The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 276 275. "Blue Devil" Su Jiu (5.3K words for monthly ticket)

February 5.

With the eager anticipation of the fans, the second game of the Magic VS Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals will also officially start today.

It wasn't just the Orlando Arena that sold out long before the game, thanks to the kind of visual feast both teams contributed to in Game [-].

Even the reporters who came to the scene to shoot were equally overwhelmed, and even all the vacancies in the entire scene were basically occupied by media personnel.

Even the staff who were looking for opportunities to wipe the floor on the sidelines had to find a corner and sit down obediently.

Before the start of the game, Magic fans in the entire Orlando Arena were still uniformly dressed in blue shirts.

This also caused the players to feel as if they were in a blue ocean after entering the arena.

Coupled with the passionate and crazy shouts from the home fans, there is really a suffocating fear from the ocean waves in the Orlando Arena at this moment.

Before the start of the game, the players of the two teams were also warming up for shooting in their respective halfs, but at the moment the big screen on the scene was for the watching players off the field.

It can be clearly seen from the big screen at the scene that many stars and big names came to the Orlando Arena in this game.

In addition to the NBA stars who missed the playoffs early on, there are also many real estate tycoons from the entertainment industry and various industries.

Among them, the players found just based on the big screen on the scene are Chris Paul of the Hornets, Chris Boss of the Raptors, Crawford of the Warriors, and Yi Jianlian, who is also from China.

And among these four people, Crawford and Yi Jianlian both wore the uniforms issued by the Magic before the game.

Looking at this appearance, he is clearly cheering for the Magic.

On the other hand, Jamal Crawford has a good relationship with Iverson, and the two often exchange some dribbling skills with each other off the court.

Although at first it was due to Crawford's support for Iverson, but later these two like-minded stabbing players also became good friends off the court.

However, while the big screen at the scene continued to take pictures of the crowd, the atmosphere of the whole scene suddenly burst into very violent cheers.

Following the eyes of all the fans at the scene, the figure projected on the big screen at the moment is Katy Perry!

For fans who have watched NBA games for a long time, some gossip rumors about Su Jiu and Katy Perry outside the arena are basically known to everyone.

It's just different from the love affairs of other NBA stars. Once the love affairs of other stars are announced, it has been proved that there must be some relationship between the two.

However, Katy Perry and Su Jiu only had a relatively close relationship with each other on the Internet, but in fact there was no further development.

So this feeling of being covered with a veil of mystery also caused many media to deliberately follow up on Su Jiu.

But unfortunately, after two months passed, the paparazzi who were in charge of gossiping with Su Jiu still found nothing.

Because Su Jiu practiced in the arena every day besides the game.

After finally getting the rest time, Su Jiu and Courtney Lee would drink and brag in the room, without any news to capture.

So after wasting two months of resources tracking Su Jiu, even the paparazzi gave up on Su Jiu.

It can be said that if Su Jiu hadn't been a rookie star who is attracting much attention in the NBA, then Su Jiu would have been blacklisted by the paparazzi long ago.

Because in the eyes of the media, this kind of person is simply a loser...

As the game is about to start, the two sides also announced the starting lineup for the game.

Magic:

Su Jiu, Iverson, Pietrus, Amir Johnson, and Howard.

Celtic:

Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Garnett, and Perkins.

In this game, the two sides still continued their employment in this round of the series.

For the Magic, in fact, Stan Van Gundy does not do particularly frequent lineup changes.

So except in some pre-prepared series, the Magic rarely make a change to the main lineup.

After all, whenever the main lineup changes, it means that the tacit understanding between each other will decline.

And this has caused the strong teams in the league to not make too large adjustments to the lineup unless they have to.

Compared with the Magic, the Celtics' starting lineup in this game is completely expected.

After all, the Celtics have always started with these players this season. Except for injuries, the Celtics have never made any adjustments to the lineup.

At this moment, before the start of the game, the fans at the scene were already in a state of excitement.

Because according to the big screen at the scene, although the game is far from starting yet, the players from both sides seem to have sparked friction on the field.

Not only did they not hug each other, but they even looked at each other with a murderous look in their eyes.

The most conspicuous ones are Rondo and Su Jiu. The game has not yet started, but the two have been communicating verbally on the court.

Judging from each other's expressions, these exchanges are obviously not good words.

After the start of the game, in the jump ball stage of the midfield, the ball was still taken by the Magic first.

After all, even if Perkins has a restraining effect on Howard in the penalty area, Perkins can be said to be completely at a disadvantage in the jump ball stage at the beginning of the game.

If nothing else, then in this round of the series, the Celtics may find it difficult to enjoy the first attack from the first quarter.

After the opening, Su Jiu also held the ball steadily through the halftime. After the baptism of the previous game, Su Jiu is now gradually beginning to adapt to this intense game intensity.

And after holding the ball for halftime, Su Jiu also discovered that the Celtics took the lead in defending the second and third defenses as soon as the game opened.

It seems that in the last game, Su Jiu and Iverson's alternate breakthroughs also made Rivers feel some trouble.

So as soon as the game started, Rivers arranged for the team to defend the zone defense that he was least willing to arrange.

The purpose is naturally to control the Magic's individual scoring in the penalty area. After all, in the last match between the two teams, most of the Magic's points came from the impact on the basket from within the three-point line.

As for the shooting efficiency outside the three-point line, it has fallen into a rather embarrassing situation.

Throughout the last game, except for Lewis who was quite accurate on the perimeter, the personal shooting percentages of the others on the Magic team were at a relatively poor stage.

In particular, Courtney Lee and Su Jiu, two players who made nearly 40% of their three-pointers in the regular season, missed together.

Therefore, Rivers' defensive routine for the Magic in this game is to defend the inside line, forcing the Magic to end at a farther position.

The defensive intensity of the two sides on the field was instantly raised throughout the first quarter, and because the Celtics focused on defending the penalty area, this also led to the Magic having to complete more shots at the mid-range and beyond the three-point line.

However, due to Amir Johnson's starting game, the Magic's offensive end options can be said to be very few.

Especially when Howard has been targeted in the penalty area, the only ones who can finally finish with the ball are Su Jiu and Iverson.

However, under the zone defense tactics of the Celtics focusing on shrinking the penalty area and taking a step outside the three-point line to shoot, Iverson's offensive ability can be said to be directly discounted.

Although Allen Iverson also has the ability to shoot from beyond the three-point line, for Iverson, breakthroughs and mid-range shooting are the foundation of his ability to kill all sides in this league.

So when he tried two consecutive three-pointers from the outside and missed, Iverson frowned unconsciously.

Even if this situation is not enough to interfere with Iverson's persistent confidence in the offensive end, but it has been unable to help the team open the situation on the offensive end for a long time, this bad result is also making Iverson more and more pressure.

However, while the Magic suffered from some troubles on the offensive end throughout the first quarter, Su Jiu, who was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, stood up resolutely.

Facing the Celtics' obviously rogue shrinking defense, Su Jiu relied on the pick-and-roll, and the Celtics were lax about beyond the three-point line, and began to frequently fire at the top of the arc.

After all, in this long season, Su Jiu has also drawn a lot of experience card characters who have made great achievements beyond the three-point line.

Among them, there are many top shooters in the league such as Klay Thompson and JR Smith.

In addition to the three-point badge currently worn on his body, this also added a lot of confidence to Su Jiu's shooting outside the three-point line.

Although the threat from outside the three-point line is not Su Jiu's most powerful offensive method.

Because compared to shooting from outside the three-point line, Su Jiu's impact on the basket and points after breaking through are the most important means for him to truly gain a foothold in the league without relying on the system.

However, when the team is facing breakthrough troubles on the offensive end, Su Jiu will definitely not be too indecisive when shooting beyond the three-point range.

So while the Celtics' defense was shrinking more and more inside, Su Jiu also seized the opportunity very well and frequently killed outside the three-point line.

Facing Su Jiu's violent attack from beyond the three-point line, especially when Su Jiu hit two three-pointers in a row, this also made Celtics coach Rivers unconsciously start to panic.

But when Rivers looked up at the score of the game where the team in front of him was temporarily leading, he still didn't make changes to the defensive formation in the first place.

As one of the few champion coaches in the league, although Rivers has always been discussed by people in terms of employment, Lao Li has always had his own persistence in terms of tactical literacy.

It was because the Celtics' defense shrunk too loosely to the inside, which caused Su Jiu to frequently cause damage outside the three-point line.

However, compared to Su Jiu opening up the situation from the outside alone, Rivers still wanted to limit the performance of other players, so he let Su Jiu shoot endlessly from outside the three-point line.

Because Rivers didn't believe that with Su Jiu alone, he could surrender to the Celtics with his life.

Or it can be said that Rivers wants to get other players into trouble as much as possible, compared to the single-core explosion of the starting player Zhong Sujiu.

After all, compared with individual heroism, team basketball is often the most troublesome existence.

And the old Rivers has a deep understanding of this, because they happened to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers with a total score of 4:2 in last year's finals.

Even though Kobe averaged 26.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists in that round of the series.

But under the concerted defense of the Celtics, Kobe Bryant still had to defeat Boston in the end.

And the reason why the Los Angeles Lakers were able to achieve the best record in the league this season.

This is also inseparable from Kobe's offensive transformation this season.

You know, Kobe Bryant this season has achieved his highest assist conversion rate in recent seasons.

So when he saw that Su Jiu was in a hot state outside the three-point line, Rivers still didn't let the team make defensive changes immediately.

Instead, they chose to ask Rondo to put more defensive pressure on Su Jiu as much as possible, while other formations kept the same defensive strategy.

In the next few minutes, the Celtics still maintained their defensive strategy of mainly defending the inside.

It can be said that without lineup rotation, the Celtics' lineup advantage is definitely higher than that of the Magic.

After all, it can be said that each of the Big Four performs their own duties, plus a center with a meat shield dedicated to defending Warcraft Howard.

This is also the fact that the Celtics, which can gather superstars, do not have much trouble with the distribution of ball rights.

So if you really set your mind to use the main lineup to fight each other, then the Magic will definitely be at a disadvantage.

Although the team also has Allen Iverson and Warcraft Howard on the lineup, these two names sound like enough bluffing superstars.

However, the current actual situation is that one of these two players lacks enthusiasm, and the other is a late hero. Therefore, while both of them have suffered some attacks from each other, Su Jiu has to act as the X factor to stand up and carry the banner of the team's offense.

As for the team's ability to defeat the Celtics in the last game, there are definitely some strategic reasons for the on-the-spot change. It can be said that they caught the Celtics by surprise.

In the end, under the fierce tactical battle between the two sides, after the end of the first quarter, the Celtics in the away game played with:

23:20

Leading the Magic by three points, it ended the contest between the two sides in the first quarter.

Throughout the first quarter, due to the obvious tactical contraction of the Celtics, the offensive efficiency of Howard and Iverson began to decline visible to the naked eye.

Among them, while Howard only scored 2 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter, Iverson, another main scorer in the team, only scored 4 points in a single quarter.

It can be said that the Celtics' shrinking defense has caused a lot of offensive troubles for the Magic. After all, compared to the Celtics, who have a more iron-blooded defense and more experience, the Magic are indeed still not ready.

But it was at the same time that Iverson and Howard only contributed 6 points in the first quarter.

However, the team was still able to trail the Celtics by only 3 points after the first quarter. The biggest credit for this must come from the "Blue Devil" Su Jiu, who is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf.

苏久在整个首节可谓是打满了整整12分钟，其中个人在进攻端7投4中，三分线外6中4，罚球1中0，在打出过一次三加一的同时，最终贡献出了一份12分2篮板1助攻以及1次抢断的数据。

Among them, 12 points in a single quarter not only set a new high for Su Jiu in a single quarter in the playoffs, but also set a new high for all rookies in this year's playoffs.

It can be said that after the end of the first quarter, the Magic were still able to struggle with the Celtics, and Su Jiu's role in this is absolutely indispensable.

The title of "Blue Devil" was exactly the nickname given to Su Jiu by Orlando fans at the very beginning.

However, as more and more fans named Su Jiu as "Blue Devil" on the Internet, this title gradually spread.

It wasn't until the end when Su Jiu himself recognized the title with a smile that the title of "Blue Devil" spread throughout the streets and alleys of Orlando.

As for the origin of the title "Blue Devil", there are currently two versions circulating in the outside world.

The first version is because Su Jiu, who is wearing a blue jersey, often turns into a devil on the field to plunder.

Among them, 19 assists in a single game and a series of explosive performances in his rookie season are the origin of the title "Blue Devils".

As for the second version, it was because Su Jiu's playing style on the court was too unstable.

Because it is very likely that Su Jiu scored 35 points in the last game, but in the next game he scored 2 points, 15 rebounds and 3 assists.

In the next game, he scored another 3 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.

This is also why Su Jiu's performance throughout the season can be said to have been deeply discussed by fans.

After all, Su Jiu's performance and style of play in every game is really against common sense.

So this is why many online fans often say to Su Jiu after the game:

"Su, you are a devil!!"

Finally, when Su Jiu plays on the field, no matter whether it is home or away, the jersey has a somewhat blue style.

So in the end, the title "Blue Devil" was born under the appeal of some fans.

But the two versions currently rumored by the outside world can be said to have a nose and eyes, and they are talking about hype.

So the reason for the title "Blue Devil" has long since become irrelevant.

Because at present, the outside fans are deeply aware that with Su Jiu's performance this season and all kinds of hard reports off the field, the future of this son can definitely be called a promising future...

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