Chapter 397: A Hidden Deal
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"Whew, I'm so tired."
November 21, 2001, North Shore Garden Arena of the Boston Celtics
Celtics fans on all sides of the stands at North Shore Garden were shouting for the home team to defend in hopes of cheering on the home team, while on the court below the stands, players from the Atlanta Hawks, the enemies of the Boston Celtics, were a little out of their way.
The current North Shore Garden was completely engulfed by a deafening roar, and the players on both sides of the pitch were a little different.
Jason Terry felt the shouts pouring down from the stands a little dazed, this was the second meeting between the two teams in four days, and just four days ago, on November 17, he led his team to the Boston Celtics, who had been battling with the Timberwolves for a long time and were eventually exhausted by back-to-back backs, in which he also scored a career-high 44 points, and it can be said that with that game, the new leader of the Hawks can be considered a game of fame.
But the joy of that game didn't last long, and he didn't have time to celebrate, and then they were met with Boston's all-out resistance at home, and after a three-day break, the Celtics and the Celtics three days ago were exactly like two teams, and the Atlanta Hawks, who were in great form in the last game, arrived in Boston and were completely shocked by the team's crazy momentum, and finally the whole team was buried here.
Terry was in a little uncomfortable mood at this time, looking at Jackson who was defending him in front of him, and his heart was irritated for no reason. He knew it was his jealousy at work.
Now he's starting to be jealous of a role player, and this thought scares Terry a little as soon as it comes to mind, and he always thinks in the past, what would have happened if he hadn't turned down Zhuang Fei and Wake Forest's invitation. Will it do better than Carter? Will he and Duncan form a combo that surpasses Carter and Duncan? In many cases, he thinks that this is inevitable, he always thinks that he doesn't have to be bad, and the gap between the two is just a choice. An opportunity.
So there were many times when he met Carter, and he felt that heart-wrenching jealousy, but as Carter's reputation in the league was now growing, he had given up on comparing himself to Carter. When he loses such a benchmark, Terry always feels like something is missing in his heart.
"Is it just because this guy is a disciple of Coach Z that I am jealous?"
When I think about this, even if my body is a little tired. But Terry still holds the ball and is ready to force a break through his defender's Jackson, Jackson is secretly vigilant when he sees Terry's momentum, he was almost blown up by the opponent in the last game, and he is also ready to take revenge here in this game, he doesn't want to be teased by his teammates anymore.
So when Terry was just walking together, Jack Xu retreated half a step back, just to deal with this defender who was less than 1.9 meters, Jackson always felt that some hands and feet were not very sharp, which can be said to be a little awkward, especially in the face of his breakthrough, but this time because he was prepared in advance. So Jackson wasn't out of his defensive position by Terry.
It's just that what makes Jackson a little depressed is that this Terry has broken through from the 45-degree three-point line on the right side to the three-point line, but after seeing him a little difficult, the guard immediately took two steps back and returned to the 45-degree three-point line again, seeing Terry's action. Jackson naturally knew what Terry wanted to do next, so he followed without the slightest hesitation, and flew out directly.
He knew that Terry was definitely going to shoot this shot, and he wanted Terry to shoot outside the three-point line more than Terry's stop-and-go shot, but he also didn't lose his vigilance against the guard, and only one game like that in the last game was enough. …,
But what made Jackson extremely depressed was that. Even if he knew that Terry was shooting a three-pointer, and he himself had jumped up and made defensive moves in advance, and even blocked in advance, Terry had even flown out from outside the three-point line in order to prevent his block.
But even so, after the ball broke away from Terry's hand, it flew straight into the Boston Celtics net and hit a three-point shot.
It's just that after scoring this goal, the new leader of the Eagles didn't have much joy on his face.
"What a great scorer, no, I should say it's a breakup, this guard has scored 13 points in a row in the past three minutes."
Stephen Green, the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, who had been watching the movement on the court from the sidelines, looked at the resentful Stephen Jackson with his hands on his hips on the court and said with a smile. It's clear that the Boston Celtics assistant coach admires the shooting guard.
"Yes, his scoring ability is indeed excellent, he is one of the best small guards in the league" Zhuang Fei also smiled and nodded, originally this game was 20 points ahead of the Boston Celtics at the beginning of the third quarter, but in the past period of time, with Terry's super performance, the Atlanta Hawks are showing some signs of resurrection, and now the difference between the two sides has come to within 15 points.
In fact, he knows Terry Zhuang Fei very well, this is one of the best super substitutes in the league in his previous life, and he is also one of the best key gentlemen, and even Zhuang Fei is the first player who really looks at it and thinks he can get it after Zhuang Fei becomes the head coach of Wake Forest, although it is best that there is not much intersection and fate between the two for various reasons, but Zhuang Fei does appreciate him very much.
In the last game, when this guy scored 44 points on the Celtics, he was the same as the Hawks fans on the sidelines, Zhuang Fei was also extremely shocked, so in this game, Zhuang Fei had special instructions for Jackson, but from the current point of view, the effect of defense is very average, this guard was able to contribute an average of 20 points and 5 assists per game last season, that is, when he was in the second season of the NBA, although the defense has been very poor due to his height, but it is indeed a little incomprehensible on the offensive end, It's just that the guard doesn't have much prestige in the NBA at the moment, and this is an underrated player.
Of course, others will underestimate him, but Zhuang Fei will not, but what makes Zhuang Fei a little helpless is that even if Zhuang Fei has a special arrangement, this guard is still in a state of insolvency in the face of Jackson's one-on-one. However, even if the guard was in a state of incomprehension at this time, Zhuang Fei did not intend to let people help Jackson, and at this time, the Hawks did not have any possibility of fighting the Boston Celtics
"Jason was still very good in this game, he was one of the best guys in the league, we knew each other for a long time, when he was a high school student in Washington, he was as good as Vince, Kevin, Kobe Bryant and other players, he was also a star player, in fact, I think you saw his ability in the last game, he has the ability to score more than 40 points in a game, but today we were better and more mature, we didn't give him any chance"
At the post-game press conference, Zhuang Fei said to the reporters in the audience with a smile, Terry also lost the third quarter of the game at the last moment, and the Hawks were completely defeated in the fourth quarter, and the final score of the game was 110-95, the Boston Celtics won at home, avenging the away loss in the previous game, but the guard scored 22 points in the third quarter and still made Zhuang Fei a little apprehensive, and there are not many players who can score more than 20 points in a single quarter. In this game, the guard scored a high score of 44 points again. …,
"Is there any interest in Terry? I've always admired him and it would be a lot of fun to be able to work with a player like that."
Zhuang Fei was very relaxed at the post-game press conference, so he didn't think much about some issues, this was the easiest game for the Boston Celtics in the last half month, some people saw Zhuang Fei lose to the Hawks in the last game when they were really afraid that the Celtics would be beaten back to their original shape, especially Celtics fans, they really don't want to see the team continue to sink, so these people are also extremely hard working in this game, and they are cheering for the team throughout the game.
However, although Zhuang Fei is relaxed now, but after those reporters heard that Zhuang Fei was interested in Terry, these people's eyes were green, and after years of verification, the players that Coach Z was interested in were all more or less underestimated or buried players. And more importantly, because of Zhuang Fei's interest, they can also continue to stir up the news, which is also what they need, for all this Zhuang Fei will not care about even if he knows it, Zhuang Fei thinks that he can clearly grasp the pulse of the media, when to give them carrots and when to give them a stick, these Zhuang Fei knows that at this time it is Zhuang Fei who is throwing carrots at them.
"So Nash, the Timberwolves, now the Timberwolves and the Wizards, Spurs and Jazz are discussing a trade, are you interested in joining?"
At this time, when these reporters threw the questions to Zhuang Fei again, Zhuang Fei, who would have answered their questions without thinking about it just now, thought about it this time.
Although these reporters were a little disappointed by Zhuang Fei's sudden change, they were also looking forward to the Chinese's answer. To the disappointment of these reporters, the Chinese were left with only three ambiguous words.
Perhaps.
Zhuang Fei dropped these three words and left the press conference with the reluctance of the reporter. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )