The Whip of the God of Basketball

As the game progressed, the two sides began a large-scale rotation. In the middle of the first quarter, the main players began to leave the field one after another, and those substitutes and rookies got a chance to show their faces.

Leon returned to his seat. The coach's addiction only lasted for five minutes, but it also gave Leon a taste.

Then he began to focus on the matchups between the two sides. After switching to the second team, the offense and defense of both sides were a bit messy. The rookie substitutes all hope that they can perform well to win the coach And the goodwill of the management, strive for more opportunities.

Although Pitino did not direct from the sidelines, he sat in the audience and watched the game at close range.

Michael Reid replaced the main defender Brian Stitch in the fourth minute and set foot on the North Shore Gardens for the first time.

Affected by a left knee injury, Reed did nothing in the summer league and lost a chance to prove himself to the team. While many first-round picks opted not to play in summer league, an unpopular first-round pick like Reed was eager to show himself and let people know the Celtics weren't making a bad decision taking him at 11.

In the next two months, he got a good training, and he was the most desperate one in the training camp. Every day he would practice shooting more, using his left hand, which was not his dominant hand, to practice again and again. Although the posture is ugly and strange, but the hit rate is getting more and more stable day by day.

Unfortunately, when Reed came on the court, there was a little booing from the sidelines. It seemed that Boston fans did not welcome this mediocre rookie, and many people still stubbornly believed that an inside player should be selected.

Leon looked at Reid's back and knew that he was a little nervous, because whenever he was nervous, he would rub his butt with his hands or rub his hands together. Leon also hopes that Reid can perform well, because this is the rookie he likes and recommends, and Leon sees Reed's sweat and hard work every day.

It was the Bucks' main guard, Ray Allen, who was facing Reed. The coach still kept him on the court, which was a challenge for Reed. This is a true, unrivaled shooter who just made the All-Star last season, shooting 42.3 percent from three and making 172 three-pointers this season.

Calm, efficient, and quite killer, Leon sat off the court and watched Ray Allen's jumper, and he could feel the sharp and aggressive momentum of that sword-like shot.

In the first quarter, Ray Allen had already hit two three-pointers. When the Bucks made their first offense after Reed came on the field, Ray Allen received the ball at the top of the arc and made a direct three-pointer.

Reid lost his position in Allen's figure-eight circle. When Allen made a three-pointer, he could only raise his hand symbolically, and then watched the basketball hollow into the net.

Instead, Reid couldn't find his place in the Celtics' offense. When he first touched the ball, he stood three steps away from the three-point line and didn't know what to do, and finally passed the ball back. The insider Vitali Potapanko who came forward to respond - a meaningless pass.

"The gap between them is like the sun and the moon..." This is Leon's inner evaluation. Although this evaluation is unfair to Reed, the gap between their performance on the court is like this.

A precise, ruthless killer and an ignorant daredevil, but at the end of the first quarter, Reed's statistics were all 0, and he failed to contribute even a single foul.

After leaving the field, Reid looked quite depressed. He put a towel on his head, and the sweat continued to flow down. He raised his head to look at the technical statistics on the large central screen-all were 0, and he lowered his head again.

Leon didn't go up to comfort him, saying some nonsense such as "it's okay, it's always like this when you play for the first time". He walked up to Reid and asked, "Why don't you bravely rush inside? What are you hesitating about?"

Reid made two shots in the first quarter, a three-pointer and a long-range two-pointer, both of which were hastily shot without doing too much processing. Facing Ray Allen, he seemed to want to prove his shooting ability. After all, in the training camp He practiced so many times just to show off his skills in the game.

Faced with Leon's questioning, Reid didn't speak. He and Leon had the best relationship in the team. Leon would stand aside and watch every day when shooting extra shots. He didn't use pen or paper. He could tell Li How many shots did he make, how many shots did he make, what was his shooting percentage, what was his shooting percentage yesterday, and what was the difference in the success rate at each position.

Reed had known for a long time that Leon was a magical person, and he was no stranger to this. When he heard Leon's questioning, he felt very uncomfortable.

Leon squatted down, looked into Reid's eyes and said to him: "Go to the inside, use your body, get one in, and when the first one gets in, the ones behind will follow the flow." After Leon finished speaking After patting Reid's head, he sat back in his seat and continued to draw in his notebook.

After that, Reid didn't get another chance to play in the entire second quarter, perhaps because O'Brien was not satisfied with Reid's performance, or there were too many people who needed to play for a while.

In the second half, the situation was not better for Reed. O'Brien seemed to forget him in the corner of the bench. The point guard who has been slick like a mouse for many years also looks more confident on the court than Reid.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Celtics have trailed the Bucks by 14 points 75:89. The Milwaukees have gained an absolute advantage on the outside. When Cassell, Ray Allen and Robinson are on the court, they The ferocious firepower from the outside made the Celtics' tight defense useless.

Rodman also didn't get playing time after the first quarter. He no longer needs to prove anything in this kind of game. He can read the newspaper with peace of mind on the sidelines.

Unlike Reed, he was eager to play, but couldn't show it.

Finally, when Bucks head coach George Karl replaced Ray Allen two minutes into the fourth quarter to put the final nails in the Celtics' coffin, O'Brien waved , Pointing to Reed and said: "Get ready to play, Reed, replace Carl, and act a little more aggressive."

Reid stood up from the bench suddenly, took off his coat and prepared to play.

"This kid is impatient. I hope he can perform better, otherwise I'm worried that the Boston fans will kill you." O'Brien said to Leon next to him, watching Reed who hurried onto the field.

Leon knew that O'Brien was polishing Reed. From this point of view, O'Brien was better than Pitino. He was more tolerant and strategic towards newcomers. The little cold storage filled Reed with the flame of struggle. At this time, his mind was full of thoughts of scoring 20 points to help the team reverse.

But Leon's words made Reed calm down, and he said to Reed: "Go ahead, kid, don't think too much, score a goal."

Leon is not an experienced basketball coach, and he has no experience in playing games, but he knows that Reed needs a goal at this time to calm himself down and break the impatience. He can see Reed wrinkled His eyebrows are like a pumpkin, compared to Ray Allen, who is chewing gum opposite him, is as calm as ice.

Soon Reed got the ball in the offense. He actively positioned himself on the left side and blocked Ray Allen with his body. His teammates handed the ball to him. Reed turned to face the basket after taking the ball. His broad shoulders ensured the safety of the ball. After pushing Allen away, he suddenly exerted his strength and used his left hand to go straight to the basket from the middle!

A rough and fierce breakthrough, Reid's body was unexpectedly strong, the injury to his left knee did not hinder his strength, his shoulder cleared the way, and he even used his arm. He pushed Ray Allen all the way to the basket.

Reed's breakthrough was beyond Ray Allen's expectations. He lost his defensive focus at the beginning, and in the end he was pushed to the inside by Reed and could not effectively interfere with him, and the Bucks did not actively supplement the defense. Reid forced a layup with his left hand, and the ball rolled around the rim and eventually fell inside.

An unpretentious and savage goal, also Michael Reed's first goal in the NBA, from this goal, everything began to go with the flow. Running position, ball handling, breakthrough, three-pointers, those things learned in college and in training camp are all coming back a little bit, and in the limited time in the fourth quarter, he is finally on the court like an NBA player On, into the game.

Reed looked at Leon on the sidelines and finally had a smile on his face. Regardless of the result of the game, confidence began to grow in this young man. He began to use his slightly strange posture to shoot a long shot , Such a shooting TD North Shore Garden fans still need to get used to it.

Leon on the sidelines watched the first work in his basketball career slowly start to have a rough shape, and not only felt relieved, he opened his notebook and drew Ray Allen's shot diagram next to the page, and drew it with lines The dots and dots depicted Reid's shooting posture, and Leon also used a pen to trace the outlines of the two. Although it was a few simple strokes, it was extremely vivid. Leon's drawing level is the same as his mathematics, which is beyond the level of ordinary people.

It is these two pictures, one is atmospheric and the other is weird.

One is a sharp and white ice sword, and the other is a scimitar that has not yet been sharpened.

I don't know how fast this sword can go, I don't know when this knife will be stained with blood.

I don't even know when the sharp swordsman with the left arm will be able to catch up with the gentleman's sword that seals the throat with the sword.