basketball kingdom

Chapter 190 Opening

Chapter 190 Opening

The NBA is a business league, and everything has begun to conform to the requirements of capital. Even the basic configuration of the team, such as cheerleaders and mascots, was created to please the audience.

The fans in the North Shore Garden Arena have two feelings for Kobe, one is hatred, and the other is a little bit of reluctance, so they still gave him warm applause and cheers during the pre-match introduction stage.

Xu Tian is the future hope of the Lakers, so he naturally became a thorn in the side of the Celtics fans. During the introduction stage, he was unexpectedly booed.

Nick Yang was introduced next to Xu Tian, ​​and unfortunately became a victim of continuous calls, feeling very depressed.

The dim lights of the North Shore Garden Arena were turned on again, and the cheerleaders with silk balls left the field in an orderly manner, leaving the field for the players who were about to compete.

Xu Tian touched the bracelet on his right wrist with his left hand, then took out the braces from the knee pads, and put them into his mouth with ease.

Thomas Jr. is the boss of the Celtics. Before the start of the game, he once again gathered his teammates around him, emphasizing the importance of winning.

Xu Tian tidied up his away purple jersey, stepped into the field first, and calmly looked at the Celtics standing on the sidelines.

Nick Yang couldn't put it down for the Angel Wing sneakers. Under Xu Tian's instigation, his heart was shaken and he wanted to sign an endorsement contract with Li Ning.But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Nick Young must strengthen his defense-this is the condition proposed by Xu Tian.

George and the Celtics have never had any complaints. He packed his equipment and came to the court to stretch the ligaments in his legs.

Tyson Chandler took one look at Celtics center Tyler Zeller and compared them in his mind to see how much advantage he could gain in matchups.

Josh Smith, wearing the No. 6 jersey, made a squeaking sound with his sneakers against the floor as he stepped onto the court.

Coach Stevens and Scott shook hands in front of the technical stage in advance, returned to the bench after a friendly greeting, and finally arranged some tactics for the starters who stayed on the sidelines.

Scott finished all the preparatory tactics in the locker room, and he could no longer say anything new. He just asked the players to show their energy and use tough physical confrontation to show the Celtics some color.

Kobe simply responded to Scott, turned around and stepped into the court, and talked about tactics with Xu Tian who had already stood there ahead of time.

The referee walks into the court with the ball, waits until the players on both sides stand according to their positions, walks to the center circle, and executes the opening jump ball.

"Okay! Audience friends, this is the game commentary brought to you by ESPN commentators Mike Breen and Reggie Miller. The two sides of this game are the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. , I don’t know what kind of sparks will be sparked.”

Xu Tian stood relaxed in the backcourt, waiting for the referee to blow the first whistle of the game.

The referee threw the ball into the air, leading the two centers to start a jump ball.

The game started.

Tyson Chandler is three centimeters taller than Tyler Zeller, and has a lot more experience, successfully competing for the first ball.

As soon as Xu Tian received the ball, there were boos from North Shore Garden.

George and Kobe pulled away from each other, and they both looked at Xu Tian who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, to see how this rookie who must revenge would respond.

Xu Tian has seen all kinds of scenes, he didn't care at all, and bent over to dribble for singles.

Avery Bradley resolutely carried out the arrangement of Coach Stevens, and moved to Xu Tian's side as soon as the game started, directly and forcefully exerting physical confrontation.

Xu Tian didn't confront Avery Bradley at all. He saw that Thomas Jr. was defending George and passed the ball directly.

Thomas Jr. is the strongest 175 on the surface, but such a height is always flawed in the NBA, and the offensive end will naturally attack him first.

George is 206 centimeters tall, and the gap with Thomas Jr. is 30 centimeters, and he leans on his back and grinds in.

Thomas Jr.'s strength is not bad, but he still suffered a disadvantage against the tall and strong George, and was gradually pushed near the free throw line.

Amir Johnson is 206 cm tall. He is responsible for marking Josh Smith, who has not performed well on the offensive end recently. He strode away and came to Thomas Jr. to help him defend the double-team.

The route of George's ball was blocked by Amir Johnson. He couldn't give the ball to Josh who was open in the first place. In addition, he stopped the ball inadvertently, so he had to find a way to pass the ball back to Xu Tian.

Josh Smith's performance on the defensive end is good, but the offensive end is really not accurate, which makes the Celtics dare to boldly weaken his defense and form a 5-defense and 4-defense situation.This greatly increased the difficulty of the Lakers' offense.

Xu Tian bent over and dribbled the ball under his crotch, waiting for the moment when Avery Bradley wanted to stick to the defense, and quickly started to break through to the inside.

Kobe took advantage of the trend and moved to the weak side through the top of the arc.

George crossed the free throw line and pulled the defense toward the strong side.

Amir Johnson's defensive ability is not very good, but he didn't dare to give up the defense easily. He quickly made up the defense and blocked Xu Tian's breakthrough route.

Xu Tian didn't change his face, and he threw a high shot with 24 seconds of attack time, and the problem was easily solved.

Swish!

2-0!

Tyler Zeller stepped out of the baseline, sent the ball to Thomas Jr., and ran toward the frontcourt.

The task Thomas Jr. received was to attack Xu Tian with the ball. The first thing he did after dribbling the ball was to see who the defender was.

Xu Tian lowered his center of gravity and stared at little Thomas with a provocative look in his eyes.

Relying on his short stature, Thomas Jr. dribbled the ball directly and quickly charged towards the penalty area.

Tyson Chandler puts his left hand on Tyler Zeller and turns to look at Thomas Jr. dribbling, ready to pick up the block.

Xu Tian followed Thomas Jr., taking advantage of his unpreparedness, poked his left hand from behind, and completed the steal empty-handed.

Avery Bradley was very concerned about Xu Tian's movements, and reacted the fastest, hugged Xu Tian who was about to start, and blocked him with a tactical foul.

Coach Stevens couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout directly, preparing to adjust his offensive and defensive tactics.

At this time, 35 seconds had passed since the game!

Xu Tian took the initiative to come together with Josh, and said, "Josh, try to move around the penalty area as much as possible, and I will pass the ball to you when the opportunity arises. Don't be afraid of wasting energy, Nance can hold on for a while."

Josh heard Kobe talk about Xu Tian, ​​and knew what kind of temper he was, no matter whether he could do it or not, he nodded and agreed.

Kobe has been on the court for nearly 20 years. He discovered George’s problem in the first offensive round, and said with gestures: “Paul, you have a huge height advantage against Isaiah, and you can handle the ball with ease. In the round just now, Amir When Johnson comes to help, you can hit the ball to Josh who is open inside."

"Amir Johnson blocked the pass lane." George's voice was quiet.

"That's why we have to hit the ball." Kobe replied, "By hitting the ball and passing it, Josh has a [-]% chance of scoring it."

Xu Tian heard Kobe's words, moved the braces with his tongue, put his hands on his hips and did not speak.

(End of this chapter)