NBA: Start with a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar template card

Chapter 188 True and False KG
"The Bobcats are No. [-] in the East, but they are all young people. When they come to the North Shore Garden, they will be weak. We are confident that we will win this Charlotte team and maintain our winning streak." Paul Pierce Training Later, he talked with the team reporter.

"KG, many players in the league said that Chen Xiao, as a young player, likes to attack opponents with words on the court. After the Heat and Bobcats game, Chris Bosh even said that Chen Xiao reminded him of Kevin Garnett , As a senior, do you have any advice for Charlotte KG who is about to visit North Shore Garden?" asked a local Boston reporter.

"Charlotte KG, aha, sounds good, if he plays to my satisfaction in this game, I will allow him to use this nickname. Besides, I also heard that he is a noisy guy, If he was in front of me, I would teach him two tricks, elegant people can't survive in the NBA." Garnett said with a wide mouth and a smile.

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"Charlotte KG? What the hell." Chen Xiao took a look at a local Boston newspaper while having breakfast at the hotel. It called himself Charlotte Garnett and also wrote that it was Chris Bosh. Nickname given.

As for what, Bosh, I just said a few words about you, so I hurt me like that, and we didn't say that your wife tastes like a donut. We are obviously a civilized person, and we are still very different from the vulgar Garnett , Calling the unsmiling us as Charlotte TD is almost the same.Chen Xiao made a mark for Bosh in his heart, and he will catch up on the past when we meet next time.

Middleton beside him also came over to take a look, "Charlotte KG." Middleton subconsciously read the title on this page, "No problem." Receiving Chen Xiao's attention, Midou coughed lightly and explained Said: "Wrong, it is obviously BIGKG, and it must be from the Timberwolves period. Boston's KG is a bit old."

Of course, if there was a KG template, then Chen Xiao would be disrespectful. The wolf king's mid-range shot, movement, and defense capabilities still make Chen Xiao salivate.

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evening.

Boston's TD Garden arena is brightly lit.

After the meal, the fans of the Celtics filed into the Garden Arena, which witnessed the team's fall to the bottom and ushered in revival, with anticipation.

"Welcome everyone to watch the first contest between the Bobcats and the Celtics this season brought by ESPN. I'm Breen, and Jeff Van Gundy is still explaining with me today. The Bobcats are currently 25 wins and 11 losses Ranked No. 19 in the Eastern Conference, while the Celtics are only at the bottom of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference with 17 wins and [-] losses." Breen reported on the pre-game broadcast.

"Yes, the overall situation of the Celtics this season is not very good." Van Gundy Jr. said, "But recently the Celtics have won 5 consecutive victories and are on a good track. The team will come to the Garden with a contemptuous attitude, even though Ray Allen is gone, but they still have KG, Paul, Rajon, this is still a strong Celtics team."

After all the fans were seated, Chen Xiao and his teammates walked into the stadium from the visiting team's tunnel.

The first thing that catches the eye is the endless green. The rich green covers the entire arena. When you walk to the sidelines, you can see old but shiny floors.

As for the legend of the mechanism on the floor of the Garden Arena, Chen Xiao personally experienced it during the warm-up stage, and he felt that it was not bad.

"Today the home team Celtics still maintain their usual starting lineup this season: point guard Rondo, shooting guard Avery Bradley, small forward Pierce, power forward Bass, center KG.

After the original starting power forward Mullens was injured, the visiting team kept Warrick in the starting frontcourt position. Walker, Henderson in the backcourt, Middleton, Warrick, and Chen in the frontcourt had no new players. The change. "

When explaining and introducing the starting lineup, Chen Xiao came to the center of the court without standing still, moving his body, and then Garnett's familiar tone came: "That's it, keep warming up, kid, and prepare for this game."

Each of these words sounds normal. The 20-year-old Chen Xiao is indeed a child in front of the 36-year-old Garnett, but when the words are combined with Garnett's tone of voice, Chen Xiao feels a little weird.

"OK." Chen Xiao, who respects the old and loves the young, simply responded.

Seeing Chen Xiao's indifference, Garnett couldn't help but reflect on whether he was too elegant. When he was about to say his next greeting, the referee Adams came to his side with the ball.

The two collected their minds, bent their knees and prepared to jump the ball.

"The 36-year-old KG failed to stop Chen Xiao's domination of the jump ball, and the Bobcats had the right to start the game." Seeing that there was no accident in the jump ball, the winner was determined, Brin introduced.

Facing old KG Chen Xiao who successfully took the jump ball, he turned his head to see that Walker had the ball in his hands, then turned and ran forward.

Whether it's Shifo or Wolf King, it doesn't affect Chen Xiao's advance to the low position after jumping to the ball.

"Come on Boy, come."

With Garnett's "teaching" in his left ear and out of his right ear, Chen Xiao advanced to the low position, throwing off Garnett's arm on his body, Chen Xiao kept stepping down from the elbow area.

After pushing Garnett into the paint for a step, Chen Xiao, who felt that he was in a good position, immediately turned his body around, bent his hips and arched to press Garnett.

At this time, Walker, who was facing Rondo, also passed the ball to Middleton, and asked Mi Dou to lob the ball. Mi Dou, who was always paying attention to Chen Xiao, was already raising the ball and preparing to make a tacit pass when the ball arrived.

But Chen Xiao, who turned around, felt nothing behind him. It wasn't Garnett who pushed him up, but Garnett, who was swaying, half-circled in front of him from the outside, lowered his body, and held it with one hand. With an elbow against Chen Xiao, the other hand raised his long arm high, as if if you dare to pass, I will dare to break it.

Seeing this, Middleton had no choice but to continue to hold the ball, waiting for the next step. He didn't dare to expose the pass to KG who was waving his long arms.

After one attempt failed, Chen Xiao was a little disappointed, but after all, he was facing the Wolf King, a defender on the same level as Shi Buddha.

Chen Xiao supported Garnett with his left hand, squeezed Garnett with his left body, and moved back a step.

"Give me the ball!" After shouting for the ball, and seeing that Chen Xiao's position to catch the ball was safe, Middleton also lifted the basketball with confidence. Turn around, ready to see the strength of Chen Xiao, a quasi-rookie All-Star, on the spot.

The right hand successfully grabbed the ball. At this time, Chen Xiao's position was changed from the edge of the paint area to the waist position with a big step outside the paint area. Garnett, who was half-circling behind him, reached forward and tried to steal the ball. He quickly returned to the defensive position behind Chen Xiao.

Seeing that Garnett has finally come to the regular top defense position, Chen Xiao can finally play back with confidence.

After confirming that there is enough space, Chen Xiao took the ball and bent his hips and back to press back, compressing Garnett's arm behind him, and at the same time shortening the distance between the back of the shoulder and Garnett's chest.

Right hand down the ball, at the same time left foot to Garnett's body, the whole body is fully mobilized, aimed at the position, the left back slammed into Garnett's right chest.

"Bang!" Muscles collided with each other, and there was a dull collision sound. In the original video collection, the picture of Chen Xiao fighting back against other centers immediately appeared in Garnett's mind clearly, because at this moment he couldn't help himself after suffering an impact. Take a small step back.

After experiencing the reality, Garnett immediately brought the state he had paid attention to to the extreme and tensed up.

At this time, Chen Xiao's second back beat followed.

"Bang" a more serious collision, Garnett failed to hold on to the front position of the paint area, allowing Chen Xiao to step into the penalty area with one foot.

Two back hits to recover all the distance from the original pull and still make money. Chen Xiao didn't give Garnett the extra time to buffer and adjust his footsteps. The location of the rushing line on the left side of the basket.

Facing Garnett with his upper body upright and his hands stretched forward, Chen Xiao squeezed Garnett away with his shoulders and squeezed out space. He raised his right hand and raised his left hand high to hook the ball to the center of the backboard.

"Boom", Garnett, who raised his hands high under the basket, could only watch the basketball fly to the net after a short distance, blocked by Chen Xiao's elbows and shoulders.

This is not a hook shot near the basket, but a hook shot under the basket.

"SKYHOOK, the skyhook that is only 3 feet away from the basket, this is really an ingenious attack, most people would choose to attack the basket directly when the back is turned into the basket, and Chen Xiao chose the skyhook at the shortest distance, but the shot at the basket On the contrary, the sky hook avoids the risk of being blocked by Garnett who is chasing back, and even KG cannot effectively restrict Chen Xiao's sky hook." Breen praised.

"Yes, the most important thing is that the defenders on the side of the basket are rudely squeezed and pushed, and the biggest problem is to maintain the balance of the body and dial the ball gently. For Chen Xiao, this is exactly His strong point, his hook always gives me a sense of calmness and ease." Van Gundy Jr. did not hesitate to praise, and nodded.

"Do you like this, KG, this is for you." Chen Xiao, who has been responding flatly before, but we didn't open our voice because we haven't had the chance to speak up yet, and Chen Xiao, who has long been unable to hold back the opportunity, greeted after scoring a goal.

However, Chen Xiao didn't need Garnett's response. He glanced at Garnett's dark face and confirmed that Garnett had "read it". Chen Xiao didn't wait for Garnett's reply, and walked back.

Only the offended wolf king was left looking at Chen Xiaoyuan's back viciously.

"Kevin, serve." In the Green Army, Director Long was so "sightless" and directed Garnett, who was next to the ball under the basket, to make a free throw. One side, Bass, was already back and ready to serve.

Bending down to pick up the basketball, Garnett did not pass the ball to Bass, but took a step back and raised his heel to send the ball to Rondo.

That's in stark contrast to someone who can't serve without serving.

Rondo, who has become the official commander of the Green Army this season, came to the front court with the ball. Walker in front of him was like an enemy. Not only was Dunlap's emphatic emphasis in the locker room before the game, but also the experience of last season made Walker The alarm bell rang in my heart, raising the alert state to the highest level.

But this doesn't affect it at all. After pretending to break through, Rondo easily hit the ball into the hands of Bradley who ran out of opportunities.

Chen Xiao, who had just come off the free throw line following Garnett, could only watch Bradley, who jumped up to catch the ball, dunk the ball into the basket with one hand.

The ball was not on the head of Walker, who was highly concentrated, but it was a defensive miss by Henderson.

"Mine, mine." Henderson and his teammates, who missed Bradley, apologized.

But in the Celtics' next round, Walker suffered a heavy blow.

Chen Xiao followed Garnett on the edge of the paint and stood with one hand bent over. Rondo and Pierce, who were holding the ball at the top of the arc, made a pick-and-roll switch. Pierce pushed the replaced Walker to the free throw line and was unable to stop it. Pierce's Walker could only choose to take the risk to go forward, and the next second Rondo faced Middleton's press and calmly hoisted the ball behind Pierce.

Pierce supported Walker with his right hand, turned around smoothly, faced the basket, and caught the ball that fell just right with his right hand.

The moment Pierce received the ball, Pierce was facing the basket, with only the thin Walker beside him. Chen Xiao subconsciously took a step forward, but Garnett followed the trend, and Chen Xiao could only stop and step back to block the ball. A possible lob for Garnett.

Kemba, Kemba, there is nothing we can do, just ask for your blessings.

Soon, Chen Xiao moved back, and Pierce took the ball with his left hand and took a light step forward. He jumped up like a grandpa, ignoring Walker's efforts to reach out, and shot a jumper.

"Shua" the basketball fell steadily into the basket.

"Beautiful, tacit pass, wonderful catch, Paul Pierce's offense will not make you shout, but every move is full of mastery." Breen applauded.

Chen Xiao, who watched Pierce's attack at close range, also felt touched. Although the floor is sluggish, he is steady. With such a trick, he is almost 36 years old this year and can still contribute 18% this season. +6+5.

However, the protagonist is still in control of the ball. After sending out two consecutive assists, he made persistent efforts to break into the inside to find Bass who was in the open space. Stepping on the free throw line with a 4% hit rate, Bass Return Rondo's second pass with a goal.

One for Bradley, one for Pierce, one for Bass, and only Garnett.

"It's just that you didn't receive an assist from Rajon Rondo, Kevin, what do you think?" Chen Xiao, who was holding the ball in the low post, tilted his head while observing the defensive position and said casually to Harder behind him.

"Humph!" Garnett's cold snort sounded, Chen Xiao had already dropped the ball and turned around, but Garnett, who was still maintaining a high degree of concentration, moved quickly to the bottom line. Garnett, who is still very good at the age, succeeded Block Chen Xiao before the bottom line.

Turning around, facing the baseline, after Chen Xiao's right body confronted Garnett's chest in front of him, Chen Xiao put his attention on his left hand to stabilize the ball that was out of control. Fortunately, he just paid attention to other Celtics players. Keeping a distance from the two in the low post, they still trusted Garnett's single defense, which gave Chen Xiao enough time to make adjustments and re-launch the attack.

Chen Xiao switched dribblers on the spot, regained control of the ball with his right hand, faced the basket sideways, and swiped Garnett's left arm away with his left hand. Still a few meters away from him.

When the time was approaching, Chen Xiao leaned his left back shoulder on the wolf king, stepped quickly up the line and stepped into the paint area, supported his left foot, raised his right foot, raised his left hand slightly for protection, and raised his right hand to jump hook.

With a slightly hasty movement, Chen Xiao felt a little out of control at the moment of the shot, and couldn't help but increase the strength of his fingers and wrists a little.

"Kang", Chen Xiao's feet landed on the ground and saw the basketball hit the back basket. He quickly raised his hands high and tried to compete for the offensive rebound with Garnett beside him.

"Shua", the basketball bounced again and fell into the net.

"FxxK, hell." After defending the entire offensive round, Qian Te, who thought he was finally defended, saw the basketball teasing and went into the basket again, cursing.

However, Chen Xiao, who was facing the basket and the basket in the Garden Arena, snickered in his heart, turned around and returned to defense. As for the ball, it must be due to skill. There must be a shot into the net.

But just as Chen Xiao was excitedly calling his teammates back to defend the Celtics' offense, Pierce, who had been silent all along, received a pass from Rondo and made another shot, still a three-pointer. The line has a one-step three-pointer.

Pierce made a three-point shot, raised his shooting hand high, and kept following his eyes. He and Middleton, who also raised his hand after reaching out to defend, watched the three-pointer hit the Nets with a "swish".

"Look, kid, it's that simple." Pierce was in a good mood, left a sentence for Middleton, and walked back to the backcourt with slow steps.

Only Mi Dou, who was a little confused, was played by Rondo and Pierce, the tacitly coordinated outside combination.

After half a quarter, Chen Xiao returned to the bench to rest with not heavy steps but tired. At this time, the score of 14:8 on the scoreboard was very conspicuous, and naturally the home team Celtics were in front.

"Look at Chen Xiao's expression, haha. Although his expression hasn't changed much, I can see the helplessness in his heart. He was the only one in the Bobcats team to score in the half quarter. He succeeded in singles twice and scored twice. The teammate was blocked by KG and succeeded in the second attack, and he and KG were inseparable for half a quarter." Breen talked with a smile.

Chen Xiao, who returned to the bench, looked up at the data of key figures displayed on the screen above him. Rondo had already scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in half a quarter. This is for a triple-double in a quarter.

Gu Gulong’s opponent, Charlotte Volute, has heaving chest and looks like he is not sweating profusely, but his eyes seem to have lost his vitality. Walker was playing miserably.

Chen Xiao moved his buttocks and sat next to Walker. He just wanted to open his mouth to encourage Walker, but he didn't know what to say.

Come on, call back! ?It doesn't feel very good, and Rondo is not easy to play.

It's okay, keep working hard.It doesn't feel right, continue to work hard to give Rondo points?

Just when the staff brought a sports drink, Chen Xiao reached out and took two bottles, and handed Walker a bottle, without saying anything, everything was in the water.

Finish your drink and continue on your way.

No, keep playing.

(End of this chapter)