168. The Bad Boy's Revenge
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Generally speaking, in the NBA game, the main lineup will come off the field in the second half of the first quarter and have a rest, and then strive to maintain combat effectiveness in the fourth quarter, which is more critical and more anxious, and prevent physical collapse.
But today, both the Celtics and the Warriors retained their main lineup for a whole quarter. Rivers and Old Nelson, the coaches representing the new and old generation of NBA, both regarded the first quarter as a decisive game. Both sides only performed a simple rotation of the lineup, which was a change of soup and no medicine. The main lineup was all present.
The Celtics achieved a huge lead in the first quarter. Rivers felt a little relieved and began to rotate the main lineup. As Chamberlain and others had previously guessed, his main players were relatively old. In order to consider the future schedule, he had to find ways to help these people maintain their strength.
Maintaining physical strength is not only to deal with subsequent events, but also because for events of NBA intensity, once physically overdrawn, it will be extremely prone to injuries, especially for veterans, this problem is more prominent.
The Celtics rely on the Big Three. If these three people are injured, they will basically have no chance this season.
The first one to end was Garnett. Davis, the big baby in the second quarter, took over, and Pierce also got out. James Percy, the leader of the Celtics' bench, had a relatively smaller lineup change on the Warriors, and they were also rotating, but their main players were there.
Harrington replaced Evans, Barnes came off the field, and a player who surprised everyone appeared on the shooting guard, Deronti West.
Seeing West appear, Davis, who had also just played, was happy. He laughed and said, "Hey, boys, are there no one available for you? I actually let this little **** play. Did you give up the game so quickly?"
West had a expressionless face and walked onto the stage like a puppet. Only when you look at him will you discover the fanaticism in his heart at this moment.
The Celtics once gave him the greatest hope. They praised him in every way when they were selected, but then they abandoned him like a piece of clothing. This feeling of ups and downs once defeated his confidence. Part of the reason for his introverted personality comes from the Celtics, so today with the opportunity to take revenge, how could he be really indifferent?
Davis saw West not speaking, thinking he was being silenced and kept chatting. Chamberlain looked at him with annoyance and said impatiently: "Shut up, crying, you'd better pray to God that he will protect you today, otherwise you'll be ready to cry again."
This is Davis's reverse scale. Garnett is already irritable. Now he comes to the Celtics just for the championship, so of course he hopes that everything in the team will be equipped according to the championship standards, and his standards for his teammates are also required by the championship teammates.
In this way, conflicts arise. Champions-level players, even supporting roles, are players with sufficient strength. Obviously, Davis is not such a person, and he does not have such ambitions. For him, entering the NBA is not for the damn honors such as championships, but money!
Davis' inability to advance and incompetence made Garnett extremely dissatisfied. This is the substitute the team has equipped him with? Bullshit!
In order to promote Davis's growth, Garnett usually demanded him and often cursed him. Davis did not have a brave heart. His heart was inversely proportional to his body shape. As a result, Garnett once scolded and cried. Unfortunately, Eddie House was a big mouth and he stabbed this to the reporter. So Davis became famous in the whole league, and House and him became enemies because of this.
The opening ball of the second quarter was from the Celtics. Percy and Rondo made a pick-and-roll and got the ball and shot it in the middle.
Unfortunately, CNP is not the attacking method that a veteran Percy is good at. Although his scoring methods are relatively rich, and his three-point shooting is particularly accurate, CNP has always been poor. His career 3-point shooting percentage is 34.8%, while CNP is less than 30%.
However, Percy is not the kind of person who makes a living by mid-range shots. His breakthroughs have strong destructive power and often break through the bottom line to complete the attack. In addition, he often stages dunks that are strong enough to excite fans. Percy in his youth must have the ability to participate in the All-Star Dunk Contest.
Chamberlain pulled down the rebound and threw it to Billups. While Garnett was not present, Billups decided to attack Chamberlain, but he was a little conflicted. Chamberlain was not a robot, and he also had the limit of physical strength. Now Garnett was resting off the court, obviously waiting to come on the court and defeat the Warriors inside in one fell swoop. Chamberlain needs to leave his energy to compete with him.
Then who else can take on this task of chasing points besides Chamberlain? Billups looked at his teammates and if he really had no choice, he decided to go there himself.
But as soon as he scanned, he saw West with a frenzy look.
Billups' heart moved, and he quickly started a snake-shaped breakthrough, and ran firmly towards Lei Allen without throwing away Rondo. Junzi Lei subconsciously went up to double-team to intercept the ball, but at this time, Billups's ball in his hand was thrown to West.
After getting the ball, West made an action that surprised everyone in the game. He did not take advantage of the open position to break through the inside line, but suddenly turned around and rushed out of the three-point line. After taking one step, he turned around, raised his arm and swung his wrist, and made a three-pointer!
There are already fans who claim to know the ball to blame him for his brainlessness, but the ball spins in the air at high speed and then drills into the ring.
West still had no expression on his face, but he opened his mouth inadvertently, revealing his white teeth, which was hideous and terrifying.
That three-pointer was West's horn for his offensive. Ray Allen chose to break through from his direction, but West refused to give in and pushed Gentleman Lei, destroying his shooting arc. Chamberlain took the rebound again.
The Warriors made a fast break, but the Celtics defended firmly. Billups tentatively saw Rondo focused on defense and Percy was still preparing to double-team, so he passed the ball to West who came to pick him up.
Don't underestimate Percy's defense. For old fans, when it comes to the best role players in the league with defense, they may list Bruce Bowen, Laga Bale, Stephen Jackson, Sean Bathir, etc., but some people will also say that James Percy should be added to this list.
On the defensive end, Percy did not have the "unstoppable" of Uncle Bao San, nor did he have the hob like Jackson. However, with his experienced experience and accurate judgment, he could even defend a power forward who was 3 inches taller than him without his physical advantage, posing a considerable threat to the offensive players holding the ball.
West started directly after getting the ball. Junzi Lei never cared about him. Regarding the Celtics's slap in trading with the Supersonics, he thought that this kid could pose any threat. It was not that he was arrogant, but that West had never scored a decent value in the league.
But one thing he forgot was that basketball is a sport of five people. When four people on the court resisted one person, that person was as strong as Jordan and would not have any outstanding performance.
It's different now. Chamberlain, Billups, and even Jackson, who regards himself as the leader of the Warriors, all believe in West unconditionally.
Facing the defense of Junzi Lei, West accelerated directly, like a whirlwind, whistling through Junzi Lei.
"What a fast speed!" Junzi Lei was shocked. He felt something was wrong and quickly retreated. It was too late at this time. Jackson raised it up and happened to be blocking Junzi Lei's side.
Facing Percy who had changed defense to his side, West had no expression on his face. He rubbed his feet hard to make a squeaking sound. His shoulders slammed and shook violently, as if the ball was roller skating from his left hand to his right hand, and his body changed a lot.
Percy's speed is a weakness, especially compared to West, he moved his huge body to block West, but West pulled his right shoulder to the side and changed direction again. The ball in his right hand strangely came to his left hand. At the same time, he pulled his right shoulder back to his left shoulder and leaned forward, breaking through Percy.
Chamberlainka's Parsons could not move, and Harrington led Davis out of the penalty area. West stepped into the basket, grabbed the ball with one hand and twisted his waist suddenly. While rising from the ground, his body quickly rotated around. With a "bang", he made a domineering 360-degree turn and dunk!
This powerful dunk aroused the enthusiasm of all the fans. The tsunami-like cheers hit the court from all directions. West finally stopped expressionless. He couldn't hide his excitement and roared in resentment: "I am trash? I am ****? I am crazy? Go and your mom, a group of bitches, come, come to me, throw me into the garbage dump!"
Chamberlain went up and hugged West, slapped his back hard and shouted in his ear: "Good job, brother, your dunk is so crazy, God, this is the best dunk this year, definitely the best dunk!"
Hugged by Chamberlain, West was a little uncomfortable. No one had ever made such intimate moves to him, because of his introverted personality and firecracker-like temper. He had almost no friends on the team. No one celebrated him no matter how he performed on the court.
Then Billups, Jackson and Harrington rushed up and hugged West together. Billups touched his head and shouted, "Just do it, man, how about this happening in the next forty games?"
West grinned and said, "I'm afraid I'll be exhausted!"
The moment he said this, he was shocked, and he would also joke with his teammates?
Garnett and Pierce got together, and the latter muttered in a low voice: "This little lunatic is starting to go crazy again. I want to see how long he can go crazy, but seriously, if this guy goes crazy, the problem will be serious."
What he said is true. The Celtics once chose West because they wanted to be an assistant to Pierce. Even the team chose him in the draft. It was not because Pierce nodded, so when it comes to the people who are most familiar with West in the Celtics, Pierce is one of them.
Chapter completed!