NBA big yellow bird

Chapter 130 Three-game losing streak at home

Zhu Wan went back and thought about Larry Bird's words for a while. He actually understood Larry Bird's meaning.

Judging from the history he knows, the Celtics are indeed not a place where they can stay for a long time.

Especially after the death of "Cardinal", in front of the shrewd and cold-blooded Angie, there is no one who cannot be traded. From the "Big Three" to Thomas Jr., none of them died in the Celtics... Once the value drops, the management of this team and the fans of this city will give up on you without hesitation!
What they really like and are loyal to is the giant Celtics!
Otherwise, how could Zhu Wan's "Bible" have such a big reaction?
You know, this is the most racist city in America.

Maybe it's about reviving the rich and powerful, allowing them to temporarily let go of their prejudices...

But if you want them to cheer for you forever, then you have to keep winning. Once you can't lead the team to continue winning, then I'm sorry... who are you!

Many fans say that Angie is a cold-blooded general manager.

But in fact, after you understand it, you will find that it is this city that is cold-blooded!

Well, isn't that the case for all wealthy families?
Especially this kind of ancient wealthy family!
It's not that Zhu Wan doesn't know about this matter, it's just because the rookie contract has just started, so he can ignore this matter, and at the age of 20, he hasn't reached the time to worry about such things!
Besides, he already has plans.

LeBron James has a lot of things to criticize, but now he is the same as him, as a player, Zhu Wan still appreciates him for one thing, that is, after his rookie season, he will always take the initiative in his own hands...

Nothing happened overnight. The next day, the Celtics challenged the Pacers in an away game. Zhu Wan watched from the sidelines.

The Pacers slowly opened up the score during the whole process of suppression, and finally took the victory of the game with a 17-point difference.

Dwyane Wade played poorly, making only 17 of 5 shots and making 4 turnovers.

The nightmare of being ruled by Baron Davis is repeated tonight.

What can be done?

Juwan didn't play tonight, so Artest focused on him. As the best defender with the ball in this period, Artest's iron wall cannot be broken by "young gills"!
Wade almost cried after the game...

Artest happily accepted the interview on the sidelines: "In fact, I didn't take this game seriously!"

This made Wade so angry that he glanced at Oakley next to him: "Brother, why don't we do another vote? Just like helping Juwan last time, you lock him up for me, and I'll hit him like a sandbag!"

Is this still serious?

How dare you say it!
very angry.

But the next day, Wade found someone to vent to.

In the game against the Rockets, with Zhu Wan's comeback and the "Old Cat" Mobley facing him, Dwyane Wade found himself all at once, scoring 34.5 points and 23 assists in 5 minutes of playing time.

Suppressing Mobley was very embarrassing, and the latter only scored 9 points and 3 rebounds.

But it's okay, tomorrow Mobley can bully the Magic's rookie Bogans this year.

NBA, that’s how it is, if someone beats you today, you’ll beat someone else tomorrow!
Except for those invincible guys in the same position, everyone else has to go through all kinds of hardships, which is normal!
Zhu Wan only scored 16 points in this game, and his shooting percentage was only 45.5%. It’s not how much pressure was placed on him by the matchup. The third position of the Rockets was Jimmy Jackson.

Juwan’s poor performance today was mainly because he was trying to incorporate some of what Larry Bird taught him into the game, which caused him some struggles, but these pains should be experienced by him. Only in this way can he better learn Larry Bird’s "off-the-ball support".

And even though he didn't perform well, the Celtics still won.

Wade's play is one aspect.

On the other hand, the Celtics' inside twin towers together scored "34 points and 22 rebounds", completely blowing up the Rockets' inside line. Although the Rockets without Dayao traded Drew Gooden, the latter is obviously not a "cornerstone" inside player like Dayao. How can they support the Rockets' inside line?

With "two blossoms" in one mile and one outside, the Celtics finally won by 15 points.

According to their original plan, the "three-game losing streak" was avoided!
It's just that the Celtics who returned home failed to seize the opportunity to start the winning streak. They lost to the Philadelphia 76ers who came from afar, and they completed their revenge.

Allen Iverson, who was restricted by the Celtics' collective defense in the last game, felt hot from the beginning of this game. He scored all kinds of goals that should be scored or should not be scored!
Well, it's normal. After all, he is a "scoring champion" player. Once he finds his feeling on a certain night, his destructive power is destined to be even higher. Tonight is the night when Allen Iverson found his feeling.

He scored 46 points and once again helped the 76ers win 92-84 at home to the Celtics with a "lonely hero" performance...

Zhu Wan was full of praise for him after the game: "This is Allen Iverson. If it weren't for him, it would be hard to believe that there would be such a small man who could achieve such success in the NBA!"

Allen Iverson's official height is 183, but since Juwan touched Allen Iverson twice, he can be sure that this guy is very dishonest about his height.

It is estimated to be another big book!
Ben Wallace: You, how can you defile people's innocence out of thin air!
His real height is probably not even 180cm.

Such a guy can actually play such a performance in the NBA. Witnessing it with his own eyes, Zhu Wan really has to sigh.

abnormal!
The next question from a reporter made Juwan amused: "Man, have you noticed that the Celtics' winning percentage at home has been a bit low recently..."

Zhu Wan thought about it carefully, not to mention that it was true, half a month had passed since the new year, and the Celtics hadn't won at home.

On the contrary, it was an away game, and it has only lost one game now.

It was the loss to the Pacers...

This is somewhat of a "home worm, away dragon" meaning!
"Maybe it's because the boos at the away game are louder than the cheers at home!"

It means that Boston fans are not enthusiastic enough.

Of course, Zhu Wan's words were just a joke.

Since the new year, after all, we have only played seven or eight games, and there are only 2 games at home. Just because we lost all of them, so you say you are a "home bug, away dragon"?
This book is actually too small!

But what Juwan didn't expect was that Boston fans took his joke seriously. The Celtics will play at home in the next two games. In these two games, when Juwan and his team of home team players played before the game, there were huge cheers from the sidelines immediately, and they were all at a level that almost knocked the roof off!

The enthusiastic cheers stunned Zhu Wan.

He didn't expect that Boston fans would take his casual joke seriously.

Although I don't know if it's a rivalry with him, or because I value his words...

It is said that the fans in New York are difficult to serve, but compared with the fans of the two giants in Los Angeles and Boston, they are even more energetic than them!

That's really rarely the case.

But this also shows from the side how anxious these guys are waiting for another championship!

Well, well, it's almost 18 years after all!

The next door won another "three consecutive championships", and it is normal to be anxious...

However, although their cheers were louder, the Celtics still suffered a two-game losing streak at home. In addition to these two consecutive losses, the Celtics lost all three home games!
The loss to the Philadelphia 76ers was due to the outbreak of Allen Iverson, and part of the reason for losing the next two games was due to the strength of the opponent. The Mavericks and the Nets are currently the top three teams in the east and west. The strength on paper is stronger than the Celtics!

But more because the Celtics lineup was targeted!
As Juwan and Wade broke through their "rookie wall" one after another, if they want to target the Celtics, they must start with their lineup. During this period of time, the coaching staff of each team also began to study their lineups. This is why the Celtics have won more and lost less during this period.

However, as more and more games were played and more and more samples were played, each team began to try to target them one after another.

There are restrictions starting from the No. [-] position, but Atkins is just a "dribbling guard". He basically doesn't touch the ball after half court. On the offensive end, there is no restriction at all. On the defensive end, with Tyson Chandler and Chris Anderson's supplementary defense, the benefits of single-playing Atkins are not very great, so this restriction method has not achieved very good results;

There are also restrictions on the linkage between Wade and Juwan, but both of them have the ability to distribute the ball to others, especially Juwan's passing routes are too many, and it can't be completely cut off by relying on the defensive formation. The effect is not as good as restricting Atkins;

Until recently, the teams discovered that Tyson Chandler and Anderson were both "pie-eating" players, and they basically couldn't play when they left the penalty area. Taking advantage of this defect, the teams began to stick to the basket, regardless of their movements. This greatly affected the breakthrough of Juwan and Wade.

Especially in the two home games they lost recently, this phenomenon is even more obvious!

The Nets even played a "pocket formation". Wade plunged in and couldn't get out again.

Although O'Brien deliberately increased LaFrentz's playing time, the problem is that once there is one less defensive point inside, Atkins' loopholes will expand infinitely.

In addition, Zhu Wan's weakness of slow pace in the third position will be infinitely magnified!

This is the main reason for the Celtics' loss in these two games!
Also in the game against the Nets, Bill Walton pointedly pointed out: "The Celtics' starting lineup needs an inside player who can defend and shoot!"

"Otherwise, their days ahead will be even more difficult!"

In fact, there is another way, that is to add another projection point on the outside.

In this way, the opponent's outside line will not dare to shrink so far. As long as Wade is given a chance to break through, he will definitely be able to attract the inside players who have been stationary on the opposite side.

It’s just that the Celtics have a fixed number [-] and [-] on the perimeter, so adding a shooting point to the perimeter would require the No. [-] position. However, these days, there aren’t many No. [-] positions that can shoot… and they are basically the mainstay of each team, so it’s hard to change.

However, for Zhu Wan, the most important thing right now is not how to improve the problems in the lineup. To be honest, this is a problem that the general manager should care about.

As the leader of the Celtics, the most important thing he should do before the general manager makes up for the lack of lineup is to put pressure on the team... Haha, just kidding, the most important thing to do is to get the team back on the right track ahead of schedule.

So he went to Seattle with the team, and before the away game against the Sonics, Juwan found O'Brien: "Coach, I have some ideas for tomorrow's game!"

O'Brien was anxious about tomorrow's game. Seeing that Juwan was so confident, he was overjoyed at the time. Now he really trusts Juwan [-]%: "Tell me, how do you want me to cooperate!"

Zhu Wan only said four words: "Small lineup!"

After saying this, O'Brien immediately reacted, and took a look at the lineup of the Seattle SuperSonics: "It's doable!"

After discussing here, during the team training the next day, O'Brien also directly adjusted the lineup: "Listen, for tonight's game, Ricky Davis will be in the starting lineup..."

When Wade heard this, he was slightly taken aback, but thinking about it, his breakthrough was severely restricted these days, and his mid-range and long-range shots were unstable. In the case of the team's three-game losing streak, it seemed that the starting lineup should indeed be replaced, and Ricky Davis, who can shoot and burst, should be the starting second position.

Fine!

Who made us have shortcomings!
We admit it!
"Congratulations, man!"

Wade graciously congratulated Ricky Davis.

And Ricky Davis was a little confused.

This happiness came a bit too suddenly, right?

Unexpectedly, Wade was already prepared, but O'Brien said: "Chris, you will play the fifth position as a substitute in this game!"

"what?"

Now it was Anderson's turn to be confused.

Isn't Ricky Davis in the starting lineup?

Why did you replace me?

I'm not number two!
I will play the fifth position as a substitute, so who will play the starting four?
There was such a doubt in his heart.

It's not just him who has this doubt, other people also have this doubt.

But anyway, they are all professional players, and they quickly realized that Zhu Wan's height seems to be able to play the fourth position. He is a genuine 2 meters!
"Zhu Wan, it's okay for you to move to the fourth position in this game!"

O'Brien's next words also confirmed their conjecture, as expected, Zhu Wan was put in the fourth position.

"no problem!"

Zhu Wan is full of confidence. This is the way he thought of, so there is no problem.

But after all, Chris Anderson was put on the bench. His relationship with Chris Anderson was not bad, and this guy was in his own expansion period, so it was hard to guarantee that the relationship between the two parties would not deteriorate.That's why he didn't suggest to O'Brien in front of everyone.

In fact, judging from Juwan's observation, even with the arrangement O'Brien mentioned, Chris Anderson was not very happy, and his face was gloomy for a long time.

Fortunately, this is just an extraordinary period and extraordinary means, and he will not be allowed to sit on the bench all the time, so Zhu Wan is not worried that he will have too many negative emotions.

Ricky Davis has been with the Celtics for almost two months. During these two months, he has been the sixth man of the team and has been training with the starters, so the speed of running-in is still very fast. In just an hour, he kept up with the offensive and defensive transition rhythm of the starters.

It’s worth mentioning that Ricky Davis is really easy to use, much better than Zhu Wan thought at first, and I don’t know if it’s because he was given up by the Cavaliers. Now he doesn’t pay much attention to data. He has never had such absurd behavior of swiping data, and more importantly, he knows how to cooperate with the team.

From this point of view, it is a good thing for him to be suddenly given up by the Cavaliers...

At least let him grow a lot in the right direction...

But what Zhu Wan didn't expect was that Chris Anderson's reaction to the fact that he was sitting on the bench in the next game was very strong, and even became more and more aggressive. He had a gloomy face at first, and went to find O'Brien at noon. He said bluntly: "The team lost three consecutive games, it can't be because of me!"

After losing his temper, he even called his agent directly and asked him to discuss with Anji and trade him away as soon as possible...

Zhu Wan really didn't expect Chris Anderson to have such a temper now just because he was temporarily sitting on the bench and made such a fuss!
This really has to go through shzy's transformation!
In order not to affect everyone's preparations for the upcoming game, Zhu Wan asked Oakley to appease him, but what he didn't expect was that this guy didn't even give Oakley face, and even made Oakley very angry.

"This kid is going to die!" Oakley whispered to Zhu Wan angrily, "He can't recognize his position anymore! Something will happen sooner or later!"

Zhu Wan didn't know if Oakley's last four words were angry words, but he really hit the mark.

In another year or two, Chris Anderson will be suspended for taking illegal drugs.

Originally, Zhu Wan wondered why this guy with such a passion on the court couldn't think of challenging David Stern!

Looking at him now, Zhu Wan is not surprised at all. With this mentality, it is normal to challenge David Stern's authority...

But what Zhu Wan didn't expect was that not long after Anderson's trouble, O'Brien asked Chris Anderson to pack up his things and go back to Boston in front of everyone.

"fxxk!"

Chris Anderson yelled and left.

O'Brien also ignored him, but patted Juwan on the shoulder and confided in him a little: Dude, what I told you before is coming!
　Today, my father-in-law and mother-in-law have guests. After a busy day, that’s all for today, but I still remember the number of words owed. Today’s 2 plus the 6 from the day before yesterday, plus the [-] that will be added before, I will slowly make up for everyone.The time of Chinese New Year is really busy, I really can't tell when something will happen, and I can't just not entertain my relatives, I'm really sorry, I will definitely make up for my brothers! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)