NBA villain

Chapter 574 The North Shore
The Celtics are the giants of the league, and the championship banner they won is hung above the entire arena.

But in recent years, the Celtics have been tepid. From the departure of Antoine Walker to the failure of the combination of Ricky Davis and Paul Pierce, the Celtics have been looking for a partner to become the top team. Competitive lineup, which is why Iverson has been rumored with the Celtics during the offseason.

It was Angie who was interested in Iverson, it was the intention of both parties, and it was not without evidence. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, Iverson never came to the Celtics, and finally went to Denver unexpectedly-Nuggets team, a small ball market, a result that no one could have imagined.

The Celtics also had Szczerbiak and others injured, and the lineup was not particularly complete.

The Celtics had a record of 10 wins and 13 losses before, and they could rank 9th in the Eastern Conference, which is not too bad, and they only came close to entering the playoffs.

The Warriors have achieved a record of 20 wins and 6 losses, ranking first in the league.

The other team with a 20-6 record is the San Antonio Spurs.

Afterwards, both the Phoenix Suns and the Dallas Mavericks gradually made efforts after a bad start. The Suns had 18 wins and 6 losses, the Mavericks had 19 wins and 7 losses, and then the Eastern Pistons had 16 wins and 8 losses. Among the teams, there are 5 teams from the West.

The West is strong and the East is weak, and the gap between the top teams in the West and the bottom teams is more obvious.

Before in the East, when he was in the Miami Heat, Yang Di often played against these Eastern teams, but in the past two years in the West, this kind of opportunity has become very rare, just like the Celtics, a At the end of the season, they only played twice, and some western teams in the same division had to play four times.

Yang Di's attendance rate has almost reached [-]% in the past few seasons, and Boston has come to Boston many times.

He likes this city and this arena very much. He has heard of the Celtics since he was a child watching games.

However, in North Shore Garden these years, his approval rate is not high, and he is usually booed by the audience. People here are xenophobic and don't like him.

He snorted and shook his head nonchalantly.

Before the start of the game, the starting lineups of both sides were released.

For the Warriors, positions 1 to 5 are Derek Fisher, Ray Allen, Danny Granger, Yang Di and Tyson Chandler.

The Celtics correspond to Telfair, Tony Allen, Paul Pierce, Ryan Gomez, and Al Jefferson.

The overall height of the Celtics lineup is relatively short, especially the two players inside.

Gomez actually plays a lot of small forwards. He is only 2 meters tall, but his weight is not bad, a full 01 pounds. He can be regarded as a heavyweight forward, so he has a relatively stable center of gravity, good strength, and is good at positioning.

Al Jefferson was a player selected by the Celtics in 04. He was cultivated slowly in the first two seasons. This summer, Al Jefferson had a devil-style special training. After returning, he not only became stronger In the circle, various skills have also made great progress, successfully squeezed out all competitors, and became the Celtics' starting inside player.

Jefferson's jumping ability is average, and Tyson Chandler's jumping ball is completely uncompetitive.

Fisher received the ball and advanced, and the Warriors made the first wave of offense.

Yang Di turned his head to look, probably due to the influence of the weather, even if the league's No. [-] Warriors came to visit, the attendance rate in the North Shore Garden Arena was not high today.

The front row was full, and the individual passenger seats above were obviously sparse.

Fisher raised his arm command, Ray - Allen began to run.

Yang Di and Chandler stood on the bottom line. Ray Allen ran from the right to the left, and faked away Tony Allen who was defending him. Tony Allen bumped into Chandler. body.

The 24-year-old Tony Allen is also a player in the 04 class. This is his third season. - Rivers hopes that he can develop more offensive methods. He needs Tony Allen to play the role of shooting guard and share the offensive pressure for Paul Pierce.

At the level of Tony Allen, Rivers is not going to let him enter the starting lineup, but now the Celtics have no one available, so they have to rush the ducks to the shelves and let Allen be the starting lineup. After so many games at the beginning of the season, the effect Not too bad.

Only this time, Tony Allen exposed his immature side again, failing to catch up with Ray Allen, who was running without the ball, allowing Ray Allen to get a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

Ray Allen hit his first shot in front of Telfair who was defending.

"Shh!"

Hollow into the net, the sound is very crisp.

Hey, not bad, Ray Allen was in a very happy mood, and he scored the first goal, probably indicating that today will be a hearty game.

Celtics attack.

Gomez catches the ball high up and immediately passes it to Paul Pierce on the wing.

Paul Pierce dribbled the ball slowly, held the ball in his right hand, shook his shoulders, shook his head, and changed his body to break through to the left. His height of 2 meters suddenly dropped his center of gravity very low.

Over the past year, Danny Granger has played against all kinds of scoring players, and his defensive ability has made great progress. Facing Paul Pierce's breakthrough action, he was unmoved.

In an instant, Pierce stepped out with his right foot, turned his body in the opposite direction, and switched to the right side to break through.

"Fortunately, I didn't move the first time!" Danny Granger was glad that his prediction was correct, and he followed Pierce into it.

Pierce was not in a hurry, and slowly pushed Danny Granger inside.

The Warriors didn't double-team, so he suddenly paused and stood on the spot with the ball in his hands.

Granger took off to block the block, Pierce waited for him to jump up, and fell back with a time lag. Granger fell under gravity, but Pierce did the opposite and largely avoided the defense.

Granger had nothing to do with the ball being shot easily.

"Shh!"

It is also a hollow heart.

2 to 3, the Celtics are 1 point behind.

Yang Di was amazed at the sight. In the past two seasons, Pierce's offensive rhythm has become better and better. I remember that when he first entered the league, Pierce was mainly known for his exaggerated step-backs. Now he has played rhythm. The defensive players can only be played and applauded by him.

But Yang Di knew that he didn't need to use this kind of attack for the time being, because his attack was more concise and effective.

Just like some players in the league who like to make strong shots, there is no need to make more offensive moves, they can score against the defense.

Outside the North Shore Plaza Garden Arena, the cold wind was raging, and the night was getting darker.

(End of this chapter)