From South China Tiger to NBA King

In the last minute of the first half, Jianghu was still tightly defended by the Bucks and had no good chance. However, on the last attack of the half, Leonard's jump shot missed and Gasol directly dialed the ball. When he reached the outside line, he fell into Jiang Hu's hands.

Jianghu didn't even have a defender around him on this shot. He got a very good opportunity. After taking aim, he made the ball and increased his first half score to 40 points.

At halftime, the Celtics led the Bucks 65 to 59.

At the beginning of the second half, Jiang Hu showed off his power again. He came up to try his hand first, and as a result, he hit two consecutive three-pointers with the ball, and then used hand-to-hand cooperation with Gasol to complete a layup. Basketball, the individual played a wave of 8 to 5 to increase his score to 48 points.

The Bucks didn't have a good way to deal with the Celtics, so they simply double-teamed in advance and started to attack from outside the three-point line.

This kind of defensive method is definitely a suicide tactic in front of the Celtics who also have Leonard in addition to Jianghu. Jianghu assisted Leonard and hit two open three-pointers in a row, and then passed the ball to Horford who cut in for a dunk. After scoring, another 8-2 run forced the Bucks to call a timeout.

The score was 81 to 67, and the Celtics' lead reached 14 points.

After the timeout, the Bucks coach tried to use zone defense to deal with Jianghu.

The moment Jiang Hu saw the zone defense, he felt excited and happy, but he could still score two consecutive pull-up jumpers. Instead, Middleton hit two consecutive three-pointers in the face of Leonard's defense. , Antetokounmpo also chose to shoot a three-pointer when faced with a gap three meters away, and scored the ball.

The Bucks fought back 9-0, reducing the score to 5 points.

The Bucks' adjustments worked, and then it was Stevens' turn to adjust.

He directly arranged for Leonard to defend Antetokounmpo and Jianghu to defend Middleton.

This simple adjustment quickly achieved good results. When Leonard faced Antetokounmpo, his speed and confrontation could keep up, making Antetokounmpo very uncomfortable.

Here in Middleton, Jianghu also achieved good defensive results.

Middleton likes to add a lot of fake moves before shooting. Leonard basically doesn't jump if he doesn't take fake moves, so it gives Middleton a chance to find his own shooting rhythm.

Jianghu's defensive habits are not as good as Leonard's. He is easily triggered by some relatively large fake moves. However, his continuous take-off and movement speed are faster than Middleton's, and his wingspan is longer, so he can play in Middleton's position. You can continuously jump to interfere when shooting, or you can interfere from behind after the opponent passes you. This kind of defense that is purely talented and overwhelming is exactly the defense that a player with average physical talent like Middleton is most afraid of.

Under the defense of Leonard and Jianghu, Antetokounmpo and Middleton made consecutive mistakes during this period. These mistakes eventually turned into Jianghu's counterattack layups and dunks, which also brought his score to 54 points quickly. .

After the Celtics' lead reached 20 points, everyone began to relax a little more on the defensive end.

After all, it is the regular season, not the playoffs, so it is understandable to loosen up and tighten up sometimes.

The Bucks seized the opportunity and led a 15-4 spurt under the leadership of Antetokounmpo, once again reducing the score to 9 points.

The last three minutes of the third quarter became Jianghu's performance moment. He first broke through the basket and caused Antetokounmpo's fourth foul. While making two free throws, he also knocked the opponent's number one star off the court.

Antetokounmpo, who lost the Bucks, seemed a little flustered for a while and could only let Middleton handle the ball.

Jianghu then stole Middleton on the defensive end, chased from the outside and hit a three-pointer, bringing his score to 59 points.

In the next round, he cooperated with Alexander and scored a direct alley-oop dunk. While hitting the shot, he caused a foul on Bucks power forward Mirotic and scored his 62nd point.

Facing the fierce Jianghu, the Bucks once again sent double teams. This time Leonard was not on the court, so the Bucks' double teams were very decisive.

The Bucks' double-teaming will definitely leave open spaces on the defensive end. This time they chose to let Alexander, who shot only 31% from three-pointers, open.

But even players with low three-point shooting percentages sometimes eat dumplings. This night was obviously the time for Alexander to eat dumplings with three-pointers. He hit two consecutive three-pointers, allowing Jianghu to assist. 10 times.

In the last 45 seconds of the third quarter, Jianghu missed a three-pointer while rushing for a shot. Alexander grabbed the rebound and passed it to Jianghu from the outside.

Jiang Hu was not polite either. He raised his knife and hit another three-pointer, pushing his personal score to 65 points and widening the score gap to 23 points.

三节结束，凯尔特人以95比72领先雄鹿23分，江湖个人拿到65分8篮板10助攻。

Jiang Hu did not play in the entire first 7 minutes of the fourth quarter, but Antetokounmpo kept charging on the court, leading the team to chase points frantically, and finally narrowed the point difference to 4 points with 55 minutes and 11 seconds left in the game.

Then Jianghu came up, and in his first round, he attracted a lot of defensive attention from other Celtics players, allowing Leonard to get an open mid-range shot.

In the second round, he took the initiative to switch defenses and took a step outside the three-second zone to cause an offensive foul on Antetokounmpo, giving him the fifth foul.

Back on the offensive end, he once again broke through the basket like a bull. Antetokounmpo committed five fouls and could only watch him score the ball, but there was nothing he could do. In turn, Antetokounmpo's own mentality was also affected, and he missed a layup that was close at hand.

In the next round, Jianghu's off-ball cut attracted the Bucks' three-man defense and once again passed to Horford on the outside for a three-pointer.

Antetokounmpo was chasing after him eagerly. He wanted to imitate Jiang Hu and rush to the basket, but he directly ran into the acting Gasol.

Gasol is not used to him. He is 2 meters tall. He will lie down on the ground when he says it. He still lies straight back without any hesitation. After hesitating for 16 seconds, the referee finally called Antetokounmpo. The offensive foul was also Antetokounmpo's sixth foul.

Antetokounmpo was very angry after being blown off the field and yelled at the referee:

"Shet, how are you bragging? Why did he come in with defensive fouls and I came in with offensive fouls? This is not a fair duel."

"Faco, your eyes are really blind. This is a blocking foul. That damn Spaniard is diving." Bucks coach Budenholzer was also very excited and sprayed the referee wildly, as if like this It seems like just one move can catch up the lagging score.

"Shut up. If I hadn't been lenient on you in terms of penalties, you should have gone down in the second quarter. You should have learned to put your elbows away instead of acting like a crab."

"And you bald guy, if you don't want to go down to accompany you, you'd better sit on the chair for me."

Today's referee is Foster, who is very senior in the league. He doesn't like Antetokounmpo at all. He directly sprayed him, turned around and gave the excited Budenholzer a technical foul.

Jianghu once again got an opportunity to increase points. He made the free throw, bringing his score to 67 points.

After making the free throw, Jianghu took the initiative to foul Middleton and took himself off the court.

The opponent's main player has already left the game. The team's lead is close to 20 points, and the point difference is only 19 points. At this time, Jianghu is no longer needed to stabilize the overall situation. He can sit down and rest with peace of mind.

At the end of the game, the Celtics defeated the Bucks 133-115.

江湖全场33投17中，三分球16投8中，罚球24罚23中，拿到67分9篮板10助攻。

In an interview after the game, Celtics head coach Stevens used the word "great" to describe Jianghu.

"He's the type of player who is unstoppable, the type of player who does incredible things on the court, and usually we would use the word great to describe such players."

"You can't guard him one-on-one. We have a great group of teammates around him, but right now it's all about him, his talent, his ability, his toughness, his unparalleled desire to win. , and he’s willing to do whatever it takes to make the team win.”

"I was just coaching during the game and didn't realize how many points he scored. It was the assistant coach who reminded me that he had already scored more than 50 points. It was hard for me to believe it at the time. This was really an outstanding personal performance. He always used it in the right way. When playing, every point he scored was correct. He kept attacking the opponent's inside. This is also one of his excellences. He can do this in almost every game, but he is a team-first player. , I love how he carries the team on his shoulders and that makes his performance so special today," Stevens said.

"Damn, he scored 67 points. I don't know how to say it. I don't know how to say it. If Jiang Hu is a bad player, it is absolutely unrealistic. If he is a bad substitute, there will be no good players in the league. But he is definitely not as strong as he looks. The penalty in this game is obviously in their favor, but this is their home court and I can understand that."

"He may be the best scorer in this era, but only in this era, the small ball era."

“Instead of saying he beat us, it’s better to say he beat us together with the referee!!”

Speaking of Jianghu's high score, Antetokounmpo expressed his affirmation, but also raised his own doubts about the penalties in this game.

"Tell Giannis to watch the next game and I'll teach him how to play!!"

"He's wasting his physical gifts."

Jiang Hu did not rush to deny the question raised by Antetokounmpo, but gave a specious answer with a smile.

Next game?

What about the next one? ?

All eyes are focused on Jianghu. Their next opponent is the Golden State Warriors.

Time flew by and soon came the game day.

Then people saw the most exciting scoring show in two consecutive games in history.

In the first minute of the game, Jianghu hit two three-pointers.

The Warriors didn't realize there was a problem there, because Curry and Thompson combined to hit 3 three-pointers. They only needed to fight against each other to solve everything. This is also the style of play they have been insisting on this season. This style has allowed them to achieve a record of 39 wins and 11 losses, ranking second in the Western Conference, ahead of the Rockets led by James Harden.

(End of this chapter)