Basketball League of Legends

Chapter 169

Johnny was a little nervous about facing the Magic, but now the expectations of the outside world for this game have risen to a very high level. For Johnny, the next game is a game that has to be won , and he has to prove himself.

On the morning of November 1997, 11, the Magic were still conducting their team training. The game would be held in the evening of American time, and because it was their home game, the Celtics were still conducting their team training. , but this time the atmosphere in the team was different from before the last game. In the last game, it didn't matter whether the game was won or lost. All the players didn't care much, and finally won the game with a relaxed attitude.

But this game is obviously different. First of all, Jonny needs this victory. As the boss of the team, Jonny's psychological pressure is very high, so the other players of the team will also be under pressure.Secondly, of course, the current media hype. After the last game, the Celtics players also began to change their own positioning. Prove to yourself, at least mentally, the Celtics are different.

Jonny was practicing three-pointers on the sidelines. Because of the game in the afternoon, the training in the morning was all free training.Not far away, several teammates were discussing the game of the previous two days. During the discussion, they brought the topic to Jonny.

"I heard that the Bulls won by 20 points yesterday?"

"Yeah, Michael Jordan directly scored 36 points, and then made 17 of 3 shots against Allen Iverson!"

"Haha, it's ridiculous to think about it. Last year, it seemed that some media said that Allen Iverson was stronger than our boss? It's ridiculous. How can this be of the same level?"

Listening to the voices coming from there, Jonny smiled. In the first game, Jonny used his own strength to conquer all his teammates. After hitting a few three-pointers again, Jonny felt Feeling weak all over, he glanced at Bruce Bowen who was practicing a corner three-pointer on the other side, his eyes lit up, and he beckoned.

"Bruce, come here!"

Seeing the boss calling, Bruce Bowen rushed over.

"How about a bullfight?"

Hearing Jonny's proposal, Bruce Bowen was taken aback for a while, and several teammates who were talking about the game not far away immediately came over when they heard Jonny's words.

"Come on, come on, Bruce, don't be afraid!"

"Yeah, let's see if the boss is better or Michael Jordan is better!" The teammates coaxed, and Bruce Bowen scratched his head in embarrassment. Although he became famous in the last game, Bruce Bowen obviously still put himself The posture is very low, and there is no such fearlessness in the game.

The booing from his teammates made Bruce Bowen nod hesitantly. He walked up to Jonny with the basketball in his hand, and the bullfight began.

"Come on, Bruce, let me experience your brown sugar-like defense!" Johnny's goal is actually to feel Bruce Bowen's defense. In the next game, the opponent Magic will have his former teammate Doug Christie's, and Doug Christie is also a player who is good at defending in nougat, but he is far behind Bruce Bowen in the last game.

Jonny took the racket and hit it twice, and Bruce Bowen stuck it up. The greasy feeling of skin contact and the body odor of Bruce Bowen from time to time did make Jonny feel a little uncomfortable, but Bruce Bowen Bowen closed his mouth tightly. Jonny knew what Bruce Bowen ate this morning. Bruce Bowen bought a durian when he came in the morning, and then ate a small half of it himself. ready for the game.

One can imagine how stinky Bruce Bowen's mouth is now, but Bruce Bowen didn't open his mouth. Although Jonny was strange, he didn't think so much.

On the first ball, Jonny chose a breakthrough layup. The desert butcher's E skill, a James-style layup, rushed to the basket like a tank, and Bruce Bowen kept sticking to Jonny with his brown sugar-like defense until Johnny sprints to the basket.

Jonny rushed all the way to the bottom of the basket, and he made a layup. At the same time, he was also wary of Bruce Bowen's small movements. When he took off, his whole body was tense, and he was always paying attention to where he came from little action.

But Jonny soon realized that he was worrying too much. After completing the layup, Bruce Bowen didn't make any small moves, which made Jonny very puzzled. Then he played a few more shots, but there were no small moves.

Confused, Jonny looked at Bruce Bowen who was standing in front of him again: "Bruce, where's your little move?"

Bruce Bowen smiled: "Boss, I don't use those small tricks on my own people."

"Not to your own people? Why?"

"Those little tricks are so dirty."

Johnny was silent, and then said again: "Then I am your opponent now."

"No, boss, you are not."

Johnny was going crazy, he actually just wanted to feel Bruce Bowen's little moves, but Bruce Bowen didn't want to.

"I might be in the future."

"At least you're not now." Johnny felt that he and Bruce Bowen could no longer communicate, and he stepped aside silently, ending the boring bullfight.

Orlando, on the plane that just took off, the magic coaching staff has already started discussing and arranging the next game on the plane. This should have been done the day before the game, but yesterday the magic coaching staff discussed the big For a long time, nothing was discussed, so we had to continue the discussion after getting on the plane.

On the TV at the front of the aircraft cabin, the Celtics game clips from the last game are being played, and the new assistant coach of the Magic, Ronnie Coleman, keeps adjusting the video, and the TV starts to focus on Jonny’s playing clips up.

Chuck Daly looked at this Asian player who was running all over the field and crazily hitting the Bulls penalty area with the ball, and was a little speechless.He originally took over the Magic because the team has a bright future duo. When he saw this duo, he immediately thought of the combination of Isaiah Thomas and Joe Dumars when he coached the Pistons.But he didn't expect Jonny Lee to have such deep feelings for his previous coach. The first time he saw him, Jonny lost his temper, and then the two of them had no chance to cooperate.

At the beginning of the season, Anfernee Hardaway was injured, and Chuck Daly began to regret coming out to pick up such a hot potato.And now, in the second game of the game, he has to face such an embarrassing situation. Although Chuck Daly, as an evergreen tree in the league, has seen many things, but this time, Chuck Daly did not expect that in his When I was about to retire, I had to go through such an embarrassment.

The player flying on the TV will be their biggest problem in the next game. Chuck Daly stood up and clapped his hands. Ronnie Coleman paused the video.

"Okay, as you can see, what was shown on TV just now is the video of our opponent Celtics in the next game. This is the game they played against the Bulls in the last game. I summarized it as follows: The speed is fast and the counterattack is sharp. And what we need to solve most is Jonny Lee." Chuck Daly suddenly stopped talking, in fact, the biggest problem for the Magic now is Jonny Lee.

Chuck Daly has been able to stand in the league for so many years, and his level is naturally very high. Perhaps there is only one Phil Jackson in this league who can compete with Chuck Daly in terms of both qualifications and level. When Lee saw Jonny's crazy way of hitting the penalty area, he immediately thought of putting two steps to defend against breakthroughs.

But when he thought of Jonny's invincible three-pointer performance and mid-range and long-range shooting performance last season, he immediately rejected the idea just now, and put two-step defense?Isn't this courting death?

Chuck Daly was entangled, but there was someone in the Magic team who was not entangled. He felt that this matter was easy to handle, so he shouted a little arrogantly on the plane: "Coach! Isn't it just a Jonny Lee? Leave it to me!"

Everyone looked intently, Anthony Walker stood up shaking his head, and continued: "This is what we will do in this game! Doug defends Johnny, and I will defend him. Let's see if I can defend him!" The arrogant voice echoed on the plane , Several players in the Magic team showed dissatisfaction.

The Magic is making tactical arrangements, and the Celtics are no exception.After the free training in the morning, the team's tactical arrangement began.

"Because of Anfernee Hardaway's injury, the Magic's current lineup should be Darryl Armstrong starting instead of Anfernee Hardaway, and then shooting guard is Doug Christie, he will be your guy to guard Johnny, and small forward is Dennis Scott, the power forward is Anthony Walker, and the center is Marcus Camby. Their lineup, we need to pay attention to three players, Darryl Armstrong, Dennis Scott and Anthony Walker”

The Celtics' arrangement is very simple, that is, the three second-rate offensive points in the anti-death Magic's starting lineup, and this game is considered to be won.As for these three offensive points, Dennis Scott handed over to Bruce Bowen to defend. After the last game, Rick Pitino has decided to make adjustments to the team's starting lineup again. Tim Thomas cameo Forward, Bruce Bowen became the starting small forward.In addition, Darryl Armstrong handed over to Johnny for defense, and Anthony Walker handed over to Ben Wallace for defense.

As for the specific tactics, it will naturally continue according to the previous game. The Celtics counterattacked very well in the last game, so this game will naturally continue.

On November 1997, 11, the game between the Celtics and the Magic started at the TD North Shore Garden. The appearance ceremony was still the same as the previous game. Wallace and Bruce Bowen made their order of appearances a little more important by virtue of their performances. Among them, Big Ben was the team's second player to play, and Bruce Bowen was the third.

After playing, the two sides began to warm up, and Jonny saw his old teammates on the sidelines.Darryl Armstrong smiled and came up to hug Jonny. They haven't seen each other since the Eastern Conference Finals last season.In addition to Darryl Armstrong, there is also Anfernee Hardaway, who came to watch the away game in a suit today, and greeted Johnny before the game.

Jonny was also very happy to see his old teammates again. The only regret is that Amal McCasgill is no longer in the Magic. Before the start of this season, the Magic chose to lay off Amal McCasgill. After being waived by the Magic, Amal McCasgill quickly chose to play in Europe, and it may be years before the next meeting.

This season, the Magic have gained nothing in the transfer market and free market except for Anthony Walker.In the case that Ronnie Secali chose to return to Europe, in addition to getting Anthony Walker through Jonny's trade, the Magic only signed two guards, Mark Price and Derek Harper, to strengthen them The backcourt, and then there is no action.

However, these two reinforcements quickly worked for the Magic. In the case of Anfernee Hardaway's serious injury, Mark Price and Derek Harper made the Magic's point guard position not lacking.And after Daryl Armstrong made it to the starting lineup, the Magic's backcourt is still very strong, which is why many media are optimistic about the Magic's winning rate of more than half without Anfernee Hardaway.

In the last game, although the Magic suffered a disastrous defeat to the Eagles, several players in the team still gave people hope. For example, Darryl Armstrong, who scored 20 points and 8 assists in the last game, for example, made 4 three-pointers. Mark Price.Compared with the Celtics, the current Magic's bench is ridiculously strong. It can be said that the Magic has the strongest bench in the league.

In this game, the Magic still sent their starting lineup from the previous game. Daryl Armstrong continued to start instead of Anfernee Hardaway, and the Celtics naturally also had a regular starting lineup. Siedney, shooting guard Jonny Lee, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Thomas and center Ben Wallace.

Although the Celtics' starting lineup has changed a little, it is still in Chuck Daly's expectation on the whole. He glanced at the Celtics' lineup and nodded.After discussing the plane, the Magic finally decided on a defensive strategy that was Doug Christie defending Johnny, Anthony Walker assisting in defense, and Marcus Camby on the inside to supplement the defense. It can be said that the Magic is going to use manpower to kill Johnny. .

Under the pressure of public opinion, NBC finally changed the game to a national live broadcast. Originally, the Celtics had a pitifully small number of national live broadcasts. In addition, this game is only a pitiful 5 games.

And NBC also sent a commentary combination of Kevin Harlan and Craig Sager for this game. As soon as the game started, the two started working.

"The game started, the Magic won the jump ball, and they will have the first offense of the game."

　Sorry, I just updated it now. I took the test for a day today, and I started coding after I came back. I have only coded a chapter of 4000 characters until now. I posted it. Today, there is only one update. Tomorrow, the [-] update will explode to make up for it. . .

　　
　
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