Chapter 719: You want to provoke
In the past, every time they entered the Oracle Center arena, the Warriors players were high-spirited, brave, and energetic roosters, but this time, after three backs, the Warriors declined.
Except for West, who was still bouncing into the hall, everyone else walked into the stadium slowly, and Chamberlain trotted in, but did not high-five the fans on both sides of the aisle as he used to, and his body was still not fully recovered.
The Green Shirts were happy, Pierce, Garnett and Rashid Wallace were talking and laughing, and Junzi Lei reminded on the side: "Brothers, it's better for us to be careful, didn't we think they were easy to deal with in the last game?" And we were, alas. ”
Ray Allen didn't say anything more, just shook his head, it was really a sad past.
Pierce said dissatisfiedly: "It was just an accident, Ray, it was an accident, everyone knows it, doesn't it?" We're definitely going to win today, you look at the Aucklanders, even a team of high school boys can beat them, can't they? ”
Junzi Lei wanted to persuade his companions a few more words, but no one listened to him, and Rondo then joined in the heated discussion of Pierce and others, Junzi Lei smiled bitterly, shrugged his shoulders and walked to the bench alone, looking at the court in a daze.
"Do you think that guy is lonely?" West looked at Junzi Lei and said.
Chamberlain turned his head to look at it, wiped West's head and said, "You better care about yourself first, today is a tough battle, if you don't want to lose, then you will have to fight hard." ”
West pushed Chamberlain away, his eyes widened and said, "Don't touch my head, damn it, you always mess up my hairstyle, this is the love hairstyle that Xiao Wei finally designed for me." ”
The group sighed and booed, West didn't care, ran to the side of the field to find a camera to make a mirror, and carefully arranged his hairstyle. Wei Shengmei, who was sitting on the sidelines of the court watching the game, smiled sweetly when she saw this scene.
After sorting out his hairstyle, West ran to the Celtics' half, and as soon as he came out, the Green Shirts were vigilant from top to bottom, and in the last game, if it wasn't for West's eavesdropping on their tactics and stealing their key ball, where would they still be killed?
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Rondo said to him.
West and he entered the NBA a year ago, when they were still a team guy, at that time Rondo was high-spirited and West was wolf-like, but now West is a super guard pushed by the league.
All of them are All-Star players, West is considered to be a source of strength, while Rondo is said to be the light of the Big Three, in addition to the advantage of withering outside talent in the East.
West pouted at him, raised his middle finger and said, "Figure out the situation, little man, this is the Oracle Center, this is Lao Tzu's territory!" Don't be too arrogant, Lao Tzu shouted, thousands of fans came down to beat you to death, believe it? ”
After scaring Rondo for a few words, West sat down next to Junzi Lei and said, "Man, you seem to be lonely?" ”
Pierce shouted to Gentleman Ray, "Brother, let this bastard fuck off!" ”
Junzi Lei has a good temper, and he is embarrassed to do things too out of line, so he smiled at West and said, "I'm not lonely, you see, I have a lot of teammates who have a good relationship, and it seems that they don't feel good about you?" If it were you, I'd get out of here. ”
West didn't care and said, "So what? Your teammates are all soft eggs, so I won't leave, so if you have the ability, then beat me away. Saying that, he became proud and yelled at Pierce and the others, "If you see that I am not happy, you will beat me!" Aren't you guys on the streets? Come on, let's give it a try! ”
"This damn madman!" Garnett's temper tantrum came up, and Wallace grabbed him and said, "Don't be fooled, KG, this guy is here on purpose to stir up trouble, and he wants us to start fighting first so that we can be punished together." ”
Garnett reacted and said with a smile: "I don't see it, this kid's brain is quite flexible, he wants to use one person to exchange our main lineup?" ”
West rolled his eyes and muttered, "A bunch of idiots, cocky idiots!" ”
Gentleman Lei smiled silently, and West continued, "I understand your feelings, brother, these idiots liked to isolate me when I was in Boston before. I still don't understand, why do they like to fight in the nest so much? I have a hunch that they want to isolate you this time, and if you're not happy in Boston, you can always come to Oakland to play. ”
After saying that, West stood up and moved his muscles, raised his hand to snatch a ball from Rondo next to him, stood outside the three-point line, rose from the ground, threw the ball, and sent it into the hoop accurately!
The stadium burst into cheers and whistles.
"Are you provoking?" Rondo leaned in front of West and said in a deep voice.
West grinned, "You're right, yes, I'm just provocative, there's a kind of you can also have a three-point shot, oh, the ball is for you, come on." ”
Picking up a ball from the ground, West handed it to Rondo, and stood with his arms crossed and sneered.
Everyone knows that Rondo has only one weakness as a playmaker, and his long-range shooting is unreliable.
Rondo's scalp was a little numb, and of course he raised his hand to hit West in the face with a handsome three-pointer, but he really didn't have confidence in his long-range shooting ability.
Pierce obviously knows this, Rondo is in a rather embarrassing situation now, if he doesn't throw, it will lose momentum, it's okay to throw, but if he doesn't enter, he will lose momentum.
However, with Pierce's understanding of Rondo, the odds of this decrepit boy not making it are even greater.
So he forced his way between the two and pretended to be chatting with Rondo, while Garnett pushed Rondo and sent him back to the Warriors' camp.
As soon as Garnett came over, the militants such as Chamberlain, Jackson, Barnes and Evans surrounded him, and they all walked in hooligan steps, crossed their arms in front of their chests, looked at the wolf king and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
The wolf king is a smart person, can you understand that these birdmen are just looking for trouble? He sneered, and secretly said in his heart to see how Lao Tzu would clean you up later, so he turned his head and left, waiting for the start of the game.
The starting lineup for the Celtics is: center Garnett, power forward Rasheed Wallace, small forward Pierce, scoring guard Ray Allen, playmaking guard Rondo.
This is almost the strongest lineup that the Green Shirts can come up with, and all five of them are All-Stars, and they are the best on the team in terms of combat power and experience. Clearly, Reeves was intent on crushing his opponent with a strong start.
The Warriors' starting lineup is: center Evans, power forward Chamberlain, small forward Jackson, playmaking guard Curry, and scoring guard West.
Nelson Sr. also changed the lineup, and promoted two substitutes to the starting lineup at once, he valued Evans's physique and West's vitality, Iverson and Billups, two veterans, and now the physique is completely exhausted.
Even Warriors fans admit that their chances of winning today are far less than their odds of losing.
However, the Warriors fans are not depressed and still come to support the team, because their team has just experienced a three-back, and being able to continue to play shows that they are strong enough, and today's defeat, they lost not because of the fighting power, but because of the schedule.
It is not a crime of war, but the heaven will die a warrior.
This is the feeling of grief and indignation of the fans now.
Chamberlain and Garnett jumped the ball, and as in the previous game, he simply gave up the jump, put his toe pad and pretended, Garnett slapped the ball to Rondo, and he ran to the frontcourt.
The game began, just as Nelson Sr. had guessed, with the Celtics attacking fiercely, determined to crush their opponents with a stormy start.
Rondo passed the ball to Pierce, who got the ball, stepped quickly, and rushed to the basket, and Ba firmly forced the foul of Evans, who made two free throws, to open the game.
Chamberlain jumped up to grab the rebound, which he missed, and he passed to Curry, who slowly dribbled forward, trying to keep the pace of the game as low as possible, which would help restore their depleted bodies.
The Celtics' biggest advantage is in the body, and Curry has to make up for it.
But after the position, the Warriors played very resolutely, Chamberlain stuck Garnett and reached out for the ball, Wallace came up to wrap it, Chamberlain immediately got up, and his body hit Wallace on the side, causing a foul on the opponent.
Chamberlain was already shooting a respectable percentage from the free-throw line, and after hitting both free throws, the Warriors had the advantage.
The bigger advantage is in the back, Rondo was forced by West, he hurriedly passed the ball to the receiving gentleman Lei, but Curry stabbed the ball down, held the ball fast, rushed to the front court and faced the basket without a teammate to protect him, and hit a three-point shot!
This ball coach was stunned, the applause in the Oracle Arena was earth-shattering, even Junzi Lei had to applaud Curry in his heart, this steal and fast break after the dry pull three points are impeccable in terms of posture and determination!
The Celtics are fast-paced, and under Rondo's command, their passing routes are bizarre and varied, with the aim of draining the Warriors' body.
Finally, Garnett hooked his hand and misplaced Evans under the basket, taking advantage of his height and reach to send the ball into the hoop.
The Warriors continued to play a slow positional battle, and this time Chamberlain moved the ball out of the box and sent it to West, who was on the perimeter, after being caught in the trap again.
West went head-to-head with Rondo, and his incredibly fast first move made Rondo suffer, dribbling and making a pull-up jumper that dropped two points above Rondo's head.
Rondo wanted revenge, and with the help of Pierce's cover, he broke into the box and threw a shot sideways.
Chamberlain strode up and jumped up and waved his arms to be a big hat.
Garnett received the ball that was blocked, and he jumped quickly to make a basket after landing on the ground.
The Warriors played steadily, and their step-by-step pace ensured that they were never left behind by their opponents.
The Celtics were also helpless, and today's Warriors changed their previous style of rushing and steady, and they rushed a few times with little success, and Reaves called a timeout.
After the timeout, Reaves made two substitutions, first replacing Gentleman Ray with defensive expert Tony Allen, who used him specifically to deal with West, and then replaced Wallace with Big Baby Davis, freeing Garnett back to the best power forward position.
Tony Allen is a conscientious defender, he has excellent physical fitness and good defensive awareness, so he is indeed a good choice against West.
Sure enough, in the face of Tony Allen's dogskin-like defense, West was furious, and the offense resumed with a sharp block.
Seeing this, Reeves relaxed, he knew that after a sharp offensive, there was often an increase in mistakes.
Nelson Sr. waved his hand to signal West to stabilize his feelings, but he still stubbornly chose to break through and fell into the bag, and West was too late to pass the ball again, and was quickly tackled by Pierce.
Rondo and Tony Allen teamed up for a fast break, the core of the Warriors' defense was in the restricted area, and in order to save his body, Nelson Sr. yelled: "Let them go, give up this ball!" ”
Chamberlain shook his head helplessly, watching Rondo make a fast layup.
West was bound to give his all on the field, and the mistake left him in the back of his mind, and Chamberlain contained his madness in time to ask for the ball in the high post, and then beat Davis with his back and then changed direction and quickly rushed into the box.
Garnett stepped forward to defend, and Chamberlain flew up at him, threatening to dunk him.