I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 210 Punching Ao Pang, kicking Pi Er, full of hatred!

The much-anticipated October 10th came as scheduled, and the Celtics visited Milwaukee to challenge the defending champion Bucks.

Although it was just a simple preseason game without a nationwide live broadcast, the public opinion of this game was already turned against the sky in the outside world.

"America's attention, 02-03 Eastern Conference finals preview!"

"Two-time FMVP peak matchup, Shaquille O'Neal threatened to avenge his shame at the Bradley Center!"

"No team can beat the Bucks, not even 15 All-Stars, and the Celtics led by Shaquille O'Neal and Paul Pierce certainly can't."

"He Li will use the preseason game against the Celtics to continue his finals mvp performance!"

"Fearless, Paul Pierce said he was happy to get a win at home to the Bucks."

The game has not yet started, and such public opinion is everywhere.

In fact, in the pre-match interview, Pierce said: "Let's go [-]-[-], it's not like we haven't won against He Li's team in the World Championships.

Now that I'm teaming up with a superstar of Shaquille's level, it's hard for me to believe how they can beat us.

Of course, I know the Bucks are strong, but I must say, they are not invincible.

I have full confidence that I can win the game!

But the game has not yet started, I can only answer rationally, either we or the Bucks are likely to win the final victory, we are 50% likely, and so are they. "

It can be heard that Pierce is still very confident.

Previously, he led the Dream Five team to win the World Championships, and personally led the team to defeat the team led by He Li many times, which made Pierce's heart stronger than ever.

After the World Championships, Pierce has been training all the time. Originally, Pierce will enter his peak period in these years. Now Pierce is undoubtedly stronger than last season.

Besides, today is just a preseason game. Based on the analysis of the previous two games, He Li only played for more than 20 minutes. If the Celtics go all out, there is indeed a high chance of winning the Bucks.

This is also the root of Pierce's daring to say a [-]-[-] split with the Bucks before the game.

Indeed, this preseason started, Pierce performed very well in the first quarter.

Pierce came up and hit three three-pointers in a row. Such a strong performance even made He Li dumbfounded.

He Li knew that Pierce would shoot a three-pointer, but instead of bullying the defensive colander, Pierce took the initiative to challenge him, and he was successfully challenged, which really made He Li frustrated.

However, before the first quarter was finished, Pierce's three-point shooting percentage finally returned to normal under He Li's best defense.

There is one thing to say, when everyone has convulsions, Pierce was already a superstar, and he could even compete with James at his peak.

Although He Li said that his debut is the peak, but there is still a long way to go before he is truly at the peak.

He Li knew that he was not that strong when he was selected to the best defensive second team last season.

What I want to do better this season is to slowly accumulate experience and strive to defend from the third position to the fifth position.

Of course, defending the fifth position is mainly to help defend.

The team is in charge, and there is nothing to do to defend the fifth position. It is purely full.

It is not normal for He Li to defend the fifth position, but sometimes the team may need He Li to make sacrifices.

For example, this season, O'Neal has joined the Celtics, which is a problem that cannot be ignored.

If the Bucks encounter the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals or the Eastern Conference semifinals, there is no way to limit O'Neal's point. When encountering this kind of problem, why should He Li try to help O'Neal?
That must be it!

Closer to home, He Li's defense naturally became more serious when he met the hot Pierce.

After all, on the offensive end, He Li has nothing to be serious about. Playing two or three 10 minutes in the preseason and scoring 20 points is as simple as drinking water.

But on the defensive end, it is not easy to limit Pierce, who is in good shape, so that he cannot score more than 20 points.

Gradually, under the stimulation of Pierce, He Li doubled his physical strength. Before the first quarter was finished, some fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

"It's getting more and more interesting, I haven't sweated in the first quarter like this in a long time!"

He Li said seriously against Pierce.

Pierce taunted He Li: "Really? You must have sweated a lot last month, right?"

"Come on, if you sweat a little more, you can stop me!"

Pierce's trash talking skills are also very good, but the current situation is that Pierce has been hitting the iron one after another under He Li's defense.

If O'Neal hadn't just joined the Celtics and hadn't integrated into the Celtics' tactical system, he didn't ask for many balls, and the ball was mainly concentrated in Pierce's hands, and Pierce's scoring would inevitably be less than He Li.

Of course, it is not difficult for He Li to surpass Pierce in scoring.

He Li reached out for the ball, only to see that there were less than 14 seconds left in the first quarter.

He Li dribbled the ball two steps away from the three-point line to press the time. Eric Williams wanted to come over to help Pierce double-team He Li.

But Pierce is quite confident, thinking that he can defend He Li alone, avoiding the Bucks from being open outside, and receiving the ball for three-pointers.

So I still signaled Eric Williams to step back. This time, he wanted to defend alone.

Seeing that no one was double-teaming, He Li didn't have much thought in his heart except that Pierce was too wild.

The only other thought that exists is throwing the ball in the damn hoop!

"Everyone in the audience knew where He Li was going to shoot the three-pointer!"

"Paul Pierce's defense against He Li was very aggressive, and it can even be described as too aggressive.

If it were me, I would take advantage of this to make an early shot and foul Paul Pierce before the end of the first quarter!
You know, He Li's free throw percentage is as high as 85%, which is a free throw percentage that most All-Star guards don't have.

He Li can score a three-pointer in an aboveboard manner by drawing a foul, helping the Bucks overtake the Celtics. "

"Hey, man. You have to know that He Li is not only an inside player, he is also a top pitcher in the league!
Reggie Miller once told people that a shooter will believe all the time that he can put the ball in the basket.

In the two choices of shooting or fouling, I believe He Li will choose the former.

Unless it is a last resort, He Li will choose the more difficult way to complete 3+1, or 2+1! "

"Yes, I agree with you.

He Li is so powerful and so great, he insists on his greatness, so he is even stronger!
With less than the last 2 seconds left, He Li pulled it up, He Li was about to make a move!

Paul Pierce's block was timely, he didn't lose his position at all, and he took off almost at the same time!

This ball should interfere! "

"However, can we expect it?
To know what he is, he was the three-point leader last season, an unprecedented and powerful three-pointer!
He Li has the strength to make this ultra-long three-pointer!
Yes, he really did it, he was like piercing the cover...

At the last second of the first quarter, the reversal was completed! "

"This is He Li!

He has brought us so many surprises, it is incredible!
But this is what He Li can do!

He was so confident, he believed he could make the shot.

The fact is just like what he has shown, he has really achieved all this through his incomparably powerful strength! "

Although today is not a nationally broadcast game, there is still a live broadcast and commentary.

The on-site commentary is the Bucks' own commentator, so even swearing has no effect.

After all, if he brags about his own players, and the audience is Milwaukee fans, the fans won't care too much about swearing.

Even some irascible elders feel that the commentary is too civilized.

Closer to home, this is just a preseason game, but because it is the preseason game between the Bucks and the Celtics, the first match of this season is different.

The Keitel people obviously came prepared, and made some targeted arrangements for the Bucks' tactics and lineup last season.

So from the beginning of the game, since He Li jumped the ball and lost to O'Neal, the Bucks have been at a disadvantage.

Even if He Li defended Pierce several times.

The main reason for this is that He Li is really not very compatible with the Big Dog lineup.

Pierce came to He Li for a one-on-one fight, and He Li had to come out to defend Pierce, otherwise Pierce would make a cold shot and kill with a three-pointer.

In this way, the Bucks can only rely on the center to defend against O'Neal inside.

The height and strength of the Bucks inside are not as good as O'Neal. The Bucks center does not talk about anything else, but the protection of rebounds is very bad, and needs to be strengthened.

Although the big dog can also grab rebounds, but it is only active in rushing to grab rebounds. When encountering a giant under the basket like Shaquille O'Neal, who can grab rebounds with his hand, what is the use of being active in rebounding and grabbing rebounds?
The Celtics control the rebounds and have more rights to strike iron.

Fortunately, in the last attack of the first quarter, He Li still managed to overtake the Celtics with a three-pointer at the buzzer.

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams were 27 to 28, and the Bucks beat the Celtics by 1 point.

He Li took the Bucks players off the court, but Pierce was still on the court in a daze.

Careful O'Neill found the dazed Pierce, came over and patted Pierce on the shoulder.

"It must be that He Li's touch is so good, he can't feel so good in every game!"

"In my opinion, your defense is as good as it gets.

If Kobe's viper were to defend He Li, I'm afraid I'd be ready to pack my bags now!

Haha, Paul, what do you think? "

O'Neal made a joke at the right time, Pierce also smiled, and under O'Neal's hug, they went off to rest together.

Soon the game entered the second quarter. After all, it was not a regular season, and they were basically not on the main team, but on the second team.

As the so-called skinny camel is bigger than a horse, the Bucks' second team is not bad, including Reid with an annual salary of 700 million.

Based on the salary of the second team alone, the Bucks second team is much better than the Celtics.

Not to mention that the Bucks' second lineup occasionally uses veterans like Barkley and Ewing, which is a bit of a lack of morality.

There is no way, the Celtics still want to win, so they switched to the main force early in the second quarter, and the point difference was not widened too much.

However, in the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, He Li and Ray Allen came on the court and played with a substitute, and the score was suddenly opened.

With the current Bucks lineup, He Li has too much controllable space to lead the team.

Whether He Li is playing triangle tactics with Cassell, or cooperating with Ray Allen to open up space, or teaming up with Big Dog and Reed, he can have good results.

As long as other role players don't stretch their hips too much, the Bucks' current lineup can basically win most of the regular season with offense as long as there are no major injury problems.

Not to mention it's just preseason.

For the vast majority of NBA players, playing in the NBA is still a decent job.

Pierce will practice in the off-season, and the rest of the Celtics will not practice much.

In the preseason, their state was not good enough.

This led to the end of the second quarter, and the Bucks took a 20-point lead not long into the third quarter.

No one expected in advance that the two teams, which were evenly matched in the first quarter, lost suspense completely after another quarter and a half.

"It's just a preseason game, but the Celtics should be thankful that it's just a preseason game."

"We all understand that the Celtics are a playoff team, but at this stage, they are not enough to play their full strength."

"In any case, the defending champion Bucks are still the team most likely to win the championship this season!"

"It's really lucky to have He Li. If there is a chance to do it again, the Bucks should trade up for the No. [-] pick, so as to sign He Li, it is not a bad treatment for He Li!"

The on-site commentator could see that the remaining one and a half quarters were garbage time, so he lost his interest and prepared to pack up the commentary.

This is the case in the preseason. Generally, the main players play three quarters and show the home fans their status.

More is to practice rookies and newly joined players, run the lineup, and see what kind of chemical reaction can be produced between the players.

"He Li, I will definitely beat you in the regular season!"

Pierce was more or less unwilling to lose this preseason game.

But the preseason is the preseason. The Celtics coach didn't let Pierce run amok and continued to play in the fourth quarter.

On the other hand, O'Neal was much calmer. After the game, he hugged He Li and even hoped to exchange jerseys with He Li.

He Li was about to turn an enemy into a friend with O'Neill and say something.

But the big dog had a big mouth and came over to mock Pierce and said, "Haha, that mighty Paul Pierce is now like an untrained dog. He only dares to bark and bark but not to bite."

In this game, Big Dog was supposed to face Pierce, but Pierce kept ignoring Big Dog, which made Big Dog a little angry.

Now that he is able to "fight against others", the scolded Pierce is powerless to refute, and the big dog can be regarded as elated.

At the same time, hearing the big dog yelling so loudly, O'Neill protected Pierce and said, "Paul, don't be as knowledgeable as this kind of guy. Some people are born to be the boss, and some people are willing to be lackeys."

"Haha, I am willing to assist He Li who can bring us a championship, what's wrong with that?
You can bring Kobe and the Lakers a championship, but where are you now, and whose team is the Lakers?

Paul, Paul, you should be careful!Antoine became your boss earlier than you, so forget it!
Other teams like O'Neal don't want it, but you are still willing to be the second child. Are you really willing to lead the team to win the World Championships? "

I have to say that Big Dog's rebuttal is still very reasonable.

O'Neill and Pierce were so angry that they could only smear honey.

And He Li never imagined that the big dog, incarnated as a irascible old man, could hide a needle in his mouth and cause some civil turmoil for the Celtics.

"Is it possible that in the next season, the Celtics will fall before I try my best?"

He Li felt that if the Celtics could not gather strength due to civil strife, does that mean that there would be no decent opponents in the East?
(End of this chapter)