Healing Basketball

Chapter 197. 197. Opponents Who Can't Turn Enemies into Friends

"I got 8 points too."

When Pierce heard this, he saw Liu Xiu, who had tilted her neck and raised her head after landing, and walked up cursing...

Both the fast-down and the retreating players stopped them.

Although Liu Xiu didn't move, his teammates still stopped him.

On Pierce's side, Atkins retreated and hugged Pierce and said, "Boss, calm down, have you forgotten about him smoking Garnett?"

Pierce yelled, "What's the point of beating Garnett?"

Having said that, Pierce calmed down.

He thought he was grumpy enough, but he didn't realize that someone could be that grumpy until he heard the real circumstances of Garnett's situation.

Such a big official event really dragged an All-Star starter to the bathroom and broke a belt.

But calm down, I still have to say something harsh: "I can hit Garnett with one hand!"

Quite a few people have heard these words, and some fans on the sidelines have heard Pierce roaring these two sentences...

The referee was relieved to see that Pierce didn't do anything, and gave Pierce a warning.

As for the rookie... don't say, more than half a season has passed, and most of the referees have called off Liu Xiu's game, so I am really not afraid of Liu Xiu taking the initiative to beat someone.

In fact, most of the referees didn't even see Liu Xiu being violent.

But I'm really afraid that someone will run to find him.

There was almost a conflict, but this time the referee was an old referee with more than ten years of whistle-blowing experience. He had experienced the bad boy army at the end of the period, and he just warned Pierce and it was over.

The conflict was resolved, and Celtics coach John Carroll called a timeout!

比分来到8比14，才打了3分52秒，凯尔特人队落后6分了！

John Carroll reassured Pierce, then traded Ricky Davis for Vilchenko and Jumaine Jones for Walter McCarty.

On the other hand, Liu Xiu provoked his opponent again, and everyone was used to it.

What's more, the opponent is Pierce's famous temper.

Randolph made a small profit of $200, and opened a bank before the game, with a maximum buy of $100, betting whether Pierce would be healed by their warden, 1 for 2.

The Blazers did not rotate.

After the timeout, Liu Xiu looked at Ricky Davis' player detection report again.

“里基-戴维斯，24岁，198公分，90公斤，SF/PG，能力评价83……2003-2004赛季凯尔特人队阶段场均14.4分4.2板3助攻……投篮命中率48.3%……”

The most eye-catching is the hit rate.

When Liu Xiu saw the Celtics scouting report yesterday, he had a question mark in his head—why is the efficiency so high?

When the Cavaliers met Ricky Davis before, this guy's shooting percentage was similar to that of James, and both would exceed [-]%.

He deliberately checked Ricky Davis' past performance, wanting to see if the lower shooting percentage of a ball-handling star was caused by a certain old-looking high school student.

The result is really not.

Ricky Davis only shot 41% of his shots last season as the core. With James sharing the ball, his efficiency has actually improved.

Going back to the 01-02 season, when Ricky Davis almost won the sixth man of the year, his efficiency was also extremely high. At that time, the Cavaliers were dominated by Andre Miller.

Look at the return of Ricky Davis' efficiency to the Celtics this season with the current better ball-handler Pierce.

Liu Xiu concluded that Ricky Davis is not suitable to be the first core.

However, from the expression on Ricky Davis, it can be seen that the 23-year-old rising star who averaged 20.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game was treated after being sold by the Cavaliers at a low price. Such a blow.

When he was in the Cavaliers before, there was a sparkle in his eyes, but now it is gone.

……

Back from the timeout, the Celtics attack.

Atkins advances to the frontcourt and passes the ball to Ricky Davis.

Ricky Davis catches and drives...much sharper than Pierce!
Encountered supplementary defense, Ricky Davis made a pass behind, and Pierce followed up with the ball and scored two points.

In less than half a quarter, Pierce scored 10 points!

When it came time for the Trail Blazers to attack, Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt. It was obvious that the opponent's defensive position was more targeted-it could better pinch him to score.

If you rush in, you will be flanked, so Liu Xiu chose to break through!
Randolph chiseled a few rounds, and it was his turn.

Liu Xiu was pinched on the right side of the three-second zone and scored the ball to the left baseline.

When it came to the Celtics' offense, the Blazers' defense against Pierce was tighter.

This time the ball was in Chris Mihm's hands, and Mihm's free-throw line jumper was short.

Immediately after the Trail Blazers, Liu Xiu's singles emergency stop jump shot was ironed, and it was the Celtics' turn to attack again. This time, Pierce stopped passing after receiving the ball, and then cut to three seconds after receiving a pass from Ricky Davis. Close range on the left side of the area, and shot towards McDyess...

McDyess here, Pierce dodged, but he couldn't avoid the outlaws who were chasing up!

The outlaw fanatic threw Pierce's lever to the backboard with a palm.

Ruben Patterson rushed in to grab the ball, passed it to Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu pushed to counterattack!

During the push, Liu Xiu gave the ball to Randolph who was about to play.

Randolph received the ball from the free throw line on the left side of the three-second zone, skillfully advanced with the ball, and attracted the defense... Liu Xiu scored the ball!

Liu Xiu cut in around the right side, caught the ball and made a layup!

This rookie can control the rhythm!Not taking assists as the first goal, there was that high school student with explosive physical fitness in the middle, still thinking about double insurance to follow up from the right side, and it worked...Although Pierce doesn't like Liu Xiu, he admits Liu Xiu for this ball Well played.

But immediately, Pierce felt that the rookie had only one characteristic of being annoying.

He saw the rookie holding his handsome face up, smiling with his eyes closed, and clenched his fist towards him.

The meaning is obvious - I also scored 10 points!

Pierce immediately became angry and shouted at his teammates: "Didn't you see someone cut in from there? Keep an eye on that rookie!"

Originally, this season was not going well. I was not happy to meet a new star like Liu Xiu who was proud of his career at the beginning of his career. Pierce, unlocked again!

In the rest of the first quarter, even after the official timeout came back, Pierce took his shot as the first goal, and even ignored his teammates at one point and wanted to play.

Fall into the trap of the Trail Blazers!
The Trail Blazers were extremely defensive, and the others didn't have to worry about it, just stare at Pierce alone.

On the outside line, the outlaws will stick to the defense, assist in the mid-range defense, and pinch at close range.

Pierce, who scored 10 points in the first half of the first quarter, only scored 5 points in the second half.

Under Pierce's style of play, the Celtics only scored 21 points in the first quarter!
He made 14 of 6 shots alone, and the rest of the Celtics only made 7 of 2 shots!
After the first quarter, the Celtics trailed the Trail Blazers by 21 points 30-9!
……

With 15 points in a single quarter, Pierce scored the second highest score in a single quarter this season. When he was playing against the Cavaliers before, he made 8 of 6 shots in the first quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. Got 18 points.

15 points in a single quarter seemed impressive, but after entering the intermission, Pierce was dumbfounded when he saw the results of his entire quarter on the big screen...

He made 15 of 6 shots, made 4% of his field goals, missed two three-pointers, and made 3 of 15 free throws. In this way, he scored [-] points, how bad the efficiency is!

Moreover, because of him, their team basically has no team offense, and teammates' shots are really catch-up shots.

This led to the fact that the team, which was not very good at the beginning, basically had no sense of touch. Two goals, one was a rushing score, the other was a counter-attack dunk, and the two points scored by his teammates from free throws were still Ricky David. Si received the ball and broke through and caused a foul and scored two points.

On the other hand, the rookie on the opposite side made 10 of 5 shots in the first quarter, including 2 of 1 three-pointers and 4 of 3 free throws, scoring 14 points.

Which rookie has a better chance?

No, Pierce knew that the opponent's scoring conditions were not very good, because he kept yelling for his teammates to defend and pinch the rookie.

Now, seeing that rookie scored 14 points, while the opponent team scored 30 points in a single quarter, he remembered that the rookie sent a lot of good passes through their flanking and supplementary defense.

But looking at the rookie's data on the big screen.

Played 12 minutes in a single quarter, 14 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

Pierce remembered that Liu Xiu had passed a lot of balls. After being flanked more severely, almost every ball was launched from this rookie...but there were only two assists.

This shows that this rookie pass is not aimed at getting assists at all!

Pierce suddenly remembered that before he was completely irritated by this rookie, the opponent's counterattack pass was not aimed at getting an assist, and he was not the first point of contact, but a backup point...

Thinking about it again, the opponent's ability is actually not that outstanding.

Compare that to other talented rookies he's encountered.

It's hard to compare with James.

Compared with Anthony, Pierce feels that the rookie on the opposite side has far less scoring means.

Even compared with Wade and Hinrich, the opposite rookie's scoring methods are not comparable.

Pierce imagined it for a while...

He never underestimated the rookie on the other side from the very beginning... No, it was Liu Xiu!

Before, Pierce would only call Liu Xiu a "rookie" in his heart, but now, the name in his heart has changed.

Before the game, he believed that Liu Xiu was only at the level of Wade and Hinrich, and definitely not as good as Anthony.

Looking at it now, that's not the case.

Putting any one of Anthony, Wade, and Hinrich in Liu Xiu's position, Pierce can guarantee that none of these people can do better than Liu Xiu!

Some things are born and cannot be learned.

At this moment, Pierce really recognized Liu Xiu, and really hated this rookie—why, he is also a genius, why this guy has such a good life, and has such great teammates from the beginning?
(End of this chapter)