Chapter 24: The Persistence of a Veteran
I was full of strength, even though my head was dripping with sweat, and my breathing was already a little rapid. I know that this power is a feeling for me, or an instinct for scoring, and I've always trusted my instincts.
I squinted at Rondo, I saw Ray Allen. I knew that if I wanted to get into my scoring mode, I had to treat them as nothing.
I received the ball and began to accelerate directly, at this time Rondo was obviously still afraid of my rapid change of direction, he was in front of me, and he didn't know that once my speed rose, it was impossible to defend, I directly dribbled with one hand to change direction, with the help of a left turn flashed, what I value is actually his psychological weakness, he has always had a psychological shadow for the fracture that was shaken by me, the so-called one move was bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope is this principle, this psychological shadow directly caused his reaction speed to be very slow, and in front of me, Slowness is undoubtedly fatal. After Rondo, I seemed to be able to move forward, because the Celtics' old arms and legs couldn't keep up with my speed, and their interior players didn't even move, and they knew it would save energy. I dribbled quickly across the halfway line, and I now have two options, if I go straight inside to the basket, I believe I'm 90% likely to hit, and I can also choose to shoot from the three-point line, and I think I can slow down a little bit and then shoot, so that I can shoot at least 70%, and I have a weight of 1.8 for the former and 2.1 for the latter, and it seems that the latter is more cost-effective. Hahaha, I feel like I'm really a top mental arithmetic, and I can come to such a conclusion so quickly.
"Phew", I can almost hear the sound of my own ball, and to be honest I love that sound. I also like to watch the curve of the ball spinning in the air, and it seems that I have a natural affection for that kind of parabolic motion. The ball goes into the basket safely. I'm curious to know what Ray Allen was thinking, really, because he met me as a good shooter. If I could, I'd still like to learn from him how to shoot, even if he doesn't hit as high as I do. But it's true! I think my shooting is nothing more than a "fast" word, and Ray Allen's shooting can really have a kind of elegance, and his movement seems to be better than me, when I lose the ball, it is difficult to find my own direction, and my attack power will be greatly reduced, and Ray Allen is not, he is even more threatening when he has the ball than when he has the ball.
I scored three points for my team! The rest is up to Celtic, and to be honest, I feel like it's a tough game. They've been playing with us since the beginning, and they were one of the best teams in the league defensively, but now they're playing desperately on offense.
Then Garnett hit hard again, and looking at his footsteps, it's hard to tell that he's a player in his thirties. Jobs is the least helpless against this kind of physical and technical player, and I know this very well, Garnett easily hit a turnaround and step-back jumper, and at the same time caused Jobs to foul again, which is the second time he has caused Jobs's two-and-one. He slapped his chest after scoring and roared desperately. Jobs was replaced by coach Nelson, who switched to Clauderson to defend Garnett. The coach knew very well that Garnett would definitely not be able to support him for a few minutes. Garnett makes a free throw. Equalize again. I don't think I should get revenge on my teammates?
I hold the ball with only one thought! At this juncture, I must get through it.
It's still Rondo, now he's much smarter, he learns the way I defend him, let go of me one step, the distance of this step, presumably he thinks I can't pass him in 2 steps in a row, to be honest, I really sympathize with him, he seems to have completely lost himself, he theorized that he studied a lot of videos of my research, in this case, I can almost shoot with a slight shake of one step. I easily took the ball through the midfield, I pretended I wanted to play, I lowered my body, I dribbled slowly, Rondotri defended a little bit on my right side, because he knew that I preferred to break down from the right side and shoot, I saw all this, I motioned to my teammate to run, I knew I could fool him this way, he was obviously fooled, lowered his center of gravity again, seemed to want to make sure he didn't get shaken, but I knew in 2 seconds he would know that he was fooled.
1! I dribble the ball on the right side! The action looked very lazy, as if he was still looking for a moment, and he reached out and tried to stop me!
2! I dribble behind my back and move the ball to the left! Soon! Rondo moved his entire body to the left and didn't pounce forward! I knew my chance had come!
3! I jumped up and lifted the ball over my head! It was still that movement, it was still that sound, and I could feel him leaning down and looking up at my shot.
If the opponent has a step away from my defence, I will never give him a step to pounce on me!
In fact, for Rondo, he may have forgotten in a hurry that my most aggressive may not be the quick dribble breakaway, because many times I don't know why I break through, my most aggressive is my shooting, because my shooting only has one purpose - to score.
Hold on a little longer, and the Celtics should collapse! Because I'm tired of it! I'm only 25! They're all 35 years old! Physical strength is absolutely incomparable.
But apparently it was not what I expected! After I scored, they kicked off quickly, and they even thought about a fast attack! Pierce and Rondo! I was amazed!
With two guys running fast, I was basically able to run in front of Rondo, but he could change direction, my defense was probably going to come to naught, Keynes was also a quick return, and the situation was two-two. I quickly ran to the free throw line, sideways waiting for Rondo to come, I knew that the possibility of me blocking him from scoring was very small, Rondo was at the free throw line, a change of direction, directly leaning on my body to rush to the basket, I concluded that he would go to the basket, because he made a layup, I was difficult to defend, his arm span was very long, I didn't dare to shoot easily, and even if I shot, the possibility of touching the ball was smaller, but the possibility of touching his hand was greater, I was desperately holding the basket, just thinking that his ball would not go in, I could grab the rebound, But after about 0.3 seconds, I knew I was wrong, what was a tricky pass, that is, when everyone thought he was going to go to the basket, he chose to pass the ball, I didn't understand it anyway, but I guessed that he was hitting the basket with me, that is, when I first judged that he was going to go to the basket, he changed his hand to the left hand, and then gently dialed it to Pierce, who followed up. When I landed, I saw that Pierce's huge body had already dunked the ball into the basket like the sun. I really can't imagine that this guy who dunked was the one who picked up a life after being slashed more than a dozen times.
Their perseverance was beyond my expectations.
I was holding the ball, and I noticed that Nelson, the coach on the sidelines, was also starting to have a kind of attachment to the fact that I could do my part and pull the score away when I was off the court.
And Avril, although it's not close, but I gave him a VIP ticket! I could still see his nervous expression, and seeing her expression, I thought I had enough reason to be calm.
I slowed down!
I could vaguely hear everyone on the field breathing. Garnett, Ray Allen, and Pierce all seem to be a little unable to breathe at a beat, but Rondo and Keynes are fine, and of course, myself, I know how to regulate my heartbeat, breathing, and dribbling. It's a secret I rarely tell to others.
I dribble! Everyone is looking at me, my teammates and opponents! I know it's a great opportunity! Direct fast dribbling, my teammates also understood, fast running to the frontcourt, I eleven Keynes and I to complete a cross run, I found when crossing, Aix has reached his favorite position, three points in the bottom corner, hehe, now everyone is paying attention to me, I know his chance has come! I gave him a ground-hitting pass, he caught the ball, looked at his feet, just outside the three-point line, and shot without hesitation! As soon as he made a shot, he made a three-point move and ran towards me, obviously feeling like he was going to celebrate with me! Sure enough, the ball went into the basket very steadily, and Aix and I high-fived each other. Really happy!
How many rounds have you hit in a row? I don't know it myself!
I saw a very happy action! The coach of the Celtics signals the referee to take a timeout!
Ha ha! Or they can't hold on!
Although our lead is only 3 points! But it's definitely a psychological advantage!
It's Curry's turn to play with our bench players, and I know that as long as Curry plays, it's not worse than me, and we're not going to be too passive. The Celtics also fielded their replacements.
Soon after Curry came on the court, he made an open three-point shot, but he missed it, and the Celtics replaced the bench to strengthen the interior offense. constantly poured the ball to the players on the inside, although Garnett was gone, the Celtics still had a lot of strength on the inside, and they succeeded in both attacks.
My team fell behind. I look at my coach, Nelson, and he seems to be very calm. I have every reason to believe him, so my choice is also calm.
But then, Curry made a bad pass! Directly stolen by the opponent and won the fast attack!
I'm kind of wondering how Curry is in such bad shape. But when I look at Nielsen, this old man's choice is still calm.
Once again, the Celtics contracted their defense inside, and we made another mistake!
I stood up unconsciously. I look at Nelson, and he's still so calm. Did he meet a beautiful woman last night? This way.
Avril in the back row of me poked my back with her fingers! It seems to mean that I don't play yet. I don't think I have time to explain to her, I need to watch the game, I need to understand the situation on the field!
I don't know why I care so much about this game! I've lost a lot of games before, but I haven't had such a good start in the two seasons I've been through, and I don't want to ruin our confidence to win streak because of a loss.