basketball god

Chapter 140 The Celtics with Good Vision
At 4:13 pm on April 03, the Grizzlies entered the North Shore Garden Arena under the leadership of Nelson.

After the interview, the two teams made final pre-match adjustments, and then the whistle sounded, and the starting players of both sides appeared on the field one after another.

The Celtics sent in, point guard: Delonti West, shooting guard: Wally Szczerbiak, small forward: Pierce, power forward: Kendrick Perkins, center: Reeve LaFrentz.

This time, Nelson was less routine and more sincere, and put on a regular starting lineup, Yang Zhan + Jones + Battier + White + Gasol.

The game officially started, Gasol succeeded in jumping the ball, and the Grizzlies got the first chance to attack.

The moment Yang Zhan received the ball, he started to speed up. This was a decision made by the coaching staff before the game based on the Celtics lineup.

Yang Zhan, who advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, directly lobbed it to Gasol, who was walking inside, and the latter made a layup directly after receiving the ball.

Conversely, the Celtics' offensive rhythm was much slower. After all the players were in position, West passed to Pierce who wanted the ball from a high position.

Pierce hit Battier with his back after catching the ball.hit.

After receiving White's serve, Yang Zhan immediately played a fast-break counterattack, and Yang Zhan passed it to Eddie Jones who was the first to take the lead at the 45° corner on the left.

It's a pity that the latter hesitated for a moment, and then was caught up by Szczerbiak who had no chance to make a phone call, and at this time Yang Zhan was standing at the top of the arc.

While West was not paying attention, he immediately cut to the inside, and Jones saw the last lob to Yang Zhan under the basket.

After receiving the ball, Yang Zhan knew that West behind him had been following, but he still used his height advantage to make a strong layup.

West saw that Yang Zhan had already jumped and did not reach out again. In turn, West did not pass to Pierce who asked for the ball in the high position on the left.

Instead, he hit one by himself, and after he couldn't use the rhythm to pass the defender, he took a step inside the three-point line to face Yang Zhan's mid-range shot.

Yang Zhan really defended the ball on his face, even if he jumped a little higher, he could catch it, but God took care of him and the basketball still hit the net.

When it was the Grizzlies' turn to attack, Yang Zhan hit West directly with his back. The strength of the two was equal, and then Yang Zhan found a rhythm and turned back.

brush!Come in too!

West held the ball to the frontcourt, and Yang Zhan was a bit competitive with him. This time he held the ball again for singles.

At this time, Yang Zhan, who was on the defensive, intentionally exposed a small flaw. Sure enough, West took the bait and made a breakthrough to snatch half of Yang Zhan's position in front of him.

After entering the inside line, he leaned on Yang Zhan and took off for a layup, but before the ball went out, Yang Zhan firmly pressed it down with his long arms.

After landing, West's center of gravity was unstable and fell to the ground. Yang Zhan, who picked up the ball, immediately launched a counterattack.

Dribbling the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt, Yang Zhan, who was at the three-point line, was overtaken by Szczerbiak.

But Yang Zhan did not choose to stop, but kept his original speed and went directly to the basket, and then Yang Zhan suddenly made a layup.

Szczerbiak, who was behind him, took off and flew over, and then Yang Zhan turned around smoothly and hit the hook.

Completed a one-man fast break, this one-handed layup, Yang Zhan still learned from Rondo's playing style in his memory.

The Celtics attacked again, this time Pierce directly took over the ball, and then passed it to Szczerbiak who used an off-ball pick-and-roll.

The latter made a three-pointer after receiving the ball, brush!Hit, this man's three-pointer is really stable, and his offensive style on the court is similar to that of Thompson in the future.

In turn, Eddie Jones, who used White's off-the-ball pick-and-roll, caught the ball at a 45° angle on the left and then shot a three-pointer. Swipe!Returned one.

The Celtics attacked, Pierce turned on the 1v1 mode, facing Battier's defense, he chose to attack the basket head-on.

After finding a rhythm with the dribble, he suddenly stepped back and shot a mid-range jumper, swiped!hit.

Pierce's floor flow is really too strong. The offense is kaleidoscope. It doesn't matter if he has good skills.

The Grizzlies launched a fast break again, and Yang Zhan passed to Battier in the bottom corner. After receiving the ball, the latter made a three-pointer, swipe!

This three-pointer can be regarded as a mouthful, the resentment of being bullied by Pierce.

While the Celtics, Pierce and Szczerbiak all hit high percentages, it's just the two of them.

Their inside line has no independent offensive ability at all, and Eddie Jones and Zebiak have the same role in this field, and West is also choked by Yang Zhan.

So with 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Nelson replaced Yang Zhan and White with Atkins and Chakalidis.

The Celtics only replaced Szczerbiak with Ryan Gomez, the 20th pick in the second round of the same class as Yang Zhan.

Returning to the bench and looking at Atkins and West, who played back and forth, Yang Zhan also felt that things were changing.

West, a sophomore this season, averaged 2 points, 11.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. At this level, he develops in a normal form, and at least he will be a proper All-Star player in the future.

However, this person was ruined by himself, he suffered from depression, and his personal life was very disorderly, his temper was extremely violent, there were explosive barrels in the locker room, and there were gun incidents.

All these things led to his miserable life in the future, and his career of 1623 million US dollars was reduced to being beaten on the streets of Washington, USA.

(Real events can be found online)

At this time, as Pierce succeeded in another single, the first quarter ended and the Grizzlies led the Celtics by 30 points 24-6.

In terms of single-round data, Pierce was the player with the best performance in the first quarter, with 8 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies sent Atkins + Ellis + Yang Zhan + Posey + White's running and bombing lineup.

The Celtics sent, West + Tony Allen + Zebiak + Gerald Green + Al Jefferson.

Just looking at this lineup, it can be seen that the Celtics' management has a good vision. Tony Allen was the No. 04 pick in the first round of 25, and he will be a defense in the future.

Nine Fingers Green, the No. 18 pick of the same class as Yang Zhan, averaged 15.8 points per game in his peak season.

Al Jefferson, the 04th pick in the first round of 15, averaged 23+11 per game at his peak.

The Grizzlies attacked first, and Yang Zhan immediately accelerated after touching the ball. Although Atkins and Ellis on both sides had similar speeds, Yang Zhan still passed a long pass to the more experienced Atkins.

The latter received the ball directly into the interior, and before Gerald Green's supplementary defense, he flew up and made a layup.

In the Celtics' offense, Zebiak ran wildly on the outside, but Yang Zhan is a man who has gained his experience in three-pointers without the ball.

Faced with these running methods, Yang Zhan simply doesn't understand too much. The defense is like brown sugar, and he is not given a chance.

When Yang Zhan pinched Zebiak, half of the Celtics' second lineup was finished, and the Grizzlies kept scoring, which meant he was finished.

About 4 minutes into the second quarter, the score on the field has become 39 to 30, and the Grizzlies lead by nine points.

As Ellis hit another drawbar, the point difference widened to double digits. Rivers, who had once rejected Tim Duncan, was finally out of the header, recognized the reality, and called a timeout.

(End of this chapter)