From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 65 Summer League Ends
The halftime time passed quickly, and the second half came quickly.

Just after returning from the second half, the Lakers focused on Zubac, which is simple and effective, which is to take advantage of Zubac's size advantage.

Zubac received a pass from Kuzma outside the three-second zone, dribbled with his back, turned around and hooked the ball directly into the ball.

Celtics 51: 42 Lakers.

In the first round, the Lakers closed the gap again.

In the second half, there were also new changes for the Celtics. In order to give full play to the advantages of Jianghu, Laraniajia set up singles tactics for Jianghu.

Only one Jianghu is reserved on the left side, and the remaining four players are all pulled to the basket or on the right side, giving Jianghu sufficient space for singles.

This is Kobe and Jordan's favorite way of singles, and it is also the favorite way of most superstars.

The Lakers don't believe in evil, but they still have to come over and double-team resolutely. Jianghu didn't fight hard, but passed to Jackson at the top of the arc. Jackson moved to Nader at a 45° angle, and Nader threw it to Jaylen on the bottom line. Brown, Brown hit a three-pointer and punished the Lakers for their defense.

Celtics 54: 42 Lakers.

Looking back, Jianghu let go of Hart who was facing him on the offensive end, but chose to return to the basket to help defend.

Kuzma's mid-range throw was rejected by Jianghu's big hat.

The ball was blocked when the basketball was close to the highest point, and it was suspected of interfering with the ball, but if the referee didn't make a penalty, then it didn't.

When Kuzma was still showing his hands to the referee to interfere with the ball, the world has already begun to go down.

In a five-on-four opportunity, Jackson charged with the ball and passed it to Brown. Brown smashed the ball to the backboard.

Celtics 56: 42 Lakers.

"Another reverse C-shaped dunk. Jianghu's performance today is too good. Among all the top picks in the 21st century, he is the only one who played a dominant role in the summer league and felt like he was the only one."

Looking back, the Lakers attacked, and Kuzma, who was a little dissatisfied with the penalty in the previous round, shot a three-pointer as if angry.

The [-]-pointer came so close to the rim, but unfortunately it just took a bath in it and then flew out.

Jianghu got another rebound, which was his 7th rebound.

After getting the rebound, he quickly dribbled the ball and ran wildly.

The Lakers' defense line was all pulled by him, and both Kuzma and Hart were staring at Jianghu closely.

When they came outside the three-point line, Jiang Hu made an emergency stop and raised his hands high. Both Kuzma and Hart rushed over nervously. Going to the right corner, Brown rushed there and reached out just in time to catch the basketball.

Undefended, Jaylen Brown made another decisive three-pointer.

"Shu~"

Three points hit again. 59:42.

In the first half, Brown was quite dissatisfied with only 9 points from the desperate pinch. Fortunately, he created opportunities for him as soon as he came up in the second half. He scored 6 points in a row and his personal score reached 15 points.

The Lakers attacked, and the person holding the ball became Hart. Facing Jianghu's defense, Hart couldn't make a breakthrough. He chose to call Zubac's pick-and-roll at the top of the left arc.

This time Ojelai also learned to be smart. Instead of managing Zubac, he chose to double-team Hart with Jiang Hu.

Hart is not a point guard. His ability to hold the ball is already very difficult, and Ojeleye's double-teaming made it even worse. The ball was intercepted by Jianghu on the spot.

Jianghu gave the ball to Brown, motioned him to throw it forward with his hand, and went to the front court to catch the ball himself.

Jaylen understood Jianghu's hint and threw the ball forward with a high throw.

Jiang Hu was empty-handed and frantically accelerated.

His speed with the ball is already the fastest in the game, let alone empty-handed?He lowered his head and accelerated, and when he crossed the center line and started to look up, there was no one around him.

When he came to the free throw line, Jianghu received a pass from Jaylen Brown and took a step across the free throw line with the ball. He took off directly, resting his left hand on the back of his head, and dunked with his right hand with the battle axe.

"Boom."

The Jianghu dunk was successful, and the Celtics and Jianghu fans cheered wildly...

"wowoooo..."

"ohhhh..."

Lakers fans were on the verge of turning their backs, too, with some joining the crowd celebrating the super-exciting dunk.

"It's unbelievable that the world has reproduced Karl Malone's classic movements, and his movements are more difficult and more enjoyable!!"

"The trapeze from the east is soaring above the NBA arena!!"

The dunk action used by Jianghu was originally Karl Malone's classic action, ear-expanding dunk.

Karl Malone's original action was to put his left hand behind his ear and dunk with his right hand, meaning to listen to the cheers of the audience.

James and Griffin and Garnett have also imitated this move, but they put their hands behind their heads.

The difference between Jianghu and them is that Jianghu puts his left hand behind his head, and his right hand is a tomahawk movement, which means that he needs to smash the ball into the basket after his body crosses the basket, which is a level more difficult .

To complete this action, sufficient acceleration and excellent bounce are essential. Just now he came to the frontcourt empty-handed to catch the ball, and his speed and bounce were fully released, so he thought of this action temporarily.

This is a slam dunk action that can also get full marks in the slam dunk contest, but it appears on the stage of the summer league. How can it not make people crazy? ?

The score came to 61:42, and the Celtics had an absolute advantage on the scene.

After Jianghu dunked this dunk, he came to the bottom line on the right side to celebrate to his heart's content.

The Lakers were anxious to chase points, and immediately played and pushed the fast break...

The person holding the ball is Kuzma, and his mind is only chasing points at the moment. He didn't find it strange to see that the Celtics had only four players back in the frontcourt.

When he was dribbling and accelerating, the ball in his hand suddenly disappeared, and then it rolled into the hands of Demetri Jackson.

But he soon knew what was going on.

It turned out that after he dribbled the ball, Jianghu sneaked up from behind and stabbed the ball in the back, which made him lose control of the basketball.

After getting the ball, Dmitry Jackson saw Jianghu rushing to the frontcourt, and immediately made another long pass.

This is Jackson's best pass to Jianghu in this game. Jianghu felt very comfortable when he received the ball from beyond the three-point line.

For basketball games, the comfort of catching the ball can have a certain bonus to the shooting feel.

Jianghu finally got comfortable with catching the ball in Jackson's hands, and he had no other idea but to throw it directly.

Even if he hit zero in the frontcourt, he didn't bother to go to the basket.

The decisive shot from the three-point line gave him a good return.

"Shu~"

"Jianghu counterattacked and made a three-pointer. At the beginning of the second half, he led the team to a 13-2 super offensive climax."

"The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 64 to 42. Only 4 minutes into the second half, they had an absolute lead of 22 points."

The Lakers requested a timeout.

They still desperately hope to overtake the score and do not want to lose to the Celtics.

However, in a basketball game, morale, an invisible and inexplicable thing, is too critical.

As the saying goes, once and again, again and again, and three and exhausted.

After returning from the timeout, the Lakers ran a complicated multiple-screen tactic, which finally created a good three-point opportunity for Kuzma.

However, Kuzma didn't grasp it, and the basketball came out of the basket disobediently again.

The body movements of the Lakers players became visibly frustrated after this ball.

In turn, the Celtics continued to attack.

Jaylen Brown, against Caruso's defense, forcibly hit a three-pointer.

67:42, this is a three-pointer that broke the Lakers' fighting spirit.

Since this ball, the Lakers have never been able to set off a decent counterattack...

Two minutes later, Jianghu, who scored 2 points, 45 rebounds and 9 assists, took the initiative to foul and asked to end.

At the end of the game, the Boston Celtics defeated their arch-rival Los Angeles Lakers 105-89.

In addition to Jianghu's 45 points, Jaylen Brown also scored 26 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. The Celtics' twin stars almost dominated the game.

For the Lakers, Kuzma made 26 of 9 shots and scored a team-high 23 points and 11 rebounds.

Among the rest, Caruso played the best. He contributed two steals again in the second half and made two three-pointers. He scored 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 6 steals in the game. data.

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A day later, Jianghu participated in the game between the Boston Celtics and the Portland Trail Blazers.

In this game, he only played 16 minutes in the first half. After scoring 11 points on 7 of 19 shots, he never played again.

In the second half of the game, he sat on the bench and took the best position to sit on the sidelines and watch the game.

After the game, Jianghu received a call from Angie: "You can come back, the summer league is not very meaningful for you to exercise, just call here."

Two days later.

The NBA official website issued an announcement that the Celtics will sign a four-year guaranteed contract with undrafted Alex Caruso, of which the first three years are fully guaranteed and the fourth year is a team option.

Caruso, who signed a four-year $4 million basic salary contract with the Celtics, found Jaylen Brown with a bottle of Screaming Eagle Cabernet Sauvignon worth $597.

"Thank you, Jaylen, thank you for your righteous words and giving me a stable job."

Caruso's demeanor is very sincere. After losing the draft, he played in the Development League for a year, and he feels incredible that he can sign a four-year contract with an NBA team.

"You don't need to thank me, thank you sir."

Jaylen Brown shook his head and said with a smile.

"Sir, who is the officer??"

"Is it Coach Brad?"

Caruso didn't know what happened to the Celtics recently. He thought that the Celtics had recently started militarized management, and the coaches were called officers...

"The player who beat our Lakers last game is my boss." Jaylen Brown shook his head with a sigh.

"I'm a man of promise."

"Unfortunately, I lost the bet with him."

"Jiang?" Caruso asked suspiciously.

It turned out to be him, he suggested to the Celtics management to give me a contract?
Why did he help me, isn't he an aggressive, trash-talking villain...

Lonzo was so angry that he smashed the wardrobe in the locker room, why would he fight for my contract...

He likes to spray people so much, will he spray me during training in the future...

If he sprays me, should I spray back?
Also, why did Jay call him the officer, isn't he younger than Jay...

Too many questions hovered in Caruso's mind.

Let Jianghu form a mysterious figure in Caruso's mind...

"But you don't have to thank him, take the wine back." Jaylen Brown handed the red wine back to Caruso and continued.

"I'm sure he won't take it either."

"Since he asked the management to sign you, it is also for the overall strength of the team."

"I know him, he's a guy with big ambitions..."

(End of this chapter)