83. Strongest defensive combination
Al Jefferson, a high school rookie selected by the Celtics with the 15th pick in the first round this year, is already capable of playing in the NBA at the age of 19. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Since the Celtics are not weak, the team has Reeve Lafrentz, a 98-year-old scout at the power forward position, and he can only play as a substitute.
Al Jefferson had his first career start today, and after seeing the defender who was known as the best rookie in the class of 2004, he wanted to prove that it wasn't the blind people in the lottery who didn't choose him.
Brevine Knight hit a long shot, the ball bounced in the direction of Al Jefferson, Al Jefferson jumped high, ready to take this rebound to coach Rivers to see, although the guy who was injured has outside shooting ability, but that guy rebounds too poorly, he wants to use his rebounding ability to win the trust of the coach for himself.
With a rebound at his fingertips, Al Jefferson is ready to use this rebound to get his first stat after starting......
"Smack"
"Boom"
Right in front of Al Jefferson's eyes, the yellow-skinned man in the white striped jersey at No. 24 grabbed the rebound on his head, then turned around and pulled up to meet their center, Mark Blunt, and dunked the ball into the basket.
Seeing Ye Han running back to his half as if he had done something insignificant, Al Jefferson's inner fighting spirit collapsed instantly, what was he doing so hard for data?
Inadvertently seeing Rivers frowning with his hands on his chest on the sidelines, Al Jefferson seemed to feel that his starting road was getting more and more bumpy.
In fact, if he didn't jump up in such a hurry just now, he blocked Ye Han who rushed in like Okafor blocking Mark Blunt, so that Mark Blunt could grab the rebound or grab the board himself at that time, or even if he didn't grab the rebound, it would make Rivers happier.
"High school student, another high school student." Rivers hates high school players the most, and he has no tactical discipline at all.
Well, even if all of these high school players are talented, with imagination and creativity that ordinary people don't have, like Rivers, another annoying high school player who plays in Houston right now, just two days ago when they played the Spurs and scored 13 points in 35 seconds.
But no matter how good, talented, and creative Maddie is, Rivers doesn't like Maddie.
In Rivers' opinion, these high school players are undisciplined, have no tactical literacy, and like to go their own way.
So even if it can be seen that Al Jefferson is very aura and has a good grasp of some details on offense that ordinary people can't notice, such as the timing of active blocking and pick-up, the ability to cut and run in the air, etc., Rivers still doesn't like Al Jefferson.
In fact, there is a more important reason, that is, Rivers has a rookie he wants to choose, but General Manager Angie did not listen to his arrangement, but chose Al Jefferson on his own, which made Rivers very faceless.
Unlike Bickerstaff, who gives players a lot of freedom, Rivers has a very high desire to control the team.
Seeing that Payton was going to play singles again, Rivers didn't dare to say anything, after all, he was a famous veteran, but when he saw Al Jefferson, who was about to go up to block Peyton, he yelled directly: "Al, go back to your position!" ā
Al Jefferson was still a 19-year-old kid who had just graduated from high school, so he was naturally very scared of the coach's roar, and turned around and walked away in the middle of the pick-and-roll.
That's good, he's gone, and Peyton is caught by Ye Han and Capono alone!
If it was Payton five years ago, one pick two would have started once in a while. But he's 36 years old! Two players who are taller than him, stronger than him, and faster than him, he can't play!
"Looks like your coach is targeting you!" Ye Han's voice came faintly.
What the? Peyton was stunned for a moment, and was stealed by Ye Han, who counterattacked and won a dragon storm.
Peyton is also old, and he was disturbed by Ye Han's words, you must know that he is a trash talk king.
However, Ye Han's words really poked Peyton's heart, and he was so unhappy after leaving the supersound!
It was the Celtics' turn to attack again, and Payton asked Ye Han, "What do you mean by that?" ā
Ye Han was stunned: "That sentence? ā
Peyton resisted the urge to smoke Ye Han, he thought that Ye Han was deliberately provoking him.
Payton didn't ask again, instead focusing on looking for offensive opportunities.
Payton's long-range shooting ability is very poor and he needs to look for opportunities to break through, but he relied on physical fitness to attack and defense to become a superstar when he was younger, and he is not the kind of player who can score 20 points all year round, and now he is getting older and not playing much singles. Rivers didn't allow Al Jefferson to block the pick-and-roll, and Payton was so anxious that he couldn't do it.
At this time, Ye Han remembered what he had just said, combined with Peyton's question just now, Ye Han said casually: "Look at your age, the coach actually doesn't let people block and dismantle you, I remember that there is another powerful part of the glove is the dismantling." ā
Well, Ye Han said it so casually and talked about Peyton's heart, and the latter chose to break through in frustration, and he couldn't break through and force his shot, and was completely disturbed by Ye Han.
Miss!
Gerald Wallace grabbed the defensive rebound, the Celtics were quick to get back on the back, and the defense they relied on to get to the top four in the Eastern Conference wasn't covered.
Defending Ye Han is Tony Allen, a scoring guard who basically relies on his courage to fight for offense...... That's at best, but it's actually a rookie who barely has any offensive skills and plays purely on his body, and he can sit firmly in the Celtics' starting lineup because of his defense.
Playing against Kobe Bryant in the seventh game of Tony Allen's career, Kobe Bryant was very well restricted, and the short few months of study with Payton gave him the feeling of a young glove. Although Bryant scored 35 points in that game, he only made 11 of 30 shots, so he was placed in the starting position by Rivers, who emphasized defense.
Although the fame is not so famous, the top outside players who have played with the Celtics this season know that the Celtics' outside defense ability is comparable to that of the Pistons! Pierce defended a little worse, but Payton and Tony Allen defended very well.
Trash talk is trash talk, saying that Peyton is old is just Ye Han's words, Ye Han has to admire when he really faces this master-apprentice combination, these two guys' defense is really strong! Both defending with and without the ball are extremely good.
Tony Allen's off-ball defense, and Payton's timely pinch when holding the ball, forced Ye Han to make the wrong shot choice or pass the ball out.
It can be said with certainty that this is the strongest defense that Ye Han has encountered since he played against Kobe!