From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 187

Wall even hit another three-pointer in the middle of this quarter, which also allowed the Wizards to tie the score tenaciously. In the next round, he made two free throws to overtake the score.

The emotions of the Celtics players finally started to rise. With 4 minutes left in the third quarter, they were still behind by 6 points. At the end of the first three quarters, the Celtics were 75 to 80 behind. Only scored 15 points in the first quarter, but the Wizards scored 31 points in a single quarter.

The Celtics players finally realized the consequences of a wave in the away game, and they no longer dared to underestimate the Wizards.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Wall made a foul against Horford and scored 2+1, widening the point difference to 8 points. Jianghu immediately stood up and made a three-pointer, and then used his breakthrough that could not be defended by the Wizards to make a breakthrough. Points for fouls.

Although the referee encourages confrontation, he will not deliberately give no whistle to the world on this occasion. It is not what they want to see that the star is incapable of losing the game. drop the game.

Jianghu saw the referee's plan, so naturally he was not polite to them, and continuously used breakthroughs to reach the basket, forcing the opponent to foul.

Since it is difficult for others to score after the strength comes up, Jianghu simply does it by himself. Anyway, he said that no one dared to say anything about this team, so he can play whatever he wants.

Facts have proved that his style of play is correct most of the time, and only rarely will he make choices that are not good for the team when he is on top.

Jianghu noticed that the Wizards are strictly defending their route to break through the penalty area. At the same time, they have strengthened their defenses against Irving and Brown. Try to let Oubre alone defend him, but Wall is also paying attention to him, ready to double-team anytime, anywhere .

Jianghu is a little angry. This guy Oubre's defense can't be said to be good, nor can he be said to be dirty, but he is definitely a disgusting person. Almost every shot in Jianghu will be beaten by him, but the referee will not blow every ball.

Thinking of this, Jianghu was so angry that he couldn't help giving Ubre an elbow when he broke through.

Oubre was unmoved, although you can tell from his expression that Jianghu's elbow was not light, but Oubre didn't have time to take care of it. After being put on the starting lineup, defending Jianghu was his first priority. a task.

"Snapped!!"

In this attack, Ubre once again hit Jianghu's hands hard.

But this time Jianghu withstood his bad defense, forced a fadeaway jumper to score the ball, and scored two plus one.

Since the Wizards think that Oubre's single defense and Wall's help defense can limit him, as long as he blows up the Wizards' defense, he can naturally change the opponent's defensive strategy and the winner of the game. Still here with him.

"Hey, brother, what are you working so hard for? Even if you win against us, you won't be able to enter the next round."

Standing on the free throw line, Jianghu stared into Oubre's eyes and said coldly.

Ubre looked into Jianghu's eyes expressionlessly, and slowly shook his head.

With a calm mind, he will naturally not be affected by Jiang Hu's trash talk, but he is really too tired after defending Jiang Hu in a game, and he has no willingness to open his mouth to talk to Jiang Hu.

In the third quarter of the game, he has used all his strength to entangle the defense against Jianghu. At the same time, he has not rested on the offensive end, but has used various methods to help the team score.

Fans of Jianghu and the Wizards can feel that this guy is running on overload, and this will really risk his life with Jianghu.

The soreness from his knee also let Ubre know that it was his knee that was giving him a red alert. Facing the extremely fast change of direction and breakthrough of Jianghu, his knee burden was too heavy, and he seemed to be caught by Jianghu at any time. Danger of breaking a leg.

In the next round, Jianghu passed Oubre with continuous changes of direction. Facing Wall's defense, he directly changed his shot into a pass in the air and passed it to Jaylen Brown who was cutting from the baseline, but Jaylen Brown's turn The shot was interfered by Porter, and the basketball went out of the basket.

Fortunately, Jianghu guessed that Brown's ball was likely to be delayed, and squeezed to the basket at the first time. Faced with such a good opportunity, he rushed up without hesitation and made a dunk.

This slam dunk used a lot of strength. After grabbing the ball in the air, he smashed it directly into the basket, and after the dunk, he yanked the basket heavily.Almost dragged the basket out of shape.

After Jianghu came down from the basket, he roared angrily at the sidelines and showed his muscles when he retreated from the defense, and let out a fierce breath of the referee's unfair punishment.

This kind of dunk, there were not many in this game, but now it appeared on the Celtics side in the away game, which naturally made the fans of the Wizards unhappy, and even the boos were a little weaker.

While the Celtics' situation improved, the Wizards finally started to have problems.

In the third quarter, they relied on Wall to overtake the score, but Wall obviously had some physical problems in the fourth quarter. He did not rest for 1 minute in the first three quarters. From the opening to the fourth quarter, he has been on the court. go down.

As the most trusted disciple of Brooks, Wall is definitely the first core of the Wizards.

But this is the playoffs. Whether it is offense or defense, the intensity is not comparable to that of the regular season.

On the offensive end, he has to be the team's attacking arrow and help sort out the team's offense. On the defensive end, he has to face Irving, and he has to focus a lot of energy on assisting the defense.

This kind of consumption lasted for 36 minutes in a row, not to mention him, even Iverson may not be able to withstand it.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Wall's physical strength was actually a bit weak, and that 2+1 was more like a flashback.

This is not the case in Jianghu. His physical fitness is as high as 93, the top in the league, and he doesn't feel tired at all. He can shoot inside and outside in the fourth quarter, assist his teammates to score, and lead a quick 8-0 lead.

After all, Jianghu is a 19-year-old young man, and his physical strength has no problems. Stevens even arranged a rotation for him at the end of the season, so as not to encounter such problems in the playoffs.

The Wizards are different. They are still competing for playoff spots and rankings before the start of the playoffs. Let alone a rest at the end of the season, almost every game is a tough game. Such a style of play naturally consumes a lot of energy for the leading star.

The Wizards finally came to their senses. They picked so many talents that they felt vulnerable to real superstars in the playoffs.

It can only be said that there is a gap between the champion and the champion.

Wall can't show his crazy jumping and physical fitness here, but in the playoffs, the offensive space is terribly crowded, and his ball-handling ability is not enough to tear a fatal hole in the Celtics' defensive end.

Bill's offensive ability looks good, but his offensive ability is indeed his weakness. He can give you 20 to 25 points per game, but he can't change the opponent's defensive style.

The worst thing is that Wall himself is not a good defensive person, and his rapid physical loss makes his role on the defensive end continue to decline.

In the fourth quarter, when the misalignment of the rivers and lakes faced Wall, in many cases, one or two simple moves could pass him, so that other Wizards players had to step forward to help defend.

Jaylen Brown, who played very averagely in the first two games, scored 5 points in a row after receiving breakthrough points from Jianghu. The Celtics once again played a wave of attacks.

Jianghu saw that Wall's physical strength had declined, and deliberately accelerated the pace, trying to make Wall lose his physical strength faster.

Oubre obviously didn't realize what was wrong with the team at the moment. He saw Jianghu playing fast, so he couldn't help running with Jianghu.

Oubre didn't know that this style of play was actually what Jiang Hu wanted.

Oubre is not a player without strength, but his basketball IQ is indeed not very high. His understanding of team tactics is quite shallow. He doesn't quite understand what rhythm is, and he doesn't quite understand when to be fast and when to be slow , when to follow and when to stop.

Wall is tired, and he can't be bothered to teach Oubre what to do. He has been teaching for a season, but the guy still only knows how to catch and throw, or dribble around, and finally end up with an inexplicable shot or pass. The ball ended the round, and he couldn't cooperate effectively with him in the key round.

There is no way, Wall can only run around the field frantically following the rhythm of Jianghu.

At this time, the live camera was aimed at the Wizards coach Brooks, and his face was extremely ugly.

He looked at Jiang Hu, at Owen, then at Smart and Rozier sitting on the sidelines, and then at his team's backup point guard Satoransky, wishing to strangle him to death on the spot.

But looking at the panting Wall, Brooks still asked for a timeout, replaced Satoransky, let him and Wall take turns to control the ball, and explained that Oubre can attack faster, but cannot follow The rivers and lakes are running and fighting.

But their momentum in the first three quarters was gone at this time. On the contrary, the Celtics, because they scored consecutive goals, their momentum was already so high that they were screaming.

The Wizards fell into a scoring drought. When the game time came to 3 minutes into the fourth quarter, the score had reached 97 to 89. The Celtics not only overtook the score in one fell swoop in the final quarter, but also controlled the point difference at a level that the Wizards have always been difficult to approach. degree.

In the Wilson Center Stadium, with little time left and a 9-point disadvantage, many fans chose to leave early.

It's not that they don't support the team, but they really can't see the hope of the team's comeback. After the Celtics improved their defensive strength, every point the Wizards scored in the last quarter of the game made people feel ashamed .

The performance of Jianghu is not over yet. The Wizards quickly serve and want to grab a shot. Bill hits the frontcourt and wants to shoot a three-pointer. Unexpectedly, Jianghu rushed back quickly. He rushed towards Bill like an eagle hunting, Bill Had to pass the ball in the air, but Irving picked it from the side and stole the ball. The Celtics made another counterattack to expand the score to 11 points.

Wall still did not give up. After playing football on the field for a while, his physical problems have improved a lot. In the last 2 minutes, he stood up and made 3 consecutive three-pointers. Chasing the score to only 4 points, the Celtics players were scared into a cold sweat.

But Wall is not a fairy, and his three-pointers are inherently unstable.

He missed his fourth shot, and if he made it, the Wizards would be one point behind and the game would be hard to tell.

But the opportunity is fleeting, and if you miss it, you miss it. In the next round, Irving directly pressed the time to the last second of the offensive clock, and then stepped back against Wall and made a three-pointer.

Irving hit an almost identical shot to the most famous goal of his career, with Stephen Curry in front of him, now John Wall.

This goal completely ended the dying Wizards. After Irving hit this goal, the Wizards fell behind by 25 points with 7 seconds left. It can be said that they completely lost hope of victory.

At the end of the game, the Celtics defeated the Wizards 110-103 away, rewriting the big score of the series to 3-0.

Under the leadership of their leader Butler, the Wizards played very tenaciously, and the increased defensive strength made the Celtics feel difficult to attack and difficult to parry more than once.

But they finally took a breather and fell in the fourth quarter again, at a critical moment, and fell in the hands of a real first-class star.

Jianghu stood up many times at critical moments to turn the tide, scoring 39 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. This is the third game of his career, and he scored 35+ twice in the playoffs.

Irving's performance was not bad, scoring 21 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists.

After this game, Wall walked straight to the locker room without shaking hands.

Jianghu felt that he could understand him, and he was not unhappy with his behavior. If he was behind 0 to 3, he might not want to shake hands with his opponent.

But Jianghu is very confident. His team, unless he himself is too old to play, it is absolutely impossible to face a 0-3 situation.

Wall is very good, but not good enough. He is more suitable to add more off-ball and become a top second player, not the team's top card. With him as the core of the team, the highest achievement is to enter the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals It is as difficult as climbing the sky. Jianghu is different from him. With Jianghu as the core and the right players, there is a chance to finally create a dynasty.

After a short celebration in the locker room, Jianghu and the Celtics came to the post-match press conference.

When asked the reason for winning, Jiang Hu said with a smile: "Because we know what we are doing and why we are fighting hard. After a season of running-in, we have understood each other. We are both teammates and brothers. Willing to sacrifice for others, and willing to stand up and take more responsibility."

When asked what he thought of John Wall going straight to the locker room without shaking hands after the game?
Jianghu heard that the reporter wanted to make trouble, and instead of following the direction the reporter wanted to say, he told the reporter uncharacteristically: "John is a hero, I like him."

"I think at this time, everyone is paying attention to our victory, but they forget how good our opponent is. Look at John's statistics. He made 27 of 13 shots, scored 42 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, which is the highest in the statistics. What was amazing was his performance, he really put a lot of pressure on us and made it very difficult for us to win the game in the last 25 seconds of the game."

"I still remember at the beginning of the season, John said he would bring the Wizards to the playoffs."

"He did it!!"

"The reason why he can do this is because he, like me, has an unyielding character. We encountered many difficulties on the road, but we never thought of giving up."

"This may also be the reason why John walked away without shaking hands after the game. If it were me, I might choose not to shake hands, and I might not be able to force myself. After losing a game that must be won, I have to go Shake hands with your opponent as if nothing happened."

(End of this chapter)