Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

After washing the dishes, West and Qi Tian met up with Granger Hill and went to Chinatown for dinner together. When they returned to the hotel, they happened to meet George, Stephenson and Hibbert walking out.

"Come back early, don't affect the next day's game!"

Granger shook his head and just gave a warning before letting the few nightclub goers leave.

"Don't worry, brother, we'll be back before eleven o'clock."

Stephenson quickly turned to look at George who was speaking. George blinked and separated from Granger and others before explaining to him.

"When we come back, doesn't it still depend on us?"

"I understand, this is called a delaying tactic..."

Stephenson quickly showed off what he had just seen about Sun Tzu's Art of War, or maybe the Thirty-Six Strategies, but he didn't remember it either.

"These boys..."

Granger separated from the others and returned to his room helplessly.

…

The Pacers again challenge the Celtics away from home on Monday.

What gives Pacers fans some peace of mind is that in this game, the Celtics rested the starting guard combination of Rondo and Ray Allen, as well as center O'Neal, and substitutes Bradley, Pietrus and Buss.

Promoted to starting position.

In Game 6 of the 2010 Finals, starting center Perkins was absent due to injury. He was later diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament and missed almost half of the 2010-11 season. Perkins returned from injury and was in poor condition. The Celtics

The team immediately made a trade and acquired Jeff Green from the Thunder, who has a long history with the Celtics.

He was selected by the Celtics and came to the SuperSonics in the Ray Allen trade. The SuperSonics duo with Durant finally came to an end, and Jeff Green returned to his home team.

However, Jeff Green missed the entire 2011-12 season due to heart surgery, which stretched the rotation of the Celtics, who were already aging and were counting on Green to become a new force.

The Big Three are another year older, their experience has run out, and their physical fitness and injuries will become their shackles.

Therefore, the Celtics decisively started the rotation at the beginning of the season.

"Don't underestimate your opponents, they still have Pierce and Garnett."

Vogel told his players before the game,

"The opponent's defense is very strong, we have to do our best."

His next sentence showed that Vogel didn't take his opponent too seriously either.

"In this game, we need to increase our three-point shooting and see how good our three-point shooting is. In the next game, our opponent will be the Magic."

Thinking about your next opponent? This is not a good sign.

Qi Tian was a little frightened.

Seeing the referee signal for both sides to start, Vogel said to everyone:

"On offense and defense, we must do our best."

Granger nodded and stepped onto the field with his teammates.

As soon as Stephenson sat down, he suppressed a yawn.

Seeing Qi Tian looking over, Stephenson raised his eyebrows at him.

"Will I take you with me next time?"

Qitian thought for a while and refused:

"Let's forget it."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at the stadium.

The Pacers' starting lineup is still Hibbert, West, Granger, George and Collison;

The Celtics' starting lineup is Buss, Garnett, Pierce, Pietrus and Bradley.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the basketball in his hand.

Buss jumped hard, grabbed the ball from Hibbert's fingertips, and slapped it behind him.

"Hey, the Celtics can't even get the starting lineup?"

Seeing Pierce Garnett bring three substitutes, the fans who came to support the Pacers in the away game looked down upon them and said,

"It's better to just let Pierce and Garnett rest."

If the Pacers with all the main players can't beat the three substitutes, that would be really embarrassing.

But the Celtics had no intention of giving up. Garnett asked for the ball from the high post, took the pass from Bradley, beat West directly, turned around and wiped the board for a layup, scoring the Celtics' first point.

"0-2."

The Celtics fans at home immediately cheered and cheered for the home team.

"The momentum is very strong."

Vogel, who was on the sidelines, saw his opponent's momentum and looked towards the court with some worry.

West held the ball in the high post, saw Hibbert standing under the basket, and immediately passed the lob pass.

But Hibbert didn't know whether it was because he played too late last night, wasn't focused enough, or because his buttery hands were acting up. He didn't catch the pass and threw the basketball over the baseline.

"Out of bounds!"

The referee pointed in the direction of the Pacers' half and handed the ball to the Celtics.

Granger raised his eyebrows and suddenly turned to glare at George.

Did you guys have too much fun last night?!

Absolutely not, brother.

George quickly shrugged and said it was none of Peppa's business.

When Granger turned around, he yawned quietly.

"We played until three o'clock in the middle of the night last night. I don't know if Paul and Roy can stand it."

Stephenson looked at the court with some concern.

Without Rondo and Ray Allen, Pierce took over the offensive banner and reached out to Bradley for the ball.

"You don't think you can beat me, do you?"

Granger was not afraid at all and went directly to defend.

"snort."

After Pierce won the championship in 2008, he said in an interview at a basketball training camp in Spain:

"I feel like I'm the best player in the world because I won."

Of course, at this time, Granger, who had no great honor, would not be taken seriously.

"Let your performance speak for itself."

Pierce immediately set up his position and prepared for singles.

Granger quickly moved sideways and followed his opponent closely.

Pierce suddenly changed direction, and when Granger was a beat slower, he jumped up and shot.

Off the court, Qi Tian saw that Pierce still dared to take action despite Granger's pursuit and defense, and he had a clear understanding:

All offensive skills are empty. The most powerful weapon is the self-confidence to dare to take action.

"clang!"

The basketball hit the rim and fell out.

George turned around and went to the basket, picked off the rebound and handed it to Collison.

"Using a backup defender to defend me really doesn't treat me as a star, right?"

Collison came to the top of the key and looked a little angry when he saw Bradley standing in front of him. No one else had any idea of ​​making up defense.

"Pull off the singles."

Collison made a gesture to let his teammates open up space.

Bradley smiled disdainfully and came forward.

Collison gradually increased his dribbling speed and quickly broke through to the right, but Bradley stood firmly in front of him, not giving him any space.

"Yo ho."

Collison got a little carried away, accelerated directly past his opponent, and jumped for a layup.

But Bradley quickly followed up, and the moment Collison took action, he gave him a big blow from behind!

Pierce got the basketball and immediately turned around to prepare for a fast break.

"Defend!"

George and Granger on the outside immediately turned around and returned to defense.