professional shooting guard

Chapter 139
After the opening, Crowder was in good form. He scored 6 points and led the Celtics to a 13-6 lead.

76ers coach Brown quickly called a timeout. He needed to stabilize the situation and at the same time solve Zhang Zifeng's offensive problem.

Zhang Zifeng walked off the stage, took the staff's towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

No wonder people always say that the NCAA is the purest basketball, and the NBA is commercial basketball.

In the NCAA, although some people will use small moves, most players are clean and fair efforts to compete for victory.

But in the NBA, fuck it.In order to limit the opponent, they really did everything they could, and there were so many small moves.

After a layup, someone secretly elbowed him.

For a shot, the defensive player even pulls and pulls to make you uncomfortable.

No wonder those famous stars often suffer from various injuries. In this cruel competition, the weak will prey on the strong, and no one will pity you and sympathize with you.All they want to do is knock you down.

And to survive here, all you can do is grit your teeth, swallow the blood in your mouth, and keep fighting.

Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng and said, "How about it, are you used to confrontation in the NBA?"

Zhang Zifeng looked at his coach and said firmly, "I will get used to it, I promise you!"

Brown nodded and said, "Very well, I like your attitude. Noel, Sampson, I need you two to help Zhang Zifeng block defenders and create opportunities for him. Also, Covington is your turn to play." .I want you to give me a hard time with that bastard Smart, and I want you to tell them that our 76ers are not easy to mess with!"

Covington was stunned for a moment, but soon he understood, nodded and said, "Okay, coach. I know what to do!"

After returning from the timeout, Zhang Zifeng received the ball at the top of the arc.

Smart jumped up, "Hey man. You better stop or I don't mind giving you a hard time!"

"No one can intimidate me, I will definitely beat you tonight!" Zhang Zifeng looked at Smart coldly, and then signaled his teammates to come over and cover with his eyes.

Zhang Zifeng moved to the right with the ball, and when Smart was about to keep up, his body was blocked by Sampson.

With the help of Sampson's cover, Zhang Zifeng threw Smart away.

When David Lee was about to run out to cover the defense, Noel was already in his path ahead of time.

David Lee had to yell, "Taylor back up!"

But at this time, Zhang Zifeng has completely opened up the space and jumped up to shoot.

"Shh!"

The basketball crashes into the net cleanly.

Seeing the ball scored, Zhang Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief, and finally scored.

This is my first goal in an official NBA game, a three-pointer!

Zhang Zifeng clenched his fist to cheer himself up.With the first ball, will the second ball be far behind?
When running back, Zhang Zifeng clapped hands with Noel and Sampson, thanking them for their help.

The Celtics counterattacked quickly, and Bradley quickly advanced to the frontcourt and immediately handed the ball to Smart.

Smart beckoned to Zeller, and Zeller immediately ran to the high position.

With the help of the cover, Smart got rid of the marked Zhang Zifeng and went inside to kill, just as he was about to jump up and dunk.

Suddenly Covington came over from one side, and slapped Smart down with a big palm.

Smart's whole body was like a bird with broken wings and hit the floor heavily, and the sound of Smart's butt hitting the floor was clearly heard in the ears of the surrounding audience.

Many viewers saw their butt tightening, "How painful this must be, what an unlucky guy!"

Covington pretended to want Rasmart, but actually whispered in his ear, "If you dare to do something wrong to my buddy, next time you won't be as lucky as you are now!"

The Celtics players reacted, Bradley and Crowder rushed over and pushed Covington away. "You bastard!"

Celtics coach Brad Stevens yelled at the referee angrily, "That's a flagrant foul, you should kick that butcher off. That's a flagrant foul, you have to throw that bastard off the field, He was hurting people on purpose!"

The referee yelled, "I will give the penalty, now you immediately go back to where you should be standing!"

Pushing Stevens back to the bench, the referee blew his whistle and gave Covington a technical foul.

Two free throws and one throw.

Hearing the penalty, Covington raised his right hand high, indicating that he accepted the penalty.

60. The NBA in the [-]s was still in the prehistoric era of lack of rules and brutal actions.

At that time, there was such a type of people in the NBA team. They might sit on the bench all day doing nothing, and most of them would sleep on the bench until the end of the game.

But if you think they are managers of drinking fountains, you are wrong. They have a high status in the team and can be called the boss of the team.

When a conflict occurs on the court, this type of person will rush to the court to protect their stars and not suffer.

There is a very cool title for this kind of people: NBA stadium bodyguards.

One of the most famous is Kermit Washington, who punched former Rockets coach Tomjanovich out of his brains.

Washington was the autocratic bodyguard of "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

On December 1977, 12, the Lakers played against the Rockets at home.In the third quarter, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was plotted against by the opponent's Kevin Kunat when he was grabbing a rebound. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was so angry, immediately fought with Kunat near the midfield.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Washington immediately rushed into the field to protect the "boss".Just as he was fighting Kunat, he saw a red shadow running towards him out of the corner of his eye.

That person was the Rockets star player Tomjanovich, and he just wanted to break the fight.

But Washington thought he was here to fight, so he turned around and punched Tomjanovich in the face.

Tomjanovich was suddenly hit hard, flew straight out, fell hard on the floor and passed out, and then the floor began to ooze blood.

Tomjanovich was in a coma for two hours. When he woke up on the emergency table, he was still curious: "Doctor, why is there some salty liquid in my mouth?"

Doctors told him "you're tasting your own brains".

Because of this punch, Tomjanovich's skull was dislocated by an inch, he underwent five plastic surgeries, and his lacrimal gland was directly removed.

Mjanovic was able to return to the court after five months of plastic surgery and recuperation.Later, because of this serious injury, he retired early.

By the 90s, the style of bodyguards prevailed.Especially the team that is expected to win the championship has such a No. [-] person.

Back then, Jordan's breakthrough was too sharp, and the opponent could only put him on the ground with a ruthless hand to show deterrence.Especially when encountering the Pistons' gang of bad boys, they often received their "special attention".

In the era of pursuing iron-blooded defense, Jordan still dared to attack the inside without fear, just because he had Oakley as a bodyguard.

Everyone in the NBA knew in those years that anyone who dared to plot against Jordan would just wait for Oakley's iron elbow!

In addition to protecting their own team members, these bodyguards deter each other.Sometimes I will do some exchange work.

In the 1997 semifinals, the Knicks led the Heat 3-1, in excellent form.

At the end of the fifth game, the Heat's PJ Brown deliberately provoked a fight, and the Knicks generals rushed to beat Brown.In this way, the Heat only exchanged Brown for the suspension of all five Knicks. In the end, the Knicks were eliminated 3-4.

In the 2007 season semifinals, in the fourth game of the playoffs between the Suns and the Spurs, Horry made a malicious foul and knocked Nash over in the Spurs' lost game.Stoudemire and Diaw were irritated and rushed onto the court.

In this way, the Spurs exchanged a substitute player for the suspension of two generals of the Suns. In the end, the Suns were eliminated 2-4.

Although after entering the 21st century, the rules of the league and the judgment scale of referees are not conducive to excessive physical contact in the game, some teams still retain some "villains" to deter opponents and players who can come in handy in special times.

For example, Barnes of the Clippers, Green of the Warriors, etc.

Under the care of Covington, Smart's butt hurt to death, which affected his touch, and he missed both free throws.

The Celtics continued to have the ball. Bradley succeeded in singles against Cannan and made a layup.

Retreating to the half court, when Smart was marking Zhang Zifeng, he habitually wanted to use small moves.

But when he subconsciously saw Covington on the side looking at him coldly, Smart didn't dare to mess around.

Smart didn't dare to play tricks, Zhang Zifeng succeeded in two singles, and Noel also scored 4 points in a row.

After that, the two sides scored two offenses each, Noel made two layups, and the Celtics trailed 21-26 at the end of the first quarter.

Zhang Zifeng scored 10 points in a single quarter.

(End of this chapter)