Defending champion

Chapter 97

Chapter 65 wins Kaizi
Just after the game with the Rockets, the Hornets had to rush to Boston overnight to challenge the Boston Celtics away.

The Celtics claim to be the most historic team in the Eastern Conference in the league.Moreover, it is also the team that has won the most championships in league history.However, in recent years, Boston has been declining, and it has quickly become a poor team.

The main scorer on their team, Paul Pierce, is also the core player that the team has rebuilt around him in the past few years.However, it is a pity that after so many years of reconstruction, Boston still has not found the best candidate for them.The Boston Celtics are planning the biggest deal in the league.

The main lineup sent by the Boston Celtics is: Paul - Peartoni - Allen Gerald - Green Al - Jefferson Perkins.

Hornets lineup: Center: Hilton Power forward: David West Small forward: Russell Butler Shooting guard: Jr Smith Point guard: Chris Paul

Perkins has a complaining face, as if everyone owes him a hundred thousand or nine thousand.The Hornets' Hilton may have been so scared that he couldn't even jump.

Boston took the lead first, and Jefferson dribbled up the field and organized the offense.Al Jefferson learned the tactics of the Hornets, breaking through and passing the ball to Tony Allen on the outside. Tony Allen, you call him defensively, but the first three-pointer is not his strong point.Seeing that it was inappropriate, he immediately passed the ball. After receiving the ball, Paul Pierce faced Butler's defense and took off directly to shoot.

The ball went in!Paul Pierce opened the scoring for the Boston Celtics.

Paul organized the offense, saw JR Smith in a good position, and immediately gave him the ball. After jr Smith received the ball, he swayed left and right, and went straight to the penalty area of ​​the Boston Celtics, trying to end this offense with a dunk.

But how could Perkins let jr Smith do this?The Boston Celtics are a veteran team known for their defense.It is a shame for the Celtics to be dunked directly by the opponent who only kills the basket.This situation is not allowed.

Perkins on the inside slid over to make up the defense, and with his big hands covering the sky, he pressed JR Smith down alive from the air.I saw Perkins yelled, "It's not your turn to make decisions here yet?" Perkins' tough approach also won overwhelming applause from the fans at the scene.This kind of tough guy is what the Celtics need.

Perkins also angered JR Smith, but the referee came out in time to stop it.Perkins made a defensive foul and JR Smith stepped to the free throw line.Since jr Smith's psychological quality is not good enough, he failed to make two free throws.

Paul Pierce deserves to be a tough guy. He used his body as a bulldozer, squeezed Butler into the basket, made a sidestep shot backwards, and shot the ball steadily.Although Pierce doesn't jump very high, his upper body is very strong, and he can rely on his upper body strength to push away opponents and shoot, and his shooting percentage is still very high.

The Hornets counterattacked immediately, and the first quarter of the two sides was spent with one ball and one ball.At the end of the first quarter, the two sides fought to 22 to 22. This is the law of the game against the Boston Celtics. It is difficult for you to play a very high-scoring game here.

In the second quarter, the Hornets still had the old tactics, with Jack playing with a group of substitutes.

Jack made a breakthrough in mid-range shooting today, and he is very in shape today.As soon as he came up, he successfully defended and successfully fanned Al Jefferson's shot.The Hornets again led the Hornets to a defensive counterattack led by Jack and successfully scored.

Al Jefferson's high throw was confiscated by Jack in the air.The Hornets counterattacked Boston and was beaten.Jack is almost omnipotent, mid-range shots, 3 of 3 shots, 5 rebounds, 2 offensive rebounds, 2 blocks, and became a nightmare for Boston.Jack led the Hornets to a 3-10 spurt in [-] minutes.

Three minutes into the second quarter, Boston's main players all returned to the field.They also made a special deployment for Jack.Jack didn't score in the second half of the second quarter, but Jack's defensive advantages were indeed revealed, contributing 3 blocks and 3 rebounds in a single quarter.This is the data of a dominant center.In the second quarter, Boston still had no way to get the score closer, and the Hornets still had a 8-point lead.

The halftime break is over and the third quarter begins.

The Boston Celtics caught the Hornets by surprise as soon as they came up, and Boston's Paul Pierce led the team to break the deadlock. After hitting two consecutive three-pointers, they assisted Al Jefferson's three-pointer. Divide the ball, the momentum is very compelling.

However, the Hornets quickly made adjustments. Paul first hit a big triple, and then succeeded in two pick-and-rolls with Jack.Jack first made an alley-oop, then received a return pass from Paul, and made a mid-range shot.Paul and Jack scored eight points in a row, controlling the situation of the game.

The Hornets finally entered the fourth quarter with 65 to 74, and the two sides came to the decisive moment of the fourth quarter.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Hornets were almost blocked for 24 seconds, but Boston failed.Paul finally made a shot at the buzzer, but, unfortunately, the ball didn't go in.But it doesn't matter, this time, Jack stepped forward again.Put the ball into the basket.After this dunk, the Hornets once overwhelmed the hungry Boston Celtics in momentum, and the Hornets played a wave of 6-0.However, Boston also fought back with an 8-0 wave.

Then the two sides started the blacksmithing competition, and finally Jack broke the deadlock, the basketball dunk was successful, and Perkins also made a foul.The free throw was also scored.The score came to 74 to 83, the Hornets led by 9 points, with 3 minutes left, the Celtics still had a chance.

The fact is also like this, Paul Pierce when the team needs him most.He stepped forward and hit a three-pointer, and then intercepted Paul's pass, quickly went down and scored a dunk, which brought the atmosphere of Boston into a frenzy. 70 to 74, Boston is still 4 points away.However, Pierce's performance in this game has come to an end.

Pierce still wanted to shoot a three-pointer, but Butler stepped forward to interfere, and there was a rare three-pointer.With quick eyes and quick hands, Jack took the rebound over Perkins' head.

Paul still took advantage of his speed to break through the Celtics' inside line, and after attracting double-teams, he distributed the ball outside.Butler stepped on the three-point line and made the ball.

The Celtics were defended by the Celtics for 24 seconds at the last moment of the game. Paul broke through and successfully created a foul by Perkins and made two free throws.

Al Jefferson passed the ball to Perkins under the basket, and Perkins' dunk under the basket was slapped by Jack from behind.

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In the end, the Hornets stepped over the Boston Celtics and won the game. In the end, the Hornets won the game with a 13-point advantage of 93 to 80 points.

Jack's performance was still very stable, scoring 18 points and 15 rebounds, and also had a game-high 5 blocks, [-] assist, and no turnovers.The performance is perfect.As a substitute, he scored the highest score of the team, and Jack's efficiency value is completely worthy of his contract.

After the match, the Boston Hornets will immediately move to the Utah Jazz.

(End of this chapter)