After drinking "Chicken Soup", Paul Pierce and Walker continued on the road.
As soon as Walker came up, he asked his teammates for the ball.
He had just been intercepted by Jiang Dalin, which was very embarrassing.
Jiang Dalin once again criticized Joe Johnson, and Walker felt even more embarrassed.
You can bully me, but you can't bully me and my little brother at the same time.
Holding the ball from outside, Walker didn't make any fake moves this time. He just glanced to the side and quickly raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer.
This three-pointer was quite crisp and went directly into the basket with a "smash" sound.
3 point hit.
Celtic scored the first goal of the game.
3-6!
Walker swayed his fat butt and walked back, shaking his shoulders excitedly.
This is his own "butt shake dance", which can be regarded as a well-known celebration in the NBA.
And he is the only one who can do such an action...
The reason is also very simple. It is really difficult to make him look so ugly.
"Retreat, retreat!"
O'Brien couldn't wait to go up and give him a kick.
You just scored a goal, look at you!
Can you have some potential?
Michael Jordan continues to play singles with the ball.
Paul Pierce took the initiative and reached out to grab a handful. Michael Jordan stopped holding the ball, moved sideways to the left, lowered his shoulders and rushed inside.
Because Paul Pierce reached out to try to steal, his entire center of gravity shifted slightly. By the time he adjusted back to keep up with Jordan, the latter had already jumped up and shot, and the ball hit the basket and fell into the frame.
Continuous investment and continuous scoring.
"Boy, it's already the playoffs, and you're still not that good at all. Do you want to wait until I'm 49 years old to defeat me again?"
"If I were still in the alliance that day!"
These words really made Paul Pierce angry. He took the initiative to ask for the ball, and he also raised his finger towards Michael Jordan.
Just this action made Michael Jordan laugh. This guy has not improved in other ways, but he learned these cup-filling actions very well.
Of course, there is a price to pay for cupping, and next, Michael Jordan also made him wear a mask of pain!
"Bang!"
"Rebound!"
Faced with Michael Jordan's interference, Paul Pierce knew it was gone as soon as he took action.
Tony Barty succeeded in grabbing the rebound and passed it to the outside. Joe Johnson glanced at the basket and took the shot himself.
The ball hit the basket steadily.
Seeing this scene, O'Brien slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
This timeout still had some effect, at least the Celtics started to score consecutively.
Now just waiting for Paul Pierce to get back to form...
He believes in Paul Pierce. He is a mature and stable player with strong ability to withstand pressure. Even if the current situation is very unfavorable for him, he can slowly change it with his own ability. This is Paul Pierce.
, the Celtics are really...
"Bang!"
Well……
O'Brien watched Paul Pierce miss another shot, and his inner thoughts stopped abruptly.
He should be able to adjust to this game, right?
Paul Pierce watched Jiang Dalin protect the rebound and shook his head to defend. He was also confused. Everyone else on the Celtics could score, but he is still 0-for-3 from the field...
How can he lead the team forward as a team leader?
No, I must perform better, I am Paul Pierce!
The middle-class soul in his heart was burning brightly. Paul Pierce interfered with Michael Jordan's entire movement very well this time. Although he was tricked into getting up by Michael Jordan, he did not lose his position as a whole.
Michael Jordan originally wanted to draw a foul, but found that Paul Pierce was not as powerful as he thought. His shot hit the backboard with a clang.
Paul Pierce almost cried.
Not easy!
It’s finally a precaution...
"Boom!"
It's just that Jiang Dalin finally grabbed the rebound, and then hit "Huashan with force", which made the whole basket buzz and made Paul Pierce's efforts in vain.
"Truth" is very angry, and the consequences...
There are no consequences.
Probably thinking that he had guarded Michael Jordan and regained some ground, in the next round, Paul Pierce spent a long time on the wing with Michael Jordan, and suddenly passed the ball to Walker.
Walker raised his hand to shoot, but a big hand flew towards him and knocked his ball out of the court.
Jiang Dalin completed the block!
Then he followed Walker's example and made a celebratory gesture of twisting his butt.
That should be it, right?
This made Walker angry.
He ran to the sidelines and asked for the ball, then leaned towards Jiang Dalin.
He also pretended to tell his teammates who were coming to defend him to go away.
I want him to know what kind of ability the man with the 8th pick in the first round of 1996, who can beat Kobe Bryant, has!
This time he didn't vote again.
Instead, he used various half-turn steps, looked at the right moment, and slid in.
Did you see that?
This is called experience!
No matter how strong you are, you still can't stop me from attacking the basket.
Walker deliberately made a reverse layup.
"Crack!"
As a result, the ball flew halfway and was blocked again.
Or Jiang Dalin.
Although he got in, the latter never lost his position and just jumped up with him and gave him a hard blow.
Two hoods.
"Hey!"
I still don’t believe it!
Walker's temper completely rose.
"Crack!"
Then he ate another hat.
Antoine Walker looked like he had seen a ghost. I jumped up as soon as I got the ball this time. Can this even cover me?
This is because he didn't check the time.
Paul Pierce had just been squirming there for a long time, and with his body shaking for a while, he felt uninterested when he passed the ball to him. There were only 11 seconds of attack time left.
He was blocked by Jiang Dalin the first two times and didn't even touch the basket.
Therefore, from the 24 seconds of attack time until his third shot, there were still less than 2 seconds left.
With such little time, could Jiang Dalin not attack directly?
24 seconds, no, 3 blocks were blocked in 11 seconds.
Antoine Walker wanted to die.
Paul Pierce also wants to die.
As his brother, he felt embarrassed when Antoine Walker behaved like this.
O'Brien also wanted to die. With his two aces playing like this, who else could he expect? He wished he could take off his clothes and fight. Anyway, the result would be the same, so I could do it!
At 5 minutes and 5 seconds of the second quarter, he finally couldn't bear it and called timeout again.
"If we continue like this, then we will definitely lose. I hope everyone can show some fighting spirit like in the regular season. What stands in front of us is a mountain we need to climb. This is difficult, but I think everyone
We should all have a rock climbing heart, we can lose, but we must die standing!"
No wonder he would say such a thing.
Unconsciously, the Wizards had opened up a 15-point gap with the Celtics.
If we continue to play like this, by the time the game is over, the score difference will not be higher than 30 points, right?
At this time, O'Brien naturally didn't wonder if he could still win.
It would be good to lose less points in the end.
Michael Jordan looked at his 6-for-10 shooting and 3-for-4 free throws, and glanced to the side with great satisfaction. He glanced at the dejected Paul Pierce on the opposite bench.
He's kind of starting to like this guy...
For most of this season, he has always felt that he is becoming more and more inadequate, and he clearly feels that he is getting older.
But in the game with Paul Pierce, he could feel that his era was not over yet, and this guy made him feel young.
You think, can he not like this kid?
In the end, O'Brien failed to wait for the "Boston Twins" to recover. But Boston only lost by 21 points in this game.
After losing by 15 points in the first half, it means that they only lost by 6 points in the second half...
It's hard not to be satisfied with this result.
Sure enough, as long as the surrender is early, the score of this game will not be too ugly.
"Gemini" has been on the bench since the fourth quarter.
The two of them looked dejected, which was in sharp contrast to the cheerful look they had when they got off the plane yesterday.
Of the two of them, one made 4 of 17 shots, and the other made 5 of 21 shots. As for whose numbers these two belong to, it’s not so clear-cut as “brothers in distress.”
Michael Jordan "recovered" his form, clocked out in the third quarter, scored 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, and shot over 50% from the field.
This position was assigned to him, and he was assigned to the second position again and again.
However, this can't be blamed on him. The Celtics' outside line is really easy to bully. From the first to the third position, there is no one who can play.
At this moment, Michael Jordan feels a bit like he's finally come to the end of his hardships.
He suddenly felt that it was worth suffering so much in the first round of the series!
Without the bitterness of that time, how could there be the sweetness of this time!
Jiang Dalin also clocked out of get off work in the third quarter today, with 18 points, 9 rebounds and 6 blocks. It was rare that he did not get a "double-double".
Of course, with such a big victory for the team, there is no need to pay too much attention to the data.
He hasn't yet reached the point where he needs data to prove himself.
After all, for him now, all is said and done, the outside world will at most give him the label of "second child", and no one will think that this is his team. Anyway, with Michael Jordan here, it must be like this.
Therefore, just win and enjoy the game!
At the end of the game, General Manager Earl was waiting in the player tunnel, holding the "Best Rookie Award" trophy in his hand.
The alliance announced the results of this award two days ago. Without any surprise, Jiang Dalin won this award. Judging from the voting, he won this award with a 100% support rate.
There is really no way around it. He had an overwhelming advantage over other rookies in the 2001 class this year.
The reporters congratulated him again.
Jiang Dalin went home happily with the trophy in the evening.
The next day, the news that the Wizards defeated the Celtics did not cause much surprise.
Originally, before the start of this series, most media were not optimistic about the Celtics. Some experts even believed that for the Wizards, the resistance the Celtics could bring to them would definitely not be as good as walking.
of the team.
Because the Wizards are not afraid of others confronting him.
This team has three players who averaged 20 points or more per game in the regular season. If we really talk about firepower, this team has much more firepower. What they are afraid of must be the kind of player who can give them the defensive end.
A team that brings pressure.
There is no consensus on who is on this list, but the name of the Celtics is definitely not included.
They just rely on the "Twin Stars" to play the game.
When the "Twin Stars" faced the Wizards, it seemed that they could not play as easily as they did against other teams.
This has been proven during the regular season.
Speaking of which, it was also because of Paul Pierce's bad mouth that the outside world paid much more attention to the game between the two teams. As a result, the whole world knew that the Celtics' nemesis was the Wizards.
Of course, Paul Pierce would never admit this.
"We will get back to our form next time. In fact, the game has just begun!"
Is there any problem with this statement?
There's really no problem.
There are 7 games in a series and we just lost the first game. This is not the beginning of the game. What is this called?
But the problem is that you, Paul Pierce, haven't won against Michael Jordan yet. Why are you pretending to be so confident?
In fact, Jiang Dalin knows very well that in the two seasons when Michael Jordan came back this time, Paul Pierce only averaged 13.4 points per game against Jordan, shooting around 35%, and his performance was at least two points lower than his usual performance.
Grade. He was really beaten by Michael Jordan and could never recover.
What he thought was "the game has just begun" will most likely turn into "Michael Jordan will train him for three more consecutive games."
"Little bitch, Nike has talked to me again and asked me to talk to you. This time, they are willing to sign a contract with you for 100 million yuan over 7 years!"
"How about it? Think about it, this is a contract that only a super giant can get!"
Early the next morning, I met Michael Jordan in the locker room, who conveyed Nike's wishes to Jiang Dalin.
This is not the first time that Nike has given him a contract offer, ranging from 30 million in 3 years at the beginning to 80 million in 6 years at the end of the regular season.
Now, 100 million in 7 years...
Nike continues to increase its bargaining chips and expresses its sincerity in signing a contract with Jiang Dalin.
After Michael Jordan learned about Nike's offer this time, he was a little surprised. He really didn't expect that Nike would offer such a contract. However, considering Jiang Dalin's popularity, this contract is not outrageous.
As long as Jiang Dalin signs this contract, he will become the first rookie to sign a 100 million yuan contract with Nike.
But what Jordan didn't expect was that Jiang Dalin still refused.
Michael Jordan was stunned the moment he refused, thinking he heard wrongly.
Jiang Dalin replied again: "I need to think about it again."
The reason for rejection is also very simple. At the end of the regular season, Nike offered me 80 million over 6 years. When the playoffs reached the second round, they offered me 100 million over 7 years.
Then when he reaches the finals, will the price rise further?
It only takes one month to go inside and outside, and Jiang Lin can afford to wait.