NBA: The best team doctor in history

Chapter 72 72: Just go after Garnett and make your iron-blooded jump shot!
"Wow, is every point guard named Steve so spiritual?"

Jiang Ming also stood up and applauded excitedly. He was not surprised that Oden could dunk like this. He thought that Blake was quite talented.

No one in the Rockets passed the ball to Yao Ming like this before. If the Rockets had a good point guard, Yao Ming's statistics would probably increase a lot.

But the Celtics' Big Three are still scary.

After Oden's dunk at the beginning, the Celtics were not panicked at all and played their tactics slowly. Leon Powe and Garnett made cross-runs in the interior, seemingly intending to play in the interior, but actually providing an off-ball screen for Ray Allen.

Rondo, who had been dribbling for a long time at the top arc, made an assist on his first pass. Ray Allen ran frantically to the corner to receive the ball. James Jones was blocked by Garnett and could only watch Ray Allen make a silky three-pointer!
"This is a traditional strong team, they play so freely!"

The commentator also exclaimed.

However, the Trail Blazers played really well in the first quarter. When Jiang Ming felt that they would be nervous, Roy and Ade were not afraid of the Celtics' tight defense at all.

Because they are faster than the opponent, and youth is youth, Roy actually has a great advantage against Pierce, forcing Celtics head coach Rivers to use Tony Allen to curb Roy's hot hand.

Aldridge showed off his mid-range shooting skills in front of Garnett. He lived up to his reputation as the new generation of inside mid-range shooter. Garnett was okay in assisting defense, but he was beaten away by Aldridge in a few moves in single defense. It seemed that he did not have the dominance he had in previous years with the Timberwolves.

Oden was used purely as a blue-collar rebounder after a few balls were passed to him at the beginning of the game, and he was replaced after playing for only 4 minutes because of a foul and a single play in which Garnett cut the ball.

23:23 tie!

So the Celtics changed their formation in the second quarter. Leon Powe was not heavy enough to play center, so Rivers directly let the heavily-weighted rookie Davis guard the inside.

The Trail Blazers continued to send Oden.

As soon as Davis came on the court, he stared at Oden (inset) and even sprayed trash talk:
"Hey, number one? Is this your ability?"

Then Oden was really annoyed by the criticism, and he tried to force a shot, but Big Baby was too big and his body was too wide, so Oden couldn't move him after several attempts, and he forced a hook shot, but missed!

Instead, the Celtics counterattacked strongly. Pierce grabbed the rebound and accelerated to pass the ball to Rondo. As a supernova guard, Rondo faced Channing Frye's defense and made a fake pass to completely deceive Channing Frye, and then made a simple layup.

"Pull the tube!"

"Rondo!"

The narrator shouted in a long voice.

As the Celtics were fully motivated, McMillan called a timeout.

"It's a mess! It's so messy!"

If we continue to fight like this, we will definitely lose.

The assistant coach also pulled Oden over for a lecture, and Jiang Ming also stood up and tried his best to applaud the Trail Blazers, even though the whole place was filled with cheers for the Celtics.

As a fan, he can see that Oden can use his body against tall and thin guys like Garnett, but why should he use force against a fat guy like Big Baby?

Just like when Yao Ming played against O'Neal, there was no need to use his body to hit every ball. Wouldn't it be enough to just shoot him to death?
Why bother going to the battlefield to fight this 131 kg fat guy?
The assistant coach did say this to Oden, that they should learn from each other's strengths and make up for their weaknesses. Oden's jumping, explosiveness, shooting, and speed are all better than Davis', so why should he compete against someone who is best at what he does?

You need skills to beat him!
It can be seen that Oden, who has not played for a long time, is indeed not calm. Jiang Ming pretended to check Oden's knee and apply ice to it, but actually said:
"Calm down, use your tactics to pull him out and fight him. You can't stand a push on the knee from this fat guy if you back him up."

Oden couldn't help but smile when he saw Jiang Ming coming to give him instructions. He was already used to listening to Jiang Ming. He drank some water and said:
"Yes, Doctor Jiang, you are right. I will take my time."

"Yes, use your advantage, go ahead!"

Oden's agent was so happy that he was silly. He handed Jiang Ming a bag of popcorn and said, "I think he has calmed down now. You are like a human ice pack. The patients will get cold when they see you."

Pause back.

The Trail Blazers' first attack was still the most classic pick-and-roll between Aldridge and Roy. Roy dribbled through the defense to shake off Ray Allen and made a long jump shot to stabilize the morale of the team!

Huang Mamba’s mid-range shot is still stable!
"This is why the Trail Blazers are still in the playoffs in the wild West. The pick-and-roll between two mid-range shooting experts is impossible to defend!"

Jiang Ming frowned, for he discovered that once Roy got "anxious", that is, when he used his signature move to hit hard, his knee would jump up and down, and it looked like he was really injured.

He wanted to talk to him when he first saw him a month ago, but because he was always in the office and the infirmary and had no time to go to the stadium and the training hall, he couldn't see Roy on non-game days, and naturally he couldn't talk to him privately.

Then I forgot about it. After all, Roy has no injuries so far and has scored 20+ points in every game.
After the game, he always went to Jensen's medical room for treatment. Every time he applied ice and did some stretching exercises. Being young and strong, no one thought he would have any hidden dangers of injury.

But now when Jiang Ming saw Roy's signature pull-up shot again, he still felt that this jumping method was too un-ergonomic.

I have to say that Roy is indeed the absolute soul of the Trail Blazers now. After his two consecutive cold-blooded jump shots, the Trail Blazers suddenly stabilized.

The main reason was that Oden himself regained his position on the defensive end. After the coaching staff believed in him and let him continue on the court, he started with defense, first blocking Davis's sure-shot layup.

He then stole Rondo's lob pass.

These two goals were all caused by the big baby. He is short and fat and his speed is horrifyingly slow when playing center. It can be seen that the Celtics want to train him to be like Eddy Curry, but unfortunately he is fatter and slower. His layup speed is slow. He doesn't want to take a step in advance to block the position when receiving the pass, but waits for the ball. Originally, Rondo's pass was just right. The big baby only needs to push forward against Oden and raise his left hand to catch the ball and layup.

But this is the NBA! Oden, a top talent, naturally wouldn't let you wait for the ball obediently, so he jumped high and intercepted it! After intercepting it, he threw it directly to James Jones.

He immediately turned around to participate in the transition attack, and his running speed was no less than that of the forward.

Garnett, who is also quite fast, was originally guarding the inside on the defensive end. However, when he found Oden rushing towards him like a beast, he did not intend to commit an off-ball foul, but instead gave up his position.

This gave way to trouble. The Trail Blazers' baby-faced shooter James Jones missed the three-pointer when he had the ball. Oden was in a very good position to block the ball under the basket because he was let in by Garnett.

Garnett, who was said to be able to touch the top of the backboard, didn't even jump as he watched Oden grab the rebound at an extremely fast speed. When he jumped again, Garnett directly fouled Oden.

But Oden's absolute strength is too strong. Even when he was fouled, Oden still forced himself to jump up and hit the ball off the backboard and into the basket!

2+1!

"Good shot, brother!" Ade and Oden next to them roared passionately and bumped their chests.

Roy even rushed over from the outside and high-fived Oden:
"Just hit it like that, bro! strong!"

James Jones:
"Good job! Get hard!"

"Oden showed off his No. 1 talent in this round!"

James Jones, who was standing by, helped Oden to talk trash to Big Baby Davis who had just returned to defense:

"That's why he's the No. 1 pick and you're the second round pick!"

"FXXK!"

Garnett slammed the ball on the ground and tried to argue with the referee that he had not committed a foul. It seemed that the veteran referee Crawford was used to Garnett's tough talk and ignored him completely, directly signaling Oden to take one free throw.

Jiang Ming saw this scene clearly and thought that Garnett was not that tough. He thought Garnett should be quite fierce judging from his ferocious appearance.

But today it seems that the bonus of wearing the Celtics jersey makes everyone think he is very strong???

And it does.

After Oden made the free throw, Pierce directly asked Garnett to call out Oden. The superstar had to respond on the court. Pike made a high pass to Garnett who was in the inside position.

Oden didn't let Aldridge defend him, he just went straight forward. If it weren't for Garnett's amazing wingspan, the ball would have been almost blocked out of bounds by Oden.

Then something happened that made Jiang Ming drop his jaw even more.

Normally, there would be some confrontation in the inside singles, but Garnett retreated while playing and took a step outside after receiving the ball, and then directly shot a fade away jump shot.

Oden jumped high, and this uncontested jump shot would give the defender space to jump and block the shot.

It's just that Garnett's physique is a natural for playing basketball. In this kind of talent showdown, he was able to raise the arc and successfully throw the ball near the basket, but the ball spun around and didn't go in.

"Oden completely blocked his vision, and it still affected his shot."

Aldridge grabbed the rebound and Roy broke into the basket and scored on a fast break!
"This is the pioneer without injuries! The storm of youth!"

Pierce came back and continued to pass the ball to Garnett who didn't return to defense. This time Garnett still didn't go in. Although he resisted, he still turned around and made a big jump shot.
Jiang Ming was stunned.

and many more,

How come Harden only knows how to make the big jump shot now?

Where is the wolf king who dunked every ball in the top ten plays during his student days?
Where have you gone? ? ?
This is too soft!
Although he scored the ball with his All-Star touch, he stumbled when landing and was seen by the sharp-eyed Jiang Ming.

What's wrong? Are your knees weak?
"Hey! KG, the muscles in your knee joint are sore, weak, and tender!"

Take a closer look at Garnett's step frequency and leg muscle movement frequency when he returns to defense. There is a problem, definitely a problem!
So during the halftime break, Jiang Ming also went to the locker room to ask the team analyst for the game video of the first quarter, and then compared it with Garnett's step frequency and walking posture in the second quarter.

OK, stable!
It turns out that it is not good for an inside player to enter the league early. In Jiang Ming's opinion, Garnett has degenerative knee osteoarthritis. No wonder he made a crazy and iron-blooded jump shot in the second quarter. It's because his knees can't use their strength!

Thinking of this, he went straight to Nate McMillan:

"Coach, Garnett's knee is probably not doing well. Keep an eye on him in the second half. He will be getting more and more unable to jump."

McMillan, who was already a little worried about breaking through the Celtics' iron bucket defense, quickly said loudly to all the players in the locker room:
"Everyone heard what Dr. Jiang said, Kevin Garnett can't jump anymore, let's go after Garnett in the second half!!! Let the Celtics feel the pain!"

Oden was already annoyed by Garnett's shooting, and now he got excited again:
"No problem! Let him take the jump shot! I'll kill him!"

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