Chapter Twenty-Six: That's Him
Three days flew by, and on the morning of November 12, the Celtics conducted an offensive and defensive drill, and then ushered in the challenge of the Denver Nuggets.
The reason why he had an offensive and defensive drill before the game with the Nuggets was actually a little disdainful of the Nuggets, and Rick Pitino felt that the intensity of the game with the Nuggets would not be enough to train the team, so he conducted an offensive and defensive drill.
And the reason why they look down on the Nuggets so much is because the Nuggets have been so rotten this season, and in order to lose, they have sent away almost all the good players, such as Antonio McDyce was sent to the Suns, and Dale Ellis was sent to the SuperSonics. And they've actually won just 11 games this season, if Jonny doesn't change history.
Since the start of the game, the Nuggets' record is 0-5, and it can be said that against this team that is aiming for the worst record in history, the Celtics only need to play their strength a little to win this game.
But in this way, the level of training in the game is obviously not enough, especially for the Celtics, who now need games to hone their fast-break tactics, a high-intensity confrontation game is obviously very important.
In the end, the Celtics won the game easily, and Jonny only got 22 points, plus 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and sat on the bench because he really didn't need to continue playing. Chauncy Billups, who has been training with Jonny for almost a week, continued to start this game, and in the face of the Nuggets' weak defense, Chauncy Billups played the best game of his NBA career so far.
He finished the game with 27 points and eight assists. It's a real explosion, and Rick Pitino wants Chauncey Billups to keep that performance going, even though Rick Pitino himself doesn't think it's likely.
And after beating the Nuggets. The Celtics had two more days off to continue playing at home, and they faced the challenge of the Toronto Raptors, an NBA newcomer who was still struggling in the lottery zone, and the Celtics had to spend some time against this bad team.
Facing his old teammate and old rival Nick Anderson, Jonny scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Helplessly, his teammates did not give their best, and the game dragged on until the end of the quarter. And there was an interesting thing that happened in this game. A rookie of the Raptors, after coming off the bench, faced Jonny, and actually met Jonny with a violent dunk on the first shot, and then raised his hands to point at Jonny. provoked Jonny.
This made Jonny shake his head rather amused, but it also aroused Jonny's competitiveness, he looked at the rookie's back, the name "McGrady" was written, and then, Jonny returned the ball with an almost identical dunk, originally Jonny thought that this heads-up would go to the rookie to rest, but then the rookie couldn't catch the ball.
This made Jonny feel a little sorry, just now judging by the alignment between Jonny and this little rookie. This rookie is definitely a master and may be able to make a big difference in the league, provided that this young player can get enough opportunities. But obviously, in this Raptors, he can't even touch the ball.
So, after the game, Jonny found the rookie and said something that made the rookie think for a long time: "I want to succeed." Just get out of here. ”
After the Raptors game, the Celtics won three in a row. Jonny quickly forgot about the rookie player he had a bit of a look at and went to Philadelphia with the team.
In the preseason, the Celtics and the 76ers lost both games, and the media at the time used these two games to argue that the Celtics were bad, but now look at it, the Celtics are already 7-1 and ranked first in the East, while the 76ers are only 2-5 at this time, and they are still trapped in infighting, in the team's troika, Allen Iverson and Derrick Coleman had a conflict on the ball, the two did not even pass the ball to each other, and Derrick Coleman could only score by grabbing rebounds, which made the 76ers quite injured.
The game was held at the Wachovia Center, although it was a game between the two representative players of the 96 generation, but at this time, the reputation of the 96 golden generation had not yet opened, and only Jonny Lee and Allen Iverson played All-Star level performances in the entire 96 generation, and the other players such as Sharif Abdul Rahim, Stephen Marbury, and Ray Allen were on the way to the All-Star. So in people's eyes, the quality of this draft in 96 is a little bit higher than that of previous editions.
So the reunion of Jonny and Allen Iverson, although it attracted a lot of attention, was too far from meeting Alan Iverson and Kobe Bryant in later generations.
And in this game, the main theme of the Celtics is revenge, and they want to avenge the two arrows of revenge in the preseason. From the very beginning of the game, Jonny faced Allen Iverson on the defensive end and used ferocious defense against Allen Iverson. Iverson is a great scorer, but he is also an inconsistent scorer, and the limitations of his physicality have made Allen Iverson rely too much on his technique, his crossover, and under Jonny's tough defense, Allen Iverson showed signs of getting lost from the very beginning of the game.
Jonny fights for every ball, Allen Iverson plays very hard every ball, and sometimes Jonny will be shaken by Allen Iverson's crossover, but Jonny will always have teammates behind him, such as Ben Wallace, such as Bruce Bowen.
And in this case, Allen Iverson, who is known as the answer, can no longer give an answer in this game. As the game progressed, the 76ers unsurprisingly began to trail, trailing by seven points in the first quarter and 18 points at halftime, and the bigger they were, the more anxious they became.
Finally, in the second half of the third quarter, when the Celtics relentlessly extended the margin to 30 points, Allen Iverson began to mess around, and he didn't care about hitting the inside, regardless of the prowess. And this irresponsible style of play made Derek Coleman, who was already at odds with him, angry, and the two began to throw themselves at each other.
However, compared to Allen Iverson, Derrick Coleman did not suffer from Iverson's inhuman defensive treatment, so Derrick Coleman's shooting was much more accurate.
In an attack, Allen Iverson came by himself and directly pulled up the shot, and at this time, Johnny, who had already figured out Allen Iverson's routine, pounced directly and blocked Iverson's field of vision, and the ball naturally did not score.
Under the basket, Ben Wallace stuck Derrick Coleman, and Jonny immediately launched a fast attack when he saw this, but the scene after that surprised Jonny greatly. Derrick Coleman, who was stuck by Big Ben, actually rushed out from behind Big Ben, pressed Big Ben to grab the rebound, and then was a dashing step-back mid-range jumper, which hit directly!
Grab the rebound strongly! Skillful technical moves! It fully shows the strength of Derrick Coleman who was once selected as an All-Star. In this regard, Jonny can only complain with a leaning voice. But then the 76ers collapsed very quickly.
After Allen Iverson missed another wave, Derek Coleman didn't turn around to defend, but directly pointed at Allen Iverson's nose and scolded, infighting! Everyone was excited, and it was a rare sight.
Reporters stood outside the stadium and snapped pictures, while the referee had to interrupt the game and start blowing the whistle. The Celtic players stood on the perimeter and watched excitedly. Jonny asked Dana Barros beside him with a stunned face: "Is there a conflict between Aaron Iverson and that big man?" ”
"Yes, you don't know?" Dana Barros looked surprised, meaning that you don't know that it is well known that Allen Iverson and Derek Coleman have a conflict.
Jonny didn't care about Dana Barros's expression, he seemed to think of something, and clapped his hands excitedly: "It's him!" (To be continued)
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