From South China Tiger to NBA King

After the arena was over, the Warriors also changed players, and the Splash Brothers and Green rested together.If they continue to play, they will be suspected of cheating on the data, and they will have to endure the boos from the fans at the scene.

Curry had 24 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals, which was the Warriors' best performance.

However, he did not link up the entire team's offense very well, and was very uncomfortable being defended by Jianghu.

汤普森被伦纳德的死亡缠绕防的更难受，全场16投5中，罚球3中2，得到14分5篮板3助攻，还送出了5个失误。

凯尔特人队有5人得分上双，伦纳德的表现第二好，砍下26分6篮板5助攻，投篮命中率70%，霍福德10分11篮板5助攻，海沃德15分5篮板6助攻，杰伦布朗11分3篮板1助攻。

The Celtics only had the performance of two stars, Jiang Hu and Leonard, and their scoring data was almost the same as that of the Warriors. It was reasonable to win a wonderful victory.

The Celtics' newcomers also got a chance to practice in the fourth quarter. Rozier went to rest, and Stevens asked SGA and Caruso to play a two-back tactic. The small forward was Morris Jr., who can play both inside and outside. The stubborn man still suppressed the warrior and beat him.

The Warriors no longer have a backbone on the court. The Celtics use rookies SGA and Morris Jr. as the core internal and external offense, and they play very methodically.

Caruso was also forced into some ball-handling possessions by Stevens.

But this is not what he is good at. His talent is mainly on the defensive end, and his offensive methods are basically similar to his volume.

At the end of the game, SGA scored 14 points and 5 assists, becoming the sixth player on the team to score in double figures.

The final score was 135 to 94. The Celtics won a 41-point victory and got off to a good start in the season.

After the game, Jiang Hu attended the press conference with Leonard and Hayward.

Talking about his feelings about this game, he told reporters: "We must get off to a good start in the opening game and strive for a big win to get off to a good start, so we will go all out and will not be polite to the Warriors."

A reporter wearing glasses asked: "Is this why you continued to play in the final quarter?"

This reporter has hidden evil intentions and wants to create some new topics.

"Yes, sir, I think my opponents are not strong enough. They should resist for a while, so that I can play for a few more minutes in the fourth quarter instead of playing for 2 minutes and then come down, so I think I It will be more enjoyable, and my scoring and assist data may be better."

The reporter wearing glasses then asked: "Is your statement a bit suspicious of data manipulation?"

Jiang Hu smiled and said: "Are you saying that I selfishly brushed up the data and then led my opponent by 40 points?"

"If that's the case, I think my teammates and coaches would be happy to see me improve my numbers."

"In the final analysis, winning the game is the most important thing to us, and statistics come second to winning. Of course, why not win and get good statistics at the same time?"

What Jiang Hu said was very direct and even a bit explicit, but this is the fact. All NBA players will pay attention to their own data.

It's just that some people regard victory as more important than data, and some people regard data as more important than victory. The two obvious representatives are James and Westbrook.

Both of them care about data, but Westbrook's mind is more abstract and only has data. This means that even though his data is more powerful than James at his peak, no one thinks that he is better than James at that period.

Players who have records and statistics are not afraid of being questioned, and the gangsters can't do anything to blackmail them even if they want to.At most, they say that the Celtics' current lineup is too strong to crush the Warriors. Winning is definitely not the work of one person.

Jiang Hu also knows that the Celtics' current lineup is super strong, and it is not his own fault. He often praises his teammates like this.

The person who wins does not play to save face for the opponent. There is no clear rule that the star must rest when the team leads too much.The team fell behind by a large score, and the stars who are still playing on the court are the real brush.

The team can't win the game, and some people spend half the time collecting statistics.if not?When he was 30 points behind, he worked hard to sprint and score. Is this the spirit of never giving up?

The reporter asked: "You have moved to the point guard position this season. Before that, you have always been a forward. How are you adapting to the new position? Do you find it difficult or awkward?"

Jiang Hu said with a smile: "I like my current position very much. It allows me to think more on the court."

"I played for the Celtics for one season and accumulated a lot of game experience. The more I played, the more I naturally became familiar with it and knew how to handle the ball in various situations. My memory is very good, and my teammates are used to running I remember the route very clearly.”

The reporter asked: "If you keep playing like this, you might be able to win the assists title. Do you want to give it a try?"

Jiang Hu shook his head and said with a smile: "I may not play like this every game. Although organizing offense is my job, scoring is always the main theme of the NBA."

"My first role is to be a scorer."

"But if the opponent double-teams me, of course I will pass the ball more, because the easiest way to break the double-team is to pass the ball. After all, my teammate is Kawhi now, and he has a strong scoring ability, which means I don't have to face him. The defense twists the body into a twist and shoots."

"So the number of assists I have is actually decided by my opponent. If there is a one-on-one opportunity, I will probably do it myself. I will never be polite."

When the Celtics teammates evaluated the game, they were all crazily praising Jianghu's performance today.

Everyone knows that Jianghu wants to continue competing for the regular season MVP, and they don't mind cooperating with him.The Celtics management clearly asked the coaching staff to arrange tactics for Jiang Hu and help him win the MVP. If Jiang Hu wins the MVP for two consecutive years and has the FMVP in hand, then he will basically be the number one player in the league.

Having a league leader in the team can increase the team's commercial value.

Leonard has never been interested in competing with Jianghu for the top spot in the Celtics. He has no interest in racking up statistics, and his offensive desire on the court is not strong. As soon as the coach told Jianghu to shoot more, his offensive desire immediately dropped.

Jaylen Brown has even accepted his current position as the fourth player in the team. He will be a good helper in the world when he grows up in the future.

The players all said they had a great time playing. Personal data is not important, the key is winning.

The Celtics have never been this good before.A big win over the not-so-weak Golden State Warriors in the opening game gave everyone more confidence in defending the championship this season.

Moreover, they all think what Jiang Hu said makes sense. The Celtics have no opponents in the East. Their more important task is to become a better version of themselves.

Whether it is the Lakers, Rockets or Warriors, they are not afraid of those who break through from the Western Conference, because they are a team with more foundation and a younger core.

In addition, in the other opener of the day, the Los Angeles Lakers lost to the Houston Rockets 107-108.
James' team has always been like this. Every time a newly formed giant team always loses more and wins less at the beginning of the season, it will only get better at the end of the season.

Without the need for the two teams to face each other directly, just looking at the performance of both sides in the game, the media unanimously believed that the Celtics are currently stronger.

This season, the Celtics have become the favorite to win the championship in the eyes of the media.

Not only are they strong, but the atmosphere in the locker room is also very harmonious. Their opponents hope that Leonard can make a fuss in the locker room, just like he did with the Spurs. Unfortunately, Leonard has no such intention at all.Others are not strong enough to cause trouble and are not qualified enough. If they make trouble, they will be traded away.However, Jianghu is not so optimistic.

He went back and watched the game between the Lakers and Rockets from start to finish, and found that the Lakers currently have many problems, such as chaotic distribution of ball rights, no tacit understanding on the defensive end, and too much reliance on star players on the offensive end.

But they ended up losing by just one point.

詹姆斯拿到了20投11中拿到了30分5篮板9助攻，杜兰特24投14中拿到了35分11篮板5助攻。

Both played very efficiently, with shooting percentages above 50 and a combined total of 65 points. James broke through and gave Durant a catch-and-shoot ball that occurred at least 3 to 4 times in this game. , Durant faces little defensive pressure every time he receives this kind of ball.

In addition, it can also be seen that Durant's joining brings more space to James.

James broke through at least 12 times in this game, and was rarely double-teamed by more than two opponents.

You know, in previous games, when James rushed to the basket, it was standard for the opponent to intercept with two people under the basket, and three interceptions were also a very common configuration.

But now, because the Lakers have Durant on the outside, opponents don't dare to put too many troops inside, just to prevent Durant from shooting directly in the open space.

In addition, Ingram also scored 18 points in this game and also showed his improvement in three-point shooting ability, making 5 of 3 three-pointers.

Another reason why the Lakers lost the game was because outside shooters were inaccurate. The team hit a total of 13 three-pointers, including 6 for Durant, 3 for James, and 3 for Ingram. But apart from the three of them, the rest Everyone in the game combined to hit one three-pointer.

洛佩兹3投0中，鲍尔5投1中，波普3投0中，克劳德4投0中，隆多1投0中。

With James and Durant attracting huge defensive attention to them, the Lakers' shooters shot a terrifying 16-for-1 three-pointer. This was the main reason for their loss.

But what if you think about it the other way around?

Their role players were already shooting three-pointers like this, and they only lost one point! !

If they shoot 16-for-3, does that mean they win by 5 points?

If he makes 16 of 8 shots, wouldn't he be able to beat the Rockets by 20 points? ?

No one in the world can guarantee that if he and Leonard score 70 points and others shoot at this rate, they can beat the Rockets.

It can be seen that the outside world's view that the Celtics are the only strong team is incorrect.

What people outside say is their business, but as the leader of this team, if he is also complacent and thinks that the Celtics are so strong and no one can defeat them, failure is probably not far away from them.

On the morning of October 10, there was a lot of news in the North American sports world about Jiang Hu’s past game.

Jianghu scored 48 points and 15 assists in the opening game, leading the league in both important statistics.

Many people feel that he is stronger than last season, mainly in terms of passing awareness.

Jianghu only had one relatively ordinary dunk in the game, but he still made two top five goals with his passing.Moreover, the two selected players were alley-oop dunks, breaking through to attract the defense and throwing the ball into the sky to assist their teammates.

Last season, many media believed that Jianghu was only good at scoring, saying that Irving's role was more critical in driving the team. Without Irving to share the organizational pressure, Jianghu's data may have dropped a lot.

Nowadays, the media have changed their tone one after another. If they don't change their tone, it will be too shameful.

In fact, Irving's organization does not exist at all. Jianghu can perfectly take on this role and complete it even better.

Many basketball experts have remarked that Jiang Hu is very selfless. Because he was a rookie last season, his possession of the ball was not particularly high. But this is not because he does not have this ability, but because he can better integrate into the team.

Celtic fans' thinking is simpler. Many people feel that if Jianghu had directly organized with the ball last season, Irving would basically have nothing to do with it.

Of course, if nothing happens to Irving, then he will have no trading value and cannot be exchanged for Leonard.

Leonard's value to the Celtics is difficult to measure with data. His offense is not bad, at least not worse than Irving, but his most valuable thing is not his offense but his defense.

His presence greatly strengthened the team's defensive presence.

Many people predict that this season, the Celtics may become the strongest defensive team in the league because of Jiang Hu and Leonard.

In this era, all NBA teams trying to compete for championships emphasize the importance of defense.

No matter how strong the offense is, it is impossible to win the championship without defense at all. Even D'Antoni, who has been famous for his offensive bombardment tactics for a long time in his career, returns to coach the Rockets again and has to focus on defense.

If the star player of a team only wants to score points and collect statistics, and the defensive end only wants to watch the excitement with his arms crossed, then they are destined to have no fate with the championship. This is not speculation, but truth.

On October 10, after a day of repairs, the Celtics set off for Toronto.

On this night, the power of the defensive combination of Jianghu, Leonard and Danny Green began to show.

On this night, the defense of the trio showed the Raptors' garbage brothers what cruelty is.

Throughout the game, DeRozan was the one who was taken care of the most. He was either served by Jianghu or Leonard. The two of them were constantly entangled with each other, making the star known as the "King of the North" almost present. Emotional breakdown.

In the whole game, DeRozan took 19 shots, only hit 4 goals, sent 5 assists, and made up to 7 turnovers...

Another one of the garbage brothers, Kyle Lowry, is not having an easy life. Although he will not be guarded like DeRozan all the time, the Celtics still guard him very strictly and almost only allow He took three-point shots and was not allowed to take any shots within the three-point line.

Lowry was very unconvinced and took 9 three-pointers, but hit 3. His shooting percentage was completely within the acceptable range of the Celtics.

At the end of the game, the Celtics defeated the Raptors 101-85.

The Raptors only scored 85 points in the game, and coupled with the Warriors who scored 94 points in the previous game, the Celtics limited their opponents' scoring to less than 100 points for two consecutive games.

(End of this chapter)