From South China Tiger to NBA King

After the game against the Hornets, the Celtics returned to Boston. After two days of rest, they will face the Minnesota Timberwolves at home on November 11.

On the 14th and 15th, the team did not arrange training, and Jiang Hu was too lazy to go out and played at home for two days.

Sophia is already in her third year of college this year. She majored in media and broadcasting. She has learned almost all the professional knowledge. The rest is mainly social practice and work.

Because she is Stallone's daughter, she looks very sweet, and she is well-known in Hollywood. Therefore, well-known Hollywood directors often come to her, hoping that she will play some good supporting roles.

After all, Sophia is not an acting major, and her acting experience since childhood was limited to a few commercials and guest appearances as a child. No big production dared to directly ask her to play the leading role.

Fortunately, Sophia is not in a hurry. The nourishment of love made her refuse those supporting roles and put her career aside for the time being. She now spends most of her time in Boston, helping Jianghu manage the villa most of the time, and also took the time to learn He has pretty good cooking skills.

Jiang Hu is quite satisfied with her current situation. If she wants to stay at home, then stay at home. If she wants to film, Jiang Hu will spare no effort to support her.

Of course, Jiang Hu still hopes that she will spend more time at home, so that the two of them can have close "communication" anytime and anywhere. Jiang Hu likes this kind of "communication" very much. Sophia's delicate skin and hot figure will make him happy every time. There is a tingling sensation on the scalp, which is another kind of passionate feeling that can never be felt in intense sports. Jianghu likes this very much.

During the two days of rest, the two basically stayed at home and had many "communications". Their battlefield was very complicated, including the bedroom, living room, kitchen, upstairs bathroom, downstairs bathroom, swimming pool, and even There were signs of their communication in the woods behind the house and on the stairs.

In order to be more safe and secluded, all the servants at home were driven back to rest by Jianghu and were forced to take two days off.

Fortunately, the security in the wealthy area of ​​Boston is very tight, and things like Curry's home being broken into by outsiders will not happen.

After a short two-day break, the Celtics continued the game.

Their opponent is the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The current star of the Timberwolves is Karl-Anthony Towns, and the second star is Andrew Wiggins.

Last season, under Butler's leadership, they entered the Western Conference playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference, but unfortunately they met the strongest Houston Rockets in the new century.

Harden at his peak and Paul at the end of his peak were naturally not something Butler and Towns could handle, and the Timberwolves were defeated unexpectedly.

Originally, Timberwolves fans were expecting Towns and Wiggins to continue to improve, and Butler to maintain his status quo. They would sprint again. They were looking forward to it, looking forward to it, but something happened to them...

According to the well-known reporter Shams, when Thibodeau announced the starting lineup for the team's competition during the offseason this year, Jimmy Butler refused to compete with other starting players and was eventually moved to the bench.

After the game started, Jimmy Butler quickly had a conflict with Towns. The two had a quarrel, and Butler even excitedly insulted Towns as "trash."

Butler later said a classic quote in the interview:

"I'm not the most talented player on the team. Who is the most talented player? It's Towns. Who is the most favored player by God? It's Wiggins. Who's the one who plays the hardest? It's me."

Butler, who is naturally strong, cannot do without hard work throughout his life and career. There is no talent, only constant hard work.

He wants to be like Jordan Kobe and let other teammates work as hard as him, but with his reputation and strength, wanting to do such a thing is undoubtedly wishful thinking.

Towns later publicly responded to Butler, saying on Paul George's podcast:

"It's unbelievable that he would make such remarks in public. I originally thought that the conflict between the two of us was limited to the court, but he called me a softie in front of the media. This is really disappointing. I'm distressed, I think he didn't respect me at all, and I can put it out there now that Butler will never win a championship if he leaves the Timberwolves."

"He looks like a tough guy on the surface, but his basketball talent is too poor, so he will never be able to compete for the highest honor, because playing basketball is not just about winning if you work hard, you also have to be lucky. and talent. In short, Butler did not respect my performance at any time, and I think he still owes me an apology. It was he who described me as a softie, and the media still uses this thing to this day. To bash me, it has interfered with my normal life."

The conflict between the two was too great and could not be resolved. In the end, the Timberwolves management had to face an either-or situation.

Just like the Lakers boss Dr. Buss Sr. chose to keep the younger Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, the Timberwolves management also chose to keep the younger Towns. On November 2018, 11, that is About five days ago, Butler was sent to the Philadelphia 11ers in exchange for Robert Covington, Derek Saric and two future first-round draft picks.

The 76ers who got Butler look much stronger than before, and even seem to be able to challenge the Celtics' dominance in the Eastern Conference. However, the Timberwolves who lost Butler have definitely declined a lot.

The Celtics' tactics in this game are very specific to Towns. As long as Towns is on the court, Jianghu will have a way to perform. He relies on the screen to go to the weak side and the Timberwolves have no way to defend. He can get opportunities to catch the ball and play singles with the ball.

On the defensive end, the Celtics also have a way to deal with the Timberwolves, which is to guard against others, resolutely block the breakthrough route when encountering pick-and-rolls, and let Towns shoot in the mid-range.

Towns, the Timberwolves star who grew up in the new era, was also influenced by Morey's magic ball theory, which is still in the hospital. He loves simple basket shots and efficient three-pointers, and is not used to more difficult and inefficient shots. Middle distance.

So the Celtics' tactics are: Towns can throw anything from mid-range, especially long two-pointers. Celtics players can let him go at will, but they must stick to the basket and not give him a good chance to shoot a three-pointer.

Towns will be double-teamed as soon as he gets to the basket. If the Timberwolves cannot shoot from the outside, even if Towns can score 45 points with a shooting rate of about 40%, he will not pose much of a threat to the Celtics.

The characteristic of winning by attacking is to compare efficiency with the opponent. Stevens does not like to emphasize too much defense in the regular season. He does not care how many points the team loses. As long as the opponent's scoring efficiency is reduced as much as possible, the team will score more points. That's it.

In order to strengthen the defense against Jianghu, Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau must reduce the playing time of his favorite general Gibson and increase his mobility.

Gibson is very important to the Timberwolves' rebounding protection. Although his rebounding data is not high, his superb positioning skills under the basket have always been praised.

Jianghu saw the opponent's substitutions and began to attract double-team passes, allowing Leonard to attack the basket and Danny Green to catch and shoot from the baseline.

The Timberwolves chose to double-team on the outside, and they had to leave a Celtics inside player open, because Towns and Covington, two jumping men, are not good at guarding the floor shooting of Horford and Gasol.

The Timberwolves usually choose to leave Gasol open, which is also the choice of most teams. Compared with Horford, who has a larger shooting sample, Gasol's three-pointer is more likely to be lost.

However, Gasol has been feeling very good recently, and his shooting percentage after catching the ball is higher than last season. After coming to the Celtics, his three-point shooting percentage reached a career-high 39.9%, and he averaged 1.4 goals per game. In this game, he hit 6 three-pointers, setting a season high.

However, the Timberwolves relied on their tenacious defense to sustain the three quarters when the Celtics' two core players did not work hard.

At the end of the quarter, Jianghu and Leonard showed off their power, and the Timberwolves couldn't withstand it almost instantly. The score difference was quickly widened from 3 points to 4 points in only 15 minutes.

Although the feeling of this game is not good, the Celtics still have others who can score.

If Towns and Wiggins have poor touch, the Timberwolves will be completely unable to chase points. Without outside shooting, can they rely on Covington to chase points?

At the end of the game, the score was 117 to 99. The Celtics narrowly defeated the Timberwolves and won their 14th consecutive victory.

江湖26投11中，砍下29分9篮板16助攻2抢断，完爆对位他的罗斯。

The latter only played 21 minutes and scored 4 points and 2 assists. Once at his peak, Rose might still be able to compete with Jiang Hu. Now, once Rose faces Jiang Hu, he can only use fouls to prevent the opponent from breaking through. He fell into a foul in the first half. Troubled.

伦纳德19投11中，罚球12中7，得到29分12篮板3助攻2抢断2盖帽。

唐斯27投12中，罚球8中6，得到30分13篮板3助攻，命中率逊色不少。

Wiggins had a poor start. He made 9 of 2 shots in the first half. In the second half, he only took one shot. He made 10 of 2 shots and scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

Four members of the Celtics team scored in double figures, and Danny Green became the team's third scoring point. He made 9 of 5 shots, 6 of 3 three-pointers, and 5 of 4 free throws. He scored 17 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 assist. .

His 3D attributes are really suitable for staying with Jianghu and Leonard, so he has received a lot of playing opportunities, and his role is unmatched.

This game was broadcast live across the United States again. The commentator sighed: "Although there are four No. 1 picks in this game, there is a difference between the No. 1 pick and the No. 1 pick. Towns gives the impression that he looks very hard and his statistics are also very good. But he can’t influence his opponent’s decision-making and lacks the ability to break the game.”

"Ross showed us a No. 1 pick who overspent his body in his youth and whose physical talent gradually declined as his performance gradually declined."

"Wiggins looks like the No. 1 pick who can't find his own direction and is wasting his talent. His physical talent is outstanding. He can jump almost as high as Jiang Hu and run almost as fast as Jiang Hu. But he entered the league. It has been four years, but his figure looks smaller than that of the second-year Jiang Hu, and his court effect is only one-tenth of Jiang's."

"As for Jiang Hu? He is the No. 21 pick among the top picks. If I put all the No. picks in the st century together and re-selected him, even if I put him with LeBron, Howard, and Yao Ming, I would choose Jiang Hu. He is really better than everyone else. Both strong and smart.”

"He seemed to have made no effort at all on the field. He just ran back and forth, and then passed the ball at will. At the end of the game, his data was still the best on the field."

"He showed what it means to be a true No. 1 pick. He has outstanding physical talent and a very high basketball IQ. He can dominate a game in any way. He spent all his efforts in the right direction, which made him Looks like he can do anything."

"We should be lucky that there is only one player in China with such talent as Jiang Hu. If they had many players with good physical talent and accepted our high-intensity training, the Chinese would have dominated the basketball world long ago, just like they dominate table tennis. Like a ball!!”

"As a civilized country that has existed in the world for 5000 years, the Chinese are really smart, have a very strong learning ability, and are willing to work hard for it."

Foreigners' appreciation of Jianghu eventually transformed into a higher impression of Chinese people. This is something that many people did not expect.

In fact, this kind of thing is the same at home and abroad. There are also many people in China who admire certain foreign actors or stars, so they yearn for the other country, and naively think that everything about the other country is excellent and perfect. , my own country is extremely bad, extremely bad.

As everyone knows, this is actually a kind of filter. Any race and any country has its advantages and disadvantages. No one and no country is perfect, so things that are considered perfect are ultimately proven to only exist in In imagination.

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After the home game, the Celtics immediately went to the away game and faced the Wizards in back-to-back away games. The Celtics won again, with 7 players on the team scoring in double figures.

奇才队控卫约翰·沃尔被伦纳德防的整场找不到节奏，20投7中，三分球2中0，罚球8中6，得到20分3篮板2助攻。

Throughout the game, Wall's expression changed from excitement, to frown, to irritability, and finally to anger.

His patience was gradually exhausted by Leonard's death entanglement. At the end of the third quarter, he even pushed Leonard extremely impatiently and pushed Leonard to the ground.

Morris Jr. rushed up and punched Wall hard, hitting Wall right in the face.

Fortunately, the other players of the two teams were relatively calm, and the Wizards quickly pulled away from Wall. Morris's brother Markieff Morris is also with the Wizards this season. He rushed up and controlled his younger brother Morris, and the situation did not go further. develop.

However, Morris's punch was unavoidable, and he was suspended for at least two games. However, this kind of suspension caused by standing up for the core of the team, Anji will usually return it to the player in the form of bonus, because he often did this back then. To protect Bird, Auerbach generally will not deduct money, and role players cannot be allowed to lose their own interests because of the star.

Another star of the Wizards, Bradley Beal was also defended miserably against Danny Green. His best outside shooting was not used at all. He made 23 of 8 shots and 5 of 0 three-pointers. He made 8 of 8 free throws and scored 22 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.

The two stars of the Wizards both scored 20+ with ultra-low offensive efficiency. The result of the missed shot was a counterattack. The Celtics took a 21-point lead at the end of the three quarters.

江湖出战25分钟，17投12中，三分球5中4，罚球6中5，得到33分5篮板8助攻2抢断。

They can't let go even if they want to. Wizards starting small forward Trevor Ariza's mid-to-long-range shooting this season is completely useless. His overall field goal percentage is only 40%. He dare not take shots when faced with open spaces. He has completely lost the performance he had when he was with the Rockets last year. Top 3D style.

(End of this chapter)