"The Hornets vs. the Celtics! Decide on the first ownership of the west. ”

"Today, the championship contenders, against the defending champions, who will win?"

This game has received the attention of all parties, and on various basketball forums, discussion posts are flying all over the sky. Everyone is watching to see where the Hornets are going this season and whether they can beat the Celtics.

The Hornets and Celtics match was played at the North Shore Garden Arena, the home of the Celtics. Last season, the Hornets had a game against the Celtics, when Jongwook was just rising, and the Hornets also won the Celtics.

This season, the Hornets and Celtics met for the first time.

Anyway, the Hornets players still want to beat this team.

In the 2008-2009 NBA, there were few teams that didn't want to beat the Celtics – a tradition in the NBA, where defending champions were always treated with more attention.

Every team, when it comes to facing the defending champions, will be gearing up. Of course, this doesn't mean that if they beat last season's champion, they will be able to win the championship this season, but to beat the defending champion is a kind of pride for a team.

The fans have more to talk about when they brag outside.

The Hornets, whether in terms of record or tradition, also need to beat the Celtics, and after defeating the Celtics, the Hornets now have the halo of a 'really strong team' on their heads before they can be understood by more people and can really prove themselves.

The battle with the Celts is about to begin!

The Celtics this season can be regarded as a complete lineup, so far, basically no players have been injured, the Big Three are old and strong, and there have been no rumors that they are not suitable for the game. The good performance of the Celtics is actually related to many factors, and last season's championship made the old guys full of fighting spirit.

All in all, the Celtics are a pretty strong opponent for the Hornets.

"Celtics! Last season's championship team. "In the final minute of last season, we lost to the Lakers and the Lakers lost to this team," Scott said. Now, we're faced with a situation where we've been holding the title of No. 1 in the West since the start of the season, which has been going on for almost two months...... If we lose to the Celtics, the first place in the West will have to be given to the Lakers......"

Everyone listened silently, in fact, they had their own judgment in their hearts, and of course they knew the situation of the Hornets right now.

"First in the West, we've stayed so long! From an 11-game winning streak at the start of the season, we've now created many firsts in Hornets history. Now, Celtic is the one in front of us, and it doesn't want us to continue making history. ”

Scott is getting more and more of a demagogue, and what he says makes the players suddenly become enthusiastic.

Indeed, this game, no matter how you look at it, the Hornets deserve to win!

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At this moment, in the Celtics' training hall, head coach Rivers was also giving a lecture to the players, and he also waved his big hand and said, "Guys! We're about to face the hottest team in the league so far, the Hornets! And our record is declining now, and we can't afford to lose to this team anymore...... Otherwise, our situation will be even worse. ”

Now, the Celtics' record is only third in the West, and the top two are the Cavaliers and Magic, and they really can't afford to lose again, otherwise they will be questioned by many people.

The Big Three, each player, has the determination of this match on their faces.

They also want to win, they desperate to win, and as the defending champions, while the Big Three know that the playoffs are the real battleground, they also want to have a good record in the regular season.

Hornets face Celtics!

In terms of lineup, at least the current Paul can overpower Rondo, and Zhong Yu, although Junzi Lei has been famous in the league for a long time, Zhong Yu has overpowered Lei Allen, in fact, there is not much suspense.

It's not very harmonious at small forward, Pierce is still the best small forward in the league, and his performance last season can illustrate this, in the Finals with the Lakers, just because he blew up the same position of the Lakers in the small forward, the Celtics played so smoothly.

to win the final championship.

Against Peja, Pierce also has enough advantages.

As for Garnett, needless to say, the only disadvantage he encountered with West was only age.

Otherwise, Garnett could have blown up West.

Maybe Chandler's place is a bit of an advantage, anyway, in this game, from the analysis of the lineup, the Hornets need to pin most of their hopes on the Hornets' backcourt double guns.

And Paul's point, Rondo has gradually exploded, becoming more and more of a Celtics' "fourth giant", and Paul is also under a lot of pressure to blow him up. Therefore, the biggest expectation of the Hornets is still placed on Zhong Yu.

In the explanation of the live broadcast of the circle station before the game, Su Qun also mentioned this: "In this game, what is the record of the two sides, we mainly have to look at Zhong Yu's performance...... If he plays well, the Hornets will probably be devastated...... If he doesn't play properly, the situation for the Hornets is dangerous. ”

Before the start of the game, during the warm-up, Zhong Yu also chatted with Lei Allen, and everyone already knew each other, so they talked more and exchanged feelings.

Of course, on the court, everyone will become unrecognizable again.

The competition is officially on!

In this game, the home stadium of the Celtics, there were also many fans who arrived, almost crowding the arena. Last season, after the Wolves came to Boston to transform into the Hulk, the Celtics' tickets were getting better and better, and after winning the championship, their tickets were sold out almost every game.

This is the appeal of the Celtics right now, and today, fans, many of them also want to see the Celtics teach this Hornets who want to rise a lesson.

"Bang!"

The jump ball officially began, the jump ball was won by the Celtics, and the game between the Hornets and the Celtics was destined to be a very slow pace, offense and defense, one move and one style, and both teams were dismantled. Anyway, it is impossible to see the Suns play the Warriors like that, both teams focus on defense and calm offense.

The ball took 20 seconds before Perkins missed a layup to end the first offense. It's just that Garnett jumped up quickly, grabbed the rebound, and hit a rebound.

Seeing the wolf king hit the first ball, the cheers in the stadium instantly rang out.

Then, the ball returned to the Hornets, and Paul drove to the layup and was blocked by Garnett's big hat. It seems that Garnett is more active today, and he is still eager to win this game. Just over 40 seconds into the game, he had already got a rebound, a goal and a block in a row.

Although the Hornets were covered, they were able to retreat fairly quickly, and the Celtics could only look for opportunities to attack from their positions.

Zhong Yu followed the defense of Lei Allen, Lei Allen, the absolute shooter, Zhong Yu still took care of it, so as not to make any moths.

The two men were at a 45-degree angle on the right wing of the three-point line, and Rondo controlled the ball at the top of the arc and faced Paul. At this time, Ray Allen suddenly moved, interspersed directly from near the bottom line, and instantly came to the bottom of the basket.

Although Zhong Yu did not know the essentials of his actions, he could only follow him, and Ray Allen came all the way to the left flank, and Garnett suddenly came up to block the demolition.

Zhong Yu bypassed Garnett and floated past Ray Allen, and Garnett came under the basket all of a sudden! At this time, because Zhong Yu was chasing Ray Allen just now, there was already a big gap under the basket, and as soon as Garnett came under the basket, Rondo's pass flew in.

"Be careful!" Paul shouted, but it was too late, Garnett took the pass, ignored West, jumped up for a windmill layup, and the basketball was thrown into the basket.

There was another cheer next to the arena.

The Hornets' offense began, this time, Paul cooperated with the pick-and-roll, Paul entered the interior line, and just came to the vicinity of the interior line, he was blocked by Garnett, but Zhong Yu at this time, also interspersed with the bottom corner, and Paul passed the basketball to Zhong Yu.

After Zhong Yu controlled the ball for two steps, he came to his fourth area, suddenly jumped high, and made a turnaround jumper in the sky, which hit.

This is to take advantage of the speed and precision of Jongwook's shot, and this style of play is a variation of Jongwook attracting enough firepower at this time and passing the ball to Chandler for a layup or dunk, or West catching the ball from the other side of the basket for a layup.

True basketball fans can see the hidden mystery in this game.

The Celtics were not in a hurry and started attacking again.

This time, Rondo was still in possession from the perimeter and then moved to a 45-degree angle on the right flank, where Pierce suddenly took his pass and forced his way through from the right.

The Hornets have been keeping an eye on Pierce, and they are now very protective of Pierce, and the destructive power that this man can produce is understandable.

So, West, Chandler, plus Peja, the three of them went up to block Pierce at once.

But at the moment when Pierce broke through, Ray Allen suddenly floated away from Zhong Yu's side, and then, he walked to Garnett's side, this time Garnett really came up to block the demolition, Zhong Yu was blocked, and when he caught up with Ray Allen again, he secretly said that it was not good!

Sure enough, Pierce's pass was delivered at once, and as soon as Zhong Yu came out, Ray Allen had already jumped up and turned over with his right hand to dunk!

The fans in the stadium cheered one after another!

Zhong Yu was a little depressed at the same time, but also a kind of admiration, to be honest, he did admire these old guys of the Celtics.

Veterans don't die!

They are highly disciplined and have their own unique side in judging timing, always showing up where people don't expect it to achieve the greatest results.

Against such a Celtic team, the Hornets really need to work harder.

And Zhong Yu himself really needs to play better.

(To be continued)