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Chapter 1048 "Double Olympics" Inside Line (Part [-])
During the offseason five months ago, the Clippers and Timberwolves completed a big deal.

The Clippers sent Brand, James Johnson and multiple first-round picks and second-round picks in exchange for Love and Milicic.

Because Milicic was tired of the life of a professional player, the Clippers chose to buy him out.

So in the end the Clippers only traded a lot of assets for Love.

The reason why this deal can be formed is because of the Clippers' trust in Lan Shengli.

And Lan Shengli's trust in his former disciple Le Fu.

Love played exactly 31.1 games on behalf of the Clippers this season. He averaged 18.7 points and 9.1 rebounds in [-] minutes per game. He is the leading scorer in the Clippers.

There are also things like supporting the ball, moving the ball, rebounding, etc. that cannot be extracted from the data.

So just from the performance of the quarter of the regular season that has ended, Love did not live up to Lan's expectations for victory.

Love is also moving towards a higher level.

However, the sudden injury slowed Love's progress a lot.

And let the Clippers' inside depth be greatly reduced.

In the game against the Celtics, Bass, who replaced Love in the starting lineup, did not show his characteristics.

The defensive end is not bad, but the offensive end is completely restricted by the opponent.

And the problem of Bass' inability to open up space also made it difficult for the Clippers to attack.

Two [-]-pointers by Pierce and Ray Allen gave the Celtics a six-point lead.

"Clang~!!!"

Here Pierce made another mid-range shot with the help of O'Neill's cover, but failed to hit.

However, because it hit the neck of the basket, it bounced very far.

When Love is around, this kind of long-distance rebound will usually be won by Love who made a prediction in advance, but now the situation is different.

Bass recovered the basket and misjudged the rebound.

The witty Rondo predicted the position of the rebound correctly, jumped high and took the rebound.

While everyone was waiting for Rondo to land before setting up an attack, they saw Rondo pass the ball directly to the inside while his body fell.

Rondo didn't even hold the ball firmly, and directly gave the ball to Garnett inside in the air.

"Oh~!!!"

Seeing this spiritual pass, the North Shore Garden Arena was instantly amazed.

Here, Bass was so messed up that he couldn't find the ball at all.

By the time Bass reacted, Garnett was already leaping high, holding the ball with both hands.

At this time, it was too late for Bass to interfere.

"Duang~!!!"

Garnett took off on the spot and completed a two-handed dunk.

"Yeah!!!"

North Shore Gardens cheered again.

The Celtics have made a strong 8:0 start.

"Dum~!!!"

Lan Shengli finally called a timeout.

"Yeah!!!"

"Crack clap clap!!!"

The fans immediately stood up and applauded.

If I didn't know, I thought it was a playoff game, or a game in the finals.

But this is Boston, and this is Celtics fans.

They will always be the most solid backing of the Celtics, the best sixth man.

Except for O'Neal, the Celtics can be said to have more flowers.

In particular, Rondo has fully played the role of his core point guard.

While the defensive end restricted Harden, the offensive end also played like a duck to water.

Now it's time to test Lan Shengli again.

Now this lineup is obviously ineffective.

"Everyone should know where our offensive advantage is~!!"

After discussing with the teaching assistant team, Lan Shengli quickly said to the team members.

"O'Neal's movement is very slow, so we have to call him out and try to single O'Neal as much as possible~!!"

Lan Shengli reminded.

"However, maybe O'Neal will leave the field after this round or the next timeout, so we won't implement this tactic for too long, but everyone must be clear that we need to use younger and more energetic impact to destroy the opponent's defense~ !!!”

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Bass, play more confidently. Garnett should be an opponent you are very familiar with. When facing the frame, just shoot directly. Don't think too much~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to encourage Bass.

It seems that Bass will not be replaced for a while.

Instead, Livingston was replaced by Farmar.

After all, Farmar, who has the ability to shoot from outside, can open up space.

After returning from the timeout, Bass quickly moved his body and asked for the ball.

Harden passed the ball in.

Bass held the ball this time and didn't hit his back again, but immediately turned around and faced Garnett head-on.

Because Garnett also knew that Bass had a mid-range shot, he posted it relatively close.

But this time Bass played more resolutely.

I saw Bass bent over, bent his knees, holding the ball, leaping high, using his signature pull-up jumper on the spot.

Because Bass's jumper has a very high take-off height, even if Garnett's long arm interferes, it seems that it can only affect the shooting vision, and has no effect on the shooting hand shape.

"Swipe~!!!"

The ball with a high release point draws a beautiful arc and hits the net into the frame.

The game lasted more than 3 minutes, and the Clippers finally scored.

"After all, Bass is familiar with this field and this basket~!! When encountering a scoring shortage, it is very important to be able to make a shot immediately~!!"

Lan Shengli thought to himself.

It seems that Lan Shengli was right not to replace Bass.

"Clang clang~!!"

Here, Ray Allen's long-range shots also appeared to be hitting the iron.

Jordan received the rebound and the Clippers had a chance to counterattack.

Farmar dribbles quickly to the frontcourt.

Seeing that O'Neill is defending Bass' defense, Farmar immediately gave the ball to Bass.

Because O'Neal couldn't leave the basket, he could only watch Bass make another mid-range shot.

"Swipe~!!"

The ball was hit firmly again.

Bass has found his touch.

Seeing this, Rivers immediately signaled O'Neal to prepare to appear.

"After only one round of beating O'Neal, he will be replaced~?!, Rivers is really cautious~!"

Seeing this, Lan Shengli sighed.

Because there has never been a dead ball, this substitution has never been able to take shape.

"Dum~!!"

Soon, the mandatory timeout for the first quarter came.

The Celtics can finally use this timeout to complete the substitution.

Relying on Bass' performance, the Clippers did not let the point difference be widened.

"What~?!"

After the timeout ended, Lan Shengli looked at the five players on the Celtic side and immediately exclaimed loudly.

It was expected that O'Neal was replaced, but he did not replace O'Neal, but Garnett.

So the Celtics formed a "Double O'Neal" insider combination.

"What is Rivers going to do~?! He actually replaced Garnett~?!"

Lan Shengli couldn't help but feel puzzled.

(End of this chapter)