From today on is the king

Chapter 188. 187. The Magical Man's Soul of Truth

Boston Celtics, Celtics!
In terms of team popularity or direct dominance to fans, they are not as impressive as the Lakers' 20 championships and two consecutive championships in the past 7 years, not to mention the invincible Bulls with 8 championships in 6 years.

But in terms of the total number of championships, the Celtics are invincible!
With 16 championships, the Celtics rank first in the number of championships in history with an absolute advantage!
The No.2 Lakers now only have 13 championships.

湖人队从6比13的总冠军数量一直追着凯尔特人追到现在13比16，花了整整30年！

The other teams didn't even have a chance to chase the Celtics. The Bulls ranked third in the number of championships, ten fewer than the Celtics!

After a short rest day back in Atlanta, the Eagles take on the Boston-Celtics.

Antoine Walker and Raheem face off!
Time Warner Cable will broadcast the game live in Georgia and three states, California and Massachusetts!

Needless to say, Georgia is the base camp of the Eagles, Massachusetts is the state where Boston sits, the base camp of the Celtics, and California is where the Lakers fans can see the Celtics game.

Antoine Walker, the Celtics' first individual balloon star since Larry Bird retired, and a member of the 96 golden generation, is much more popular than Pierce.

Of course, Pierce is obviously stronger than Antoine Walker. Pierce entered the NBA two years later than Antoine Walker, but Pierce in the second grade is almost as strong as Antoine Walker. In the third year, he completely surpassed Antoine Walker. Now Pierce is the second in the regular season scoring list!The average of 3 points per game is second only to Iverson who averaged 27 points per game, 32 points higher than O'Neal, and higher than McGrady, Duncan, Kobe and others!
不过人气这东西真的能气死人，皮尔斯现在场均27分7板3助攻2抢断1盖帽的数据, 人气就是不如打法更华丽、性格更爽朗的安托万-沃克, 全明星东部前锋前十皮尔斯影子都看不到。

This is also normal, who wants to vote for an All-Star vote for a player whose playing style is similar to his grandfather.

Duncan was still flying when he was young, and his style of painting changed suddenly when he was about 30 years old. Pierce's physical fitness is not bad, but he has played like an old man on the court since the beginning.

Probably due to the lack of important games recently, Time Warner added this game to the broadcast, and the focus of the publicity was the All-Star starting battle between Raheem and Antoine Walker!

It was easy for the media to set the pace. Raheem had no choice but to fall into the duel invitation passively. The live broadcaster had already publicized the gimmick. If he really lost in the duel, the popularity accumulated by his hype and strength carry might be snatched away by Antoine Walker, who was originally popular.

……

Finally saw the truth!
When the Celtics players entered the stadium, Liu Mang's eyes were not on the Celtics "boss" Antoine Walker, nicknamed "Comedian" in the United States and nicknamed "Fat Toutuo" in China, but on that magical man who came to greet Raheem after entering the field and was very friendly with others.

At the end of the offseason after his rookie season, he went to a bar and was stabbed more than a dozen times. The deepest few stabs were as deep as 8 centimeters. Bringing the Celtics back to the playoffs after a lapse of six years.

Is this a preordained arrangement?Or is it the wonderful attributes of this mysterious man?
Unlike Antoine Walker who likes to play and is often funny, Pierce is very indifferent. After he came up, he was practicing three-pointers alone, and he has a sense of sight that strangers should not enter. Antoine Walker likes to make friends. It is very similar to Iverson. He has more than a dozen "friends" at home, eating his, living in his, buying a car and even buying a house!
Antoine Walker really makes friends with everyone, regardless of status or even character. He even came to say hello to Liu Mang, who was quietly observing Pierce on the other side of the court.Unrelated!Unrelated!
Although Pierce was cold, he had a good relationship with Antoine Walker. When Antoine Walker returned to his home halfcourt to practice shooting, he saw Pierce who was passing the ball to him smile, probably because he didn't like his other teammates.

The Celtics are third in the Eastern Conference. Although there is a lot of water, there are only two players who scored in double figures. The team's main point guard Kenny Anderson averaged only 9.7 points per game.

Of course, as the No. 91 pick in 93, Kenny Anderson was very good in his early years. When Jordan was away in the 94-[-] season, he even overwhelmed many people and was selected as the All-Star starter. Now the Celtics are old.

This is the status quo these days. When stars are young, it is difficult to see them hugging each other. For example, Glider Drexler and Big Mouth Barkley were already in their 30s when they hugged Olajuwon's thigh.

Except for a very few era-level superstars, many players who were superstars even at their peak have a serious decline after the age of 30.

Now there is no team spirit. If a team can have more than five players scoring in double figures, it is either the bottom team that is bad at their own statistics, or a local tycoon team like the Mavericks. Most of the playoffs and even championship-level teams usually have only three or four players scoring in double figures. For example, the Lakers and Spurs, the top eight in the East are basically two to four players scoring in double figures.

After observing Pierce, he found that he couldn't see anything special about this muscular man with muscle mass comparable to Artest, so Liu Mang chose to ask the system: "Pierce's ability value."

"Ding... Paul Pierce, 24 years old, ability value 90 (has entered the peak period), offense 93, defense 72, three-pointer 82, mid-range shooting 81, layup 83, speed 86, strength 85..."

"Ding...discovering Paul Pierce's characteristic soul of truth."

"Soul of Truth: Extremely strong willpower and physical recovery ability, extremely strong ability to recover from injuries, rarely affected by injuries, and has a long peak period."

A fringe role among top stars. From the perspective of ability value, Liu Mang learned that Pierce could not rank among the many small forwards in history if he only talked about his personal ability. This can be seen from his personal honor. Pierce’s entire 18-year career adds up to only one second team and three third team. This can directly reflect the player’s performance in each season.

However, Pierce's offensive ability is too comprehensive!Regardless of defense, Pierce has spent his career, although he is not a defensive sieve, but most of the time he is at best average.

But this attack is unprecedentedly comprehensive!
A player must have some weaknesses in scoring, but Pierce, like the legend, is a kaleidoscope of offense!From beyond the three-point line to the basket, all are top-notch!

And even though he doesn't have the strength of a superstar, he has characteristics that many superstars envy. The characteristics of the soul of truth can really make opponents envious!How many players have ended their careers hastily because of injuries.

Of course, this may also have something to do with Pierce's own style of play, relying on strength and skill, rather than explosive speed, so he can maintain his peak period for a particularly long time.

Generally speaking, if the peak period can be maintained for 7 years, it is already a very long peak period. According to statistics from ESPN, basically 7 years can see a change in the NBA era, the rotation of the championship team, and so on.

Besides Antoine Walker and Pierce, Liu Mang also discovered a contemporary Jordan!
It's just that the contemporary Jordan is still a rookie, weakly huddled in the corner.

Soon, the pre-match activities are over, and after the national anthem is sung, the game will start soon!

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"Welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks-Boston Celtics game brought to you by Time Warner Sports Channel. I am your friend Hubie. The game is about to start. Bill, who do you think will win today's game? Of course I know you will say the Celtics." Hubie Brown couldn't help laughing.

Hubie Brown, a famous coach in NBA history, won the best coach in the 70s and is now active as a commentator. However, he is almost 70 years old and still has a team that wants him to be the head coach. He will come back in the future. He really won the best coach again at the age of 71...

Partnering with Hubie Brown is Celtics legend Bill Walton, and the TV stations love to make trouble.

"Oh, of course! The Celtics will definitely win. Pierce and Walker have strong scoring abilities, both better than the Eagles...&%&*...&*" Bill Wharton had a stutter and rarely had a chance to speak until he was about 40 years old. After becoming a commentator, he became a chatterbox. The general content was to use the advantages of the Celtics to compare the shortcomings of the Eagles.

Anyway, it's just doing things!
Of course, a play must have its opposite. Hubie Brown played the role of "Hawks fan" today. Hubie Brown immediately retorted: "The Eagles have a better defense and a better sixth man. They are now second in the Eastern Conference and will soon be the first in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics have no chance to win..."

The American narrators are all Huang Jianxiang, and they are quite passionate. This is why many people who have a little better English or even like to watch the American live broadcast even if they don’t know English. This kind of live broadcast style is more interesting!
With the two commentators quarreling, the game began.

The starting lineup of the Eagles has changed slightly. Dean Grove had muscle tension before the game. This is a high incidence in the NBA in the middle of the season, so Jacqui Vaughn replaced Dean Grove in the starting lineup.

The Celtics' starting lineup is Kenny Anderson, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker and Tony Batty.

Tony Batty, the future big center of the Magic team, the man who squeezed Howard in the early stage of his career to the power forward position. His characteristics are similar to the cornerstone player of the Lakers Thackeray. He has a certain shooting ability but poor rebounding and solid tonnage.

At the start of the game, Tony Batty came up and gave a strange roar to win the jump ball. The referee was so scared that he almost called the jump ball violation. Fortunately, he held back, because people just like to shout.

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