From South China Tiger to NBA King

At the beginning of the second quarter, Jianghu sat off the court to rest, while rookies SGA and Leonard led the team on the court.

The two didn't spend much time playing together, at least not as much as Jiang Hu and Leonard, and their tacit understanding wasn't very good either.

In the first 5 minutes of the second quarter, the two men each made two turnovers, and the Celtics were beaten by a 2-10 spurt.

The Celtics called a timeout.

The point difference narrowed to only one point, and the home fans became excited and cheered loudly for the home team. When the Celtics attacked, the Hornets' home fans shouted loudly for defense.

Jiang Hu doesn't like the sound of home fans, and he prefers quiet away games.

If the opponent is quiet, then everything is fine. If the opponent is unwilling to be quiet, Jianghu does not mind helping them to be quiet.

The timeout ended and the game continued, Celtics 42 to 41 Hornets.

SGA took the ball upfield, looking for a breakthrough opportunity, and passed Walker, but was blocked by Cody Zeller.

He had no choice but to stop and block Jiang Hu with his hands raised near the free throw line.

Jiang Hu is not a player who desperately needs the ball. When a rookie debuts, he is more willing to take care of the rookie and give him full possession of the ball.

Jianghu got the ball and was immediately double-teamed. He immediately threw it to Horford in the left corner. Horford made a move and threw it to Leonard in the corner.

Leonard was blocked by Batum and had no shooting angle. He jumped up in the air and threw it to Jiang Hu, who was trying to reach the three-point line again. Jiang Hu picked up the ball and shot, and hit again! ! ! !

Celtics 45 to 41 Hornets.

Zhang Weiping shouted: "Good shot! Jianghu scored 29 points. Jianghu's shot was very decisive. Jianghu stopped the bleeding when he came up. The Celtics were beaten 10-0. The biggest feeling I felt was that no one had any chance at all." Jianghu’s scoring stability.” "

Yu Jia said: "Facing a mid-to-lower team like the Hornets, the rest of the Celtics can't keep their spirits up. The defense will definitely be worse. If you don't want to defend, attacking is also a good choice."

Walker took the ball to the frontcourt and hit a three-pointer regardless of the situation. He also wanted to learn the skills of Jianghu.

If it was in the 90s, a defender would definitely be scolded for shooting such a ball, and the coach would not allow it. However, in the small ball era, everyone shot such a ball, and the coach even encouraged the players on the team to take the shot if they had the opportunity to catch up.

But Walker's skill is not enough. Chasing three-pointers is not his strong point and he misses the shot.

Cody Zeller flew up to fight for the rebound and dumped Batum in the bottom corner. Batum moved in a wide range and dumped Lamb in the opposite corner.

Lamb was like in the 2K game, facing Jaylen Brown's defense and shooting an unreasonable shot! !
  The ball bounced on the basket, bounced a few times! Hit!! !
  Celtics 45 to 44 Hornets.

Jianghu ran from the left baseline to the right without the ball, and Horford blocked him. At this time, Zeller moved to a high position to attract defense, and the others also moved away.

SGA relied on his height advantage to easily pass the ball to the right corner. Jianghu took the ball on the weak side, which was a difficult point for double-teaming. Stevens' arrangement was very targeted. SGA was sent to have one more ball-holding point. , to prevent Jianghu from being outflanked.

Jianghu feinted with the ball and moved laterally to 45 degrees. If he didn't double-team, he could single out Walker. Batum came up and double-teamed like he did in the first quarter. Jianghu took advantage of the situation and passed the ball to the middle.

Leonard caught the ball and shot, and Lamb didn't cover up.

Danny Green is wide open in the left corner. If the center is on defense at this time, Leonard will pass the ball to the bottom corner and there will be a big gap.

High mid-range is Leonard's specialty, and the ball goes hollow into the net.

Celtics 47 to 44 Hornets.

Walker forced a breakthrough, and SGA defended well and caught up to the bottom line. Walker had no chance to pass the ball to Batum in the middle. Batum feinted and relied on Horford to force a breakthrough to the basket, attracting Baynes to defend and pass the ball to Parker, who easily threw the ball and scored.

Celtics 47 to 46 Hornets.

Zhang Weiping said: "This is Batum's 7th assist. He has already scored 10 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists in more than one quarter today, almost a triple-double. This player played very well today, and he took on the responsibility when Walker rested. He took on organizational tasks and worked very hard on defense.”

Yu Jia said: "Batum is also relatively comprehensive. At his peak, he averaged 13 points, 7 points and 6 assists per game. He is Lillard's right-hand man. He is definitely far behind Jianghu."

SGA brought the ball to the frontcourt, and the players spread out again, exactly the same routine as before. Jianghu ran to the right baseline to get the ball, but Batum still had to double-team him. If he didn't double-team, he would be unable to defend him.

Jianghu made the exact same choice as before, passing the ball to the center again, and Leonard caught the ball and hit another one.

Celtics 49 to 46 Hornets.

Batum frowned. If Leonard can always make shots, he can't keep double-teaming like this.

Kemba Walker brought the ball to the frontcourt and blocked Cody Zeller who cut in the middle. Zeller knew Gasol would not score if he hit hard, so he simply threw himself into the air and challenged Gasol.

He forced a fold and shot, but Gasol did not press his arm down and just stood there. The referee did not call a foul and Zeller's shot missed!

Horford got the rebound and immediately dribbled the ball to counterattack quickly. The center circle passed to SGA. SGA took a step and passed to Jianghu 45 degrees on the left side of the three-point line.

Jianghu was playing very happily during this period. After looking at the position of his feet, he decided to reward himself with a super long three-pointer. Anyway, Curry, Lillard, James and the others all played this way, so it was not strange for him to play.

He stopped calmly, and while everyone was still retreating, he made a cool logo shoot! !
  "Brush~"

Once again, the basketball hit its target like a cruise missile.

Celtics 52 to 46 Hornets.

When Jiang Hu retreated from defense, he looked at his right hand again and sighed that it was really a magical hand. After a while, he would be able to shoot with incredible shooting percentages.

Yu Jia shook his head and sighed: "Jianghu hit another long-range three-pointer. It's 32 points. There are still 4 minutes left in the half. 32 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. It's terrible!!"

Walker brought the ball to the frontcourt, knowing that it was very difficult for him to defend against Leonard, so he simply learned the Jianghu style of play and played without the ball.

He gave the ball to Zeller behind him. Zeller held the ball at the top of the arc and gave it to Walker, who was running out without the ball. Walker arched his body, barely squeezed out some Leonard defense, and shot!
  Miss!

Jiang Hu jumped high to get the defensive rebound and advanced quickly! A sudden stroke of luck, passed to Danny Green in the corner.

Danny Green just caught the ball and shot! Missed!!
  Batum took the defensive rebound directly to the frontcourt and passed it back to Walker. Walker still didn't have a good chance and lobbed it to Cody Zeller who was in a position at the left elbow.

The Hornets all pulled apart. Facing Gasol's defense, Zeller buried his head and opened the way. He took three steps and Gasol barely moved.

Gasol is a bit too bullying...

The referee couldn't stand it anymore and came out to "justice" and gave Gasol a foul! !

Cody Zeller steps to the free throw line!
  The first penalty was missed.

The second free throw was still missed.

Jianghu got the defensive rebound and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, blocking Leonard who was cutting in from the middle. Leonard walked to the middle, disguised himself, took a step across to the right, jumped directly, and made an underhand layup, which he hit.

Celtics 54 to 46 Hornets.

There are 4 minutes and 05 seconds left in the second quarter.

Walker dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and gave it to Bridges, the domestic violence guy who had been replaced. Bridges hit him with his back and pushed back, then turned back to Walker. The ball came suddenly, and Walker changed direction and jumped past Leonard!
  Jiang Hu was unwilling to let him score easily, so he came over to block him, and the referee called a pushing foul!
  Sideline ball! It was sent to Bridges, who accelerated directly from the left and leaned on Horford for a high-speed layup. He missed, but with a move of his own hand, he made a tip-in and hit the ball.

Celtics 54 to 48 Hornets.

Jiang Hu brought the ball to the frontcourt and blocked Leonard who was cutting in from the middle. Leonard kept the ball and passed the ball directly to Horford who was passing down. Horford found a confrontation, butted Marvin Williams and took off directly. , attacking the basket.

The basketball scored and caused Marvin's foul.

Horford missed the extra free throw, and the Celtics beat the Hornets 56 to 48.

Kemba Walker dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, made a drastic change of direction in the middle, and then took off on the right side for a lowhand layup. He was interfered by Leonard's long arm and missed.

SGA got the rebound, galloped, set its butt on fire, put motors on its legs and pushed forward crazily, reaching Jianghu who cut into the middle of the frontcourt.

After Jianghu caught the ball, he took a step back and missed.

Batum defended the rebound and led the team to the frontcourt. Leonard judged the time and placement, and with a big wave of his hand, knocked the ball out of Batum's hand.

The Hornets served the ball from the sideline and found Kemba Walker who came out of the pocket. Walker caught the ball and shot directly, fearing that Leonard would get stuck again if he was a little slow.

It's a pity that his shot was too hasty, and his reluctant shot was destined to have no good results and missed the shot.

Jianghu's defensive rebound, the frontcourt quickly advanced, and then to Leonard. Leonard broke through from the right, encountered a double team, and returned to Jianghu behind him. Jianghu received the ball on the left, broke through and took a step, and SGA cut in from the middle. .

The cooperation of the three successfully penetrated the Hornets' defense, and SGA got a chance to go up to the blue and hit it decisively!
  Celtics 58 to 48.

The Hornets requested a timeout again with 1 minute and 59 seconds left in the first half.

During the timeout, Stevens didn't explain anything. He just asked everyone to have a good rest and recover their strength. If you have to talk over and over again against an opponent like the Hornets, then you are not fighting for the championship.

Back from the game, the Hornets passed the ball from the frontcourt to Kemba Walker.

After receiving the ball, Walker continued to shoot the ball again, and directly shot a flowing mid-range jumper!
  Swish, brush, brush! Hollow into the net!
  Celtics 58 to 51 Hornets.

With 2:01 left in the second quarter, Alexander dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and then immediately passed it back to Jianghu behind him. Jianghu once again chose a chasing three-point shot.

It’s a pity that we missed this time!
  Kemba Walker, speed up the counterattack! No hesitation! Pushing hard, Bridges cut in from the middle. Bridges attacked Jaylen Brown and pushed him in, causing his thug to foul!
  First penalty! middle! Celtics 58-52 Hornets.

Second penalty! middle! Celtics 58 to 53 Hornets.

Brown's strength is not as good as Bridges. Although Bridges does not have the abnormal strength of James, his selling point is his physical maturity. His strength is stronger than Jaylen Brown, and Brown was beaten by him. .

Alexander dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, turned around and met Marc Gasol. Gasol raised the ball high outside the three-point line, and the support was transferred to Jianghu who came out of the pocket.

Jiang Hu took a step forward, stepped on the three-point line and directly stood on his own, leaning back to the limit, causing Bridges to foul! !
  Two points are valid! It also causes a foul! One more penalty!
  After Jiang Hu scored the goal, Bridges had a look of helplessness on his face. With the ball just now, Jiang Hu had clearly shaken him away and could have taken the shot directly, but he had to wait for him to come up and make a foul before taking the shot. This was obviously targeted. It was the ball he hit Jaylen Brown on in the last round.

Bridges looked unhappy and thought to himself: "It's too fussy~"

Jaylen Brown ran over, patted Jiang Hu on the back, and said, "Well done, Jiang, as expected of you!!"

Jiang Hu listened to his teammates' praise and looked at Bridges' helpless expression. He suddenly felt very comfortable and felt that playing basketball is a very happy and interesting sport.

His extra penalty also hit.

Celtics 61 to 53 Hornets.

With 2:01 remaining in the 06nd quarter, Kemba Walker brought the ball to the frontcourt. He didn't want to attack by himself now. He was too tired to attack by himself in front of Leonard. It was not something human beings do.

He made a cool pass to Batum who was cutting in the middle. Batum didn't want to attack, so he simply passed it to the bottom corner, where Bridges, who loves to show off the most in the team, was there.

The person defending Bridges was Jiang Hu. Bridges had just been beaten by Jiang Hu and was about to take revenge when Batum went to bed and gave him a pillow.

Without hesitation, Bridges directly held the ball and went inside. Jianghu took a step back to defend him, but Bridges didn't want to shoot at all. He just wanted to get under the basket and then give Jianghu a shot under the basket. Handsome dunk.

Jiang Hu saw through his thoughts, curled his lips, and stood still. When Bridges came over, he just lay back.

"beep~"

The referee's whistle sounded, and Jianghu successfully caused Bridges' offensive foul!
  Bridges was furious, but he had no choice but to go to the referee, so he could only give Jiang Hu a middle finger.

Facing Bridges' middle finger, Jiang Hu just smiled and said nothing. He was too lazy to argue with him, but he would give him a positive response.

The Celtics attacked. Jiang Hu brought the ball to the frontcourt and turned directly behind Danny Green. Danny Green was not polite. The boss passed the ball to himself. What it meant was obvious. He picked up the ball and cast!

"Brush~"

Celtics 64 to 53 Hornets.

When Green scored, the scene was very calm because it was just an ordinary three-pointer.

But at the commentary desk, Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping were so excited that they shouted together: "The ball has been scored!!"

"Jiang Hu got his 10th assist and a triple-double of 30+10+10 in the half. He is the first person in history again!!"

Zhang Weiping said excitedly: "It's so awesome, Jianghu is so awesome, incredible, incredible!!"

In the last 46 seconds of the half, Kemba Walker brought the ball to the frontcourt and fed it to Batum on the right side of the low post. Batum transferred it to Bridges who came out of his pocket.

Bridges faced Jianghu and made an elegant mid-range jumper.

Still misses.

Jianghu defended the rebound, came to the frontcourt, passed the ball to SGA, and then whispered something in his ear. SGA was very excited. Bridges, who was defending Jianghu, didn't know what was going on. He didn't know that the two were tinkering. What the hell.

But he soon found out because he was also the protagonist.

After Jianghu said hello to SGA, he rushed directly to the basket empty-handed, and Bridges followed Jianghu's footsteps closely.

One step to the free throw line, Jiang Hu stepped on the spring and took off directly. Bridges jumped up and tried to block him, but as soon as he left the ground, he felt a huge force coming towards him, knocking him off balance.

"Boom~" With a dunk from behind, Jiang Hu hung one hand on the basket, causing the basket to change its shape.

"Bang." Bridges lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.

The entire Hornets home court was quite quiet, almost silent.

Bridges turned over and wanted to get up, but he couldn't get up. He was definitely not injured, but he knew that he fell on his butt and was numb...

(End of this chapter)