen to death, he was targeted by Jiang Yang to break through, and was blocked by Ray Allen to shoot, almost nothing, and Jiang Yang and Ray both set their eyes on him, then Quentin Richardson has a chance, but this Richardson is really not as good as the Suns' one, and the Suns can score at that critical moment.
And his critical moment is real water! Richardson didn't score three points, and after being grabbed by Rashid Wallace for the defensive rebound, the long pass was handed to Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang directly handed the ball to Pierce, and Richardson, who saw that he had no way to prevent Pierce, directly hugged Pierce down, there is nothing to say, a technical foul, otherwise there will be a fryer on the Celtics' side.
After Ray Allen hit the free throw very accurately, the ball was still on the Celtics' side, and after Rasheed Wallace handed the ball to Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang faced Chanmos on the outside, jumped directly, pulled out three points, and the basketball went straight into the basketball.
After this ball was hit, the Heat really had a bit of a sense of extinguishing the fire, 99-93, the difference between the two sides had been stretched by the Celtics to as much as six points, and at the critical moment, after Chanmos used the block, he forced Jiang Yang's breakthrough layup and was blocked by Paul Pearce, and after being grabbed by Rasheed Wallace, although he was stealed by O'Neal Jr., Wade, who had already scored 35 points in this game, missed three points, and Haslem on the inside forcibly grabbed the rebound.
When he made another layup, he was fouled by Rasheed Wallace, and this foul looked worthless to Jiang Yang.
Because Rasheed Wallace has also committed five fouls before, this is the sixth foul, and there is no way but to graduate with six fouls.
Putting Glenn Davis on the court and topping his position, Haslem should be considered a relatively stable free throw shot inside.
Two free throws and two hits helped the Heat chase the score to 99-95, four points away! But today they were destined to be planted in the hands of three-point shots, Jiang Yang passed to Pierce, Pierce broke through to attract Wade's bag, and then handed the ball to Ray Allen.
Jun Zilei, the outside three-point shot, the basketball drilled into the basket with a spin, 102-95, the difference opened again!
53 seconds, only the last 53 seconds are left, and it is almost impossible for the Heat to chase the score back with these 53 seconds! After the timeout came back, O'Neal Jr. first shot a mid-range shot, and then Wade attacked with the ball, before Jiang Yang's defense was used, Ray Allen fouled on the outside, there was no way, Ray Allen is also a veteran.
How can their physical strength compete with the current Super S players in the league like Wade? So after losing his balance, he sent Wade to the free throw line, and after Wade hit two free throws, he immediately got up and started a full-court pressing defense.
Sure enough, his target was still Ray Allen, who was already physically exhausted, and at the moment when Perkins passed the ball to Ray Allen, Wade appeared in front of Ray Allen, and then directly steal the basketball in Ray Allen's hand, and after the steal, he just wanted to shoot.
A figure came out directly from the side, and now Wade is standing outside the three-point line, if he is allowed to shoot, the score will be equalized, this is not what Jiang Yang and the Celtics players want to see, so at the beginning, Jiang Yang has been paying attention to Wade, and when Wade rushed to Ray Allen, Jiang Yang knew that something bad was going to happen! So immediately followed.
Wade jumped very hastily, after all, there was only 3 seconds left when he touched the ball, so he only had time to take a look at the foot outside the three-point line, and then he jumped high, but at the moment when he jumped, another figure also jumped up, and in Wade's surprised gaze, the opponent's long arm directly slapped the basketball in his hand! Yes, it was photographed! When the basketball was dropped, the bell rang to mean the end of the game.
"Whew, it's dangerous, it's dangerous!" Looking at the time and score, Jiang Yang, who landed on the ground, couldn't help but smile and waved his hand! The ball just now is indeed very dangerous, and Jiang Yang has played this game so far, this is the only time he has blocked, and it seems that the effect is not bad in the current situation! The basketball was directly photographed by Jiang Yang, extinguishing the Heat's last chance to fight back!
Oyster ended 102-99, the Celtics beat the Heat, Wade scored a game-high 37 points, but his other teammates were not very good, only O'Neal Jr. scored 14 points in the team's starters, and Hasgem scored 19 points off the bench, and then there was no player who scored double-doubles, on the other hand, on the Celtics' side, Perkins performed quite well today.
He had 20 points and 10 rebounds, Jiang Yang scored 16 points and added seven assists to make up for the string-up problems when Rondo was not on the court, and Rasheed Wallace had 14 points. Rondo had 15 points and eight assists. Pierce scored 12 points, Ray Allen scored a game-high 22 points, and the benches were not very good except for them, Glen Davis focused more on defense today, only 1 point in the game, and Tony Allen was not good, only 2 points in the game, and the grouping of these people became 102 points for the Celtics! But no matter how hard the game was, they still won the game.
After this game, the Celtics won three in a row, and the record is slowly recovering!
And Jiang Yang has also grown rapidly in the league with his reputation in the last few battles, and now when it comes to the super rookies in the league and the golden substitutes, he always thinks of Jiang Yang's name, which is also the reason why Jiang Yang's reputation in the league has slowly played a role.
However, despite their three consecutive wins, their opponents will not be so easy to deal with.
The Atlanta Hawks, joined the league in 1949, is one of the 17 oldest teams in the NBA, the team was formerly known as the Tri-City Black Hawks, which is shared by three cities on the Mississippi River, and entered Milwaukee in 1951, and was later called the Milwaukee Hawks, but the city at the bottom of the team for five consecutive seasons is indeed too miserable! Later, it was really not good, so they moved to Atlanta, in Atlanta, they did not change their original level, and they have always been a team that says that the belly of the fish is not the belly of the fish, and the team that says that the strong team is not the strong team, but in recent years, the Hawks have become a strong team in the league.
Under the leadership of head coach John Woodson, the Eagles have been developing extremely rapidly in recent years! Makes the playoffs every year.
With Joe Johnson becoming more and more a leader, with Al Horford becoming more dominant on the inside, with Josh Smith no longer rambling for threes from the outside, with the addition of Mike Bibby, and with the addition of Jamal Crawford this year.
Before this game, the Hawks were 23-13 in fourth place in the East, in front of him were the Magic 24-12, and in second place in the East were the Cavaliers, 28-10, and the first was naturally the Celtics, even if they lost two in a row a while ago, they were still in first place in the East with 28 wins and 7 losses, but the gap was not big.
The Lakers, who are behind the Celtics, have a record of 28-8 at this time, which means that if the Celtics lose this game, they are likely to fall below the Lakers and give up the league leader, which is not good for the Celtics.
But at least this season, the Celtics really haven't been sure they can win against the Hawks.
Prior to this game, there was a game between the two sides on November 14, and the Hawks humiliated the Celtics very lightly in that game! The score of 97-86 in the whole game is enough to explain everything, and at that time, the Celtics can be fully staffed, plus the starters composed of Pierce, Ray Allen, Perkins and Rondo, Wallace, Danielson, Eddie House, and now, the entire Celtics team is full of injuries, but the opposing team's generals are still there.
So from the beginning of this game, everyone predicted that it would be unfavorable to the Celtics, but regardless of the benefits, the game still has to be played.
A day earlier, the Celtics flew from Miami to Atlanta in preparation for a game against the Hawks.
Atlanta, is a highland city located on the plateau of the Appalachian Mountains at an altitude of 350 meters.
It is one of the three major highland cities in the United States, and the city can be said to be very historical, in 1836, it was built as a railroad terminal, and it has been a strategic point for the Southern Army during the Civil War.
However, it was later destroyed during the Civil War, and after the reconstruction, although it did not have the previous strategic location, it developed extremely rapidly.
As we all know, whether you like it or not, but it has always been very profitable, Coca-Cola's corporate headquarters is set up here, and it became a sister city of Chengdu in China in 07 years! In the past, Jiang Yang heard that after going from the plains to the plateau, he would have altitude sickness, but after Jiang Yang came to Atlanta, he found that he did not have altitude sickness...... Come to think of it, maybe it's because it's not high enough! Anyway, now Jiang Yang feels no different from being on flat ground.
After a day's rest, Jiang Yang and the others went to the Eagles' Phillips Arena to prepare for the game against the Eagles.
The Hawks' starting lineup today was not unexpected by Jiang Yang, the starting center is Al Horford from the Dominican Republic, who entered the NBA with Yi Jian, but his strength has been recognized by fans this year.
Although he is only 208 cm tall, his lethality under the basket is really good, good offensive ability, coupled with the ability to move, and a fairly strong defensive level, he has been getting better and better in Atlanta recently!
Power forward Josh Smith, a famous jumper in the league? Can anyone compete with Howard, Nate Robinson? Yes, it's this Josh Smith, this guy flies around in the sky every game.
This season, Woodson deliberately made a three-point agreement with him, and he was never allowed to shoot three points during the game, and he didn't shoot a three-point shot until now, and the Hawks' record is very perfect, which shows that he really wasted a lot of opportunities on the outside! He's a master of interior defense!
Small forward Marvin Williams, one of the famous parallel goods in the league, was the star of the 05 year, but now he has been reduced to the existence of soy sauce! However, he can also average about 10 points per game, which is a pretty good role player.
The scoring guard is the Hawks, Joe Johnson, is also a late bloomer, was selected by the Celtics with the tenth pick in the first round in 01, only averaged 6.3 points per game in his first season, and was then traded to the Suns by the Celtics, and after arriving at the Suns, he was just a chicken rib player, and he just began to shine in the 03-04 season, and he could contribute an average of 16.7 points per game, and he averaged 17.1 points per game in the 04-05 season.
But the Suns still traded him to the Hawks, and after coming to the Hawks, it was like Gerald Wallace going to the Bobcats, and he instantly became one of the strongest scoring guards in the league, in the 05-06 season, after averaging 20.2 points per game, the score never dropped 20, and in the 06-07 season, he averaged 25 points per game, directly establishing his status as the king of the Hawks!
This season, he averaged 21.3 points per game, plus 4.9 assists and 4.6 rebounds, which is close to the level of 20+5+5, which has made Joe Johnson's reputation very hot! There's nothing to say about this, the current Eagle King is like the middle of the sky!
The point guard was a big player that the Hawks got from the Kings when the Kings were attacking wildly, White Devil Mike Beebe.
Look at Bibi, he is not handsome, he is not fast, his strength is not strong, he doesn't shoot, and his passing is not sharp enough. I didn't make it to an All-Star in my life.
But he's one of the five most underrated stars in the league! Mike Bibby, who looks inconspicuous, is quite good in his own right, not only can he always shoot key shots with a big heart, but he can always find a position when he wants to attack.
Jamal Crawford, who just transferred from New York this year, has shown his strong offensive ability in the Hawks after a run-in at the end of the season, and the Hawks' bench has always been a problem.
Their main force is definitely not inferior to any team in the league, but their bench is ...... Compared to the bench of any team in the league, it is inferior...... There is little scoring ability.
In the playoffs in the past few years, it has basically been like this, the main players finally pulled the score away, and then they lost it on the bench! If they're playing the kind of offense that the Lakers do, and they're leading by 10 or 20 points, you don't care if you let the bench lose the losers, but who told them to play defensively? The offense on this side didn't lead by a few points, and the substitute was wiped back as soon as he came on the field!
It's uncomfortable for anyone to be replaced, and after the addition of Jamal Crawford this year, the Eagles' benches are instantly radiant! His own crazy offense, as well as his ability to shoot four-point points from the outside, had already been honed when he was in New York.
After coming to the Eagles, he was a timely combat force, and the Eagles who had always been a weakness were substitutes, but because of his joining, he turned out to be a famous bandit in the league! And the Celtics, who are missing Garnett and Rondo here, want to win the Hawks~ "It's almost impossible to look at the lineup alone!" "In fact, whoever it is, looking at the lists on both sides, will have such thoughts, but these Celtic guys have no intention of surrendering, they are here to win!
(To be continued)