This year has been one of Stephen Jackson's best years in the NBA, and that's not to say how beautiful his stats are, as a role player, it's never the stats that matter, it's the team's contributions and the recognition of others. ,!

When you can contribute to the team's victory, no matter what the stats are, no one will care too much, and when you can make the team win again and again, others will slowly realize this, and in such a situation, a role player can really stand firm in the NBA.

So for a role player, the most important thing is always to be able to adjust his attributes and change his attributes according to the needs of the team, at this point, Jackson, who has been in the NBA for five years, has been able to grasp these very clearly, which is why his annual statistics are not improving, and even have a downward trend, in the Boston Celtics his statistics are a little worse than when the Timberwolves were there, but he was able to win the best defensive team honor this year. That's because the defender has been recognized by everyone.

In this case, he is already a qualified or high-quality role player in the NBA, which is completely different from the doubts and surprises in the United States when Zhuang Fei gave him a 4-year 2500 contract, in the past, no one thought he was worth the price, but now it will not, and this change in the outside media has always been the proudest thing for the Boston Celtics guard, but today, as far as he is concerned, he knows how he is performing, In this game, he almost completely lost the demeanor of a guard in the league this year, and for many times the guard who can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 man did not even touch Carter's shadow in this game, which is a blow, an absolute blow, which also makes Jackson, who has been full of confidence recently and wants to compete with the group, a little embarrassed.

At least, today. Not to mention the heroes, even Carter alone has no way to resist. The frustration of the Boston Celtics defender is self-evident now, but no matter what his mood is in this game, he has to defend Carter in this game, and even a helper is not necessarily there. Especially at halftime, in the locker room, Zhuang Fei assigned him a task. It's just that he hasn't completed the general task assigned by Zhuang Fei, and he had to go off the court less than 2 minutes into the third quarter, because the player who has been defending the league for a long time this year has already taken two fouls in just two minutes, and has already committed 4 fouls in the whole game. In fact, he has a clear understanding of his foul count, and it is impossible for him to have fewer fouls even if he wants to have fewer fouls in this round of the showdown with Carter.

It's just the first time that a foul crisis like today has been encountered, in the first two games, Carter's offense was not too big, and head coach Zhuang Fei's flood discharge was also very good. As a result, Carter has not been able to break out, and naturally there is no way to deal too much damage to the players of the Boston Kates.

It's just that in this game, especially after Carter used the so-called Jordan's rule, the Boston Celtics guard was actually conscious, but he didn't expect this time to come quickly.

Of course, the Jordan rule arranged by Zhuang Fei is naturally not the original, in the original Jordan rule of the Pistons. The Pistons pinched Jordan with a whole team, but in the Boston Celtics, Zhuang Fei naturally would not take a team to pinch Carter, in this case, Jackson, a first-defense guard, was still needed to defend alone. It's just that the way of defense needs to change, as we all know, Jackson's defense has always been a close to civilization, as long as the player he sticks to, whether it is inside or outside, he will stick like kraft candy.

It's just that in this game, the Boston Celtics defender couldn't stick to Carter at all. Carter's first move was too fast, and the change of direction and acceleration of the breakthrough was extremely fast. The same confrontation on the move is almost the strongest level in the league.

In this case, such a kraft candy-like defender is a bit out of place, after all, Carter is not the same as Maddie and Kobe Bryant, who are mainly technical players, in this case, Zhuang Fei arranged for him at halftime, as long as he felt that he could not keep up with Carter's pace, then he would directly foul and foul hard to disrupt his rhythm, and it was precisely because of this that in less than two minutes, he was saddled with four fouls.

Of course, there is a reward for paying, and in the first half, Carter must not have scored a layup directly on the inside, or directly on the inside to attract attention and then split the ball to Ben Wallace or Muhammad to dunk and score, but for the Boston Celtics is slightly unfavorable is that the Boston Celtics do not have an unlimited number of fouls, and the team will make free throws if the number of fouls exceeds four times, in a way, The so-called Jordan rule is that he would rather disrupt Carter's rhythm and let Carter make free throws, rather than make him really high or lead his teammates.

"Stephen, good job, you let that guy go two minutes without scoring"

When Stephen Jackson was off the court, under the gaze of Jackson's difference, Zhuang Fei gave Jackson a hug, which also caught Jackson off guard, which also caught Jackson off guard, this game was very bad for him personally, or quite bad, he had no way to defend his opponent in this game and could only helplessly implement foul tactics to stop the opponent, in this case, he was a complete loser, obviously, his head coach was comforting himself, In fact, although Stephen Jackson is very tenacious in many times, such as obedience to Zhuang Fei and belief in Zhuang Fei, even if Zhuang Fei asks him to do anything on the court, he is willing to do it, but this does not mean that he has a problem with IQ or EQ, many times he can distinguish the good intentions and bad intentions of others, and at this time, in the face of the kindness of his head coach, even if he knows that this is just a comfort, but Jackson is also extremely moved, Perhaps this comfort is precisely needed in the heart of this current loser, or perhaps this comfort is really false.

"Thank you, Coach, me. I" Just when Stephen Jackson was a little frustrated and wanted to say something again, he was immediately interrupted by Zhuang Fei.

"Stephen, sit down now, and cheer for your teammates" Zhuang Fei didn't know what his low-key but always proud disciple was thinking, it can be said that this game was the third setback in the defender's life. The first time was when I was drafted in the second round. Then today, the Suns didn't look at the layoffs, and the second time was in the Western Conference Finals and the Spurs four years ago, when the guard was still very young at the time, he was shocked by the Spurs' leader Duncan, and his whole body was sweating and couldn't move, but at that time, the whole Timberwolves team was abnormal, and he was just one of them. And the third time, and this time, this is really the most embarrassing one, in many cases, even the guard can hold his head high in front of Kobe Bryant when facing his biggest rival in high school, and even has a performance that is not inferior to Kobe. In addition, he has been following Zhuang Fei, and the ring index in his hand has always kept him a sense of superiority, but this sense of superiority and pride was played indifferently by Carter in this game. Zhuang Fei can understand his loss, and this matter is not his fault, in a sense, Carter is indeed more restrained than his attributes.

Although Jackson is very disappointed now, he finally shook his teeth fiercely under Zhuang Fei's command and sat down on the team's bench, because of Zhuang Fei's comfort, the Boston Celtics defensive guard was a little more relieved, just because of Jackson's downfall. Zhuang Fei sent this year's rookie player Prince.

Because Kirilenko, another defensive forward player of the Boston Celtics, also suffered a foul crisis in this game, in the absence of home court advantage, the Boston Celtics substitute player ate three fouls in the first half when defending Terry, in this case, Kirilenko naturally could not use this game. At this time, it is impossible for Zhuang Fei to let James Posey, who has a very important tactical position in the team, return to the front line to defend Carter, so he can only let Prince, the rookie of the team, go up and let a rookie defend an NBA king-level player who is breaking out, which is a little reassuring no matter how you look at it. This is not because of the strength, in terms of strength, Prince is not bad. Mainly psychological and other issues, this game is also the most important task that Prince has taken on since he arrived at the Boston Celtics.

"Tyshawn, don't be nervous, just do what I tell you, don't have too much pressure and thoughts" When Prince was a little dazed, Zhuang Fei directly kicked the Boston Celtics rookie in the buttocks, which made the Celtics rookie player come back to his senses a lot.

"Coach, I, I know" Prince turned his head to look at Zhuang Fei, who was smiling and encouraging, and his heart was also slightly determined, his task in this game is self-evident, he naturally knows that he is now the last line of defense of the Boston Celtics, although this seems to be a bit of a duck on the shelf, but even so, if he has no way to complete the task of blocking Carter, then the Boston Celtics will really lose this game, in this case, In a sense, the winner of the team weighs on his shoulders. It is precisely because of this that the rookie is a little hesitant.

"No matter what I do, the team must not lose in my hands" Thinking of the head coach's encouragement and expectation just now, the rookie forward of the Boston Celtics also secretly made an oath in his heart and went on the court, but what he didn't know at this time was that Zhuang Fei, the head coach of the Boston Celtics, looked at his back and sighed, obviously Zhuang Fei was not optimistic about his performance.

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"Coach, I'm not mistaken, that guy actually pestered Vince?" In front of the bench of the Boston Celtics, Stephen Green, the assistant coach of the Boston Celtics, looked at everything that happened on the court in amazement and asked Zhuang Fei, at this time he did not say that Prince defended Carter, but that he entangled Carter, although these two words seem to be extremely similar, but the meaning is completely different, just such a Carter, basically no player in the league can defend, taller than him is not as fast as him, faster than him is not as strong as him, Coupled with excellent dribbling and ball control skills and the league's fastest first step, it can be said that this is an inexplicable existence, and before Jackson was at a loss in Carter's first step start, if he could keep up with Carter in the first step, Jackson was definitely not so embarrassed, and this game would not be passed by Carter's various steps. It's just surprising that Prince, who has just come on the court, was able to keep up with Carter's first steps, and the agility of the rookie's feet is amazing.

"Although he was the first step to prevent Carter, this guy's body is too thin" In the end, Zhuang Fei also shook his head helplessly. Just after Zhuang Fei finished speaking, Carter hit a forward throw with Prince, and Prince was knocked out 2 meters away before stopping.

"It would be nice if he could combine with Stephen," Green said with some bitterness, even though he knew it couldn't be.

It's just that although Green's words sound fantastical, they made Zhuang Fei's eyes suddenly light up, and maybe it is really possible for Jackson and Prince to merge.

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This was a fiasco, the Boston Celtics lost to the Grizzlies after three quarters at the Grizzlies' home General Motors Arena by 15 points, lost to the Grizzlies by 12 points in the game, and the final score was 100-112, Carter alone controlled almost all the ball of the whole team, only after three quarters he played 40 points and 10 assists, and the whole game also scored 45 points and 12 assists, almost single-handedly defeated the Boston Celtics. And after the Grizzlies won this game, the big score between the two sides became 1-2. (To be continued)

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