Basketball Legends: Strikers Are King

The time soon came to March, with less than 50 days left before the end of the regular season, and almost all teams began to work hard towards their goals.

The lower-ranked teams such as the Magic, Bobcats, Cavaliers and Suns have set their sights on this summer's draft, striving to win the higher-ranked picks with a higher probability.

Although the other bad teams cannot compete with these "strong teams", they are also looking to exchange players in the lineup for draft picks, or take junk contracts to accumulate draft picks.

Some teams are striving to reach the playoffs, some teams are striving for a high ranking, and some teams are sweeping the league.

Since February 1st, West showed off his power, destroyed the Heat inside, and led the team to defeat the defending champion at home. The Miami Heat have won consecutive games and have achieved 14 consecutive victories. Of course, their winning streak

The record will stop at 27, becoming the NBA's second-longest single-season winning streak, second only to the Lakers' 33-game winning streak.

This can be said to be completely bad news for other teams striving for the championship.

The long winning streak means that the Heat's chemistry is good and the team's momentum is strong. However, they are still number one in the league. Success in defending the championship seems to be a certainty.

There are booms and busts, and the Pacers and their next opponent, the Celtics, have been on bad luck recently.

The more interesting point is that these two teams gave the Heat two losses at the end of January and early February respectively.

Granger's return and reimbursement allowed the Pacers to rely on Qi Tian, ​​who was promoted to the starting lineup this year;

The Celtics lost Ray Allen last summer. Before the game they defeated the Heat in double overtime, starting point guard Rajon Rondo temporarily decided to rest due to overstretching. After the game, his anterior cruciate ligament was injured.

The news that the tear resulted in season reimbursement came, causing the Celtics, who had just won a difficult victory, to call Mazefak.

The two Eastern Conference teams that originally had some hope of competing with the Heat in the playoffs were immediately looked down upon. Their winning odds, which were originally ranked in the top five and top seven, dropped all the way, and their rankings became the top ten and eleven.

, the odds are astonishingly 17 to 1 and 20 to 1.

"*uc*!"

Looking at his perimeter teammates who were much weaker due to Rondo's absence, Pierce couldn't help but curse in a low voice.

Since losing to the Lakers in the 2010 Finals, the Celtics have not been able to enter the Finals in the past two years. They had a good opportunity last year. Unfortunately, after winning the Eastern Conference Finals at Tianwangshan, they were defeated by the Heat led by James and stopped in two games.

Eastern Conference Finals.

All fans know that the Celtics, who have 35-year-old Pierce and 36-year-old Garnett, will inevitably have an impact on their playoff journey in the next few years as they age and become more susceptible to injuries.

But they never expected that while Pierce and Garnett were still struggling to hold on, 26-year-old Rajon Rondo would be reimbursed for the season.

"I'm afraid it will be G this year."

The most die-hard Celtics fans also had this premonition in their hearts, but Pierce did not intend to accept his fate.

"The opponent is still the young team that the Celtics are most afraid of. Can these old guys keep up with the running?"

Head coach Rivers poured a lot of chicken soup into his players before the game. Then Pierce gathered his teammates in a circle and said to them:

"The Granger opposite has been reimbursed, which is good news for us."

"The people in their lineup now are too young, let alone our experienced opponents."

"It's up to me today, follow me!"

"superior!"

The Celtics never lack fighting spirit. The players shouted in unison and walked onto the field.

The Pacers starter on the other side also walked onto the court at Vogel's urging.

The Celtics started with Garnett, Buss, Pierce, Courtney Lee and Bradley;

The Pacers are still Hibbert, West, George, Qitian and Hill.

"Their attrition is not much worse than ours."

Qi Tian said with some emotion.

After Granger's absence, the Pacers have managed to adjust for half a season. Rondo just announced his retirement two days ago. The Celtics will inevitably encounter this period of pain.

However, after just one minute, his sympathy for the Celtics disappeared.

Pierce looked at George who appeared calmly and sneered.

"Where's the guy named Danny from before? Is he reimbursed?"

He said mockingly,

"I saw last season that he wouldn't last long, but I guessed it right? Haha."

George's face immediately turned livid.

"Calm down!"

Qi Tian didn't like Pierce's bad mouth, but he still grabbed George and started the fight without letting him start.

"Don't worry, I have to kill him!"

George was aroused by Pierce's trash talk and said viciously.

Then you have been fooled!

Qi Tian sighed and said no more.

In the absence of Granger, there is no player on the team that George can truly trust. This kind of moment of leadership is dangerous.

"Dudududu!"

The referee blew the whistle to start the game and threw the basketball into the air.

Hibbert undoubtedly grabbed the ball, and Hill advanced with the ball.

"Give me!"

Hibbert saw the veteran Garnett playing center on the opposite side and became active. He immediately got into position and reached for the ball.

But his move was a bit big. Garnett took advantage of the situation and tilted his head back. As expected, the referee immediately blew the whistle and called Hibbert an offensive foul.

"Hmm."

Pierce held the ball in a high position and decisively passed the ball to Garnett who was running, assisting Garnett to score.

"2-0."

Then he knew what George was thinking and went directly to defend alone, successfully preventing George's jump shot.

"clang!"

The basketball jumped out of the hoop.

"rebound!"

Everyone on the Celtics immediately got into position and prepared to fight for rebounds.

But Hibbert, who had an absolute advantage, grabbed the offensive rebound and successfully tipped the ball in.

"2-2."

After being trained by Brian Shaw, Hibbert really improved a lot. He blocked Buss' shot inside and West collected the rebound.

"Walk!"

West flicked his long arm and threw the basketball to George who ran out.

But Pierce and Bradley followed closely and did not give George a chance to attack.

George collected the ball and stopped. Just when Pierce thought his opponent was waiting for his teammates to get in position, George accelerated his speed again and broke through, forcing a layup.

"2-4."

"nice shot!"

Amid cheers from his teammates, George slowly retreated on defense and glanced at Pierce provocatively.

The two teams quickly got angry. Garnett scored inside and Hibbert also turned around and made a layup;

Bradley held the ball in a pick-and-roll and quickly passed the ball to Garnett on the outside.

Garnett saw Hibbert still huddled under the basket and decisively shot from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Scored a three-pointer.

"7-6."