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Chapter 114

Chapter 114

North Shore Gardens, home of the Boston Celtics.

On the night of January 2004, 1, on the basketball court, Paul Pierce put on a three-threat offensive posture on the left wing of the three-point line, capable of passing, breaking and shooting.

James, who was mainly defending Pierce, kept up with Pierce's probing steps, and his defensive posture could also block Pierce's hand movements, but he still took a feint shot from Pierce, broke through from the left side, and entered the horn area , directly drew the bow and shot the arrow, and hit a two-point mid-range emergency stop jumper.

And this was just the beginning. In the next round, the unbelieving James approached Pierce for a one-on-one matchup. Pierce remained calm, still in a three-threat posture, holding the ball over the top, making a passing posture, and smashed it from James' face. James, who had a quick nerve response, stretched out his hand to block the ball. Pierce shortened his body and accelerated the dribble into the three-point line. James quickly took a step across and blocked Pierce's breakthrough with his body.

Pierce, who looked slow, hit the free throw line, paused, and turned to the left.

James stabilized his center of gravity, with his left hand on Pierce's waist, and his right hand in the air. At any time, he could block or interfere, and he could even set up his ribs to prevent Pierce from playing singles with his back.

James' defensive preparations are not insincere. They should be well prepared and fully prepared.

Pierce didn't choose to crush with his back, and he didn't force his way to the depths. Instead, he slowly pulled the ball and turned back, shooting a two-point jumper.

James takes a step forward, jumps up, and puts his hand over Pierce's face.

Bow and archery, Pierce, like an elegant dancer, took the basketball out of his hand calmly, the basketball crossed a beautiful arc, and there was a sound of scraping the net, and the basketball entered the net.

James saw the basketball hit, a little unbelievable, obviously Pierce's turnaround jumper was not fast, and the height of the jump was not high, he rushed forward to defend, enough time, he covered his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Pierce's shot was still hitting the basket steadily.

Is that okay?

James was confused, and his defense became more desperate, but, strangely, Pierce always had a way to put the basketball into the basket in front of James.

Even Pierce didn't even bother to put on a three-threat pose. He directly received the pass from the point guard, turned his back to the basket, arched his butt, arched James' close defense, and used his body strength with his back to crush James to the horns.

Shaking his shoulders behind his back, he turned around and swiped, took advantage of the situation and rushed to the basket, jumped up with one step, picked the basket and made a shot, and with a bang, the basketball was still accurately hit.

In the first quarter alone, James saw Pierce's kaleidoscopic offensive methods, which was really scary. James even thought that if Pierce was given a chance, and the opponent also thought it was necessary, Pierce would be able to play a completely different game throughout the game. The offensive means to deal with him.

What a horror! !

Originally, among the starting five players of the Cavaliers, Eric Williams, a powerful small forward, is familiar with Pierce, and the effect of defending Pierce will be better, at least not as strong as James defends. Embarrassed.

However, what James thinks is that since Pierce is Anthony's template, if I can beat Pierce in the heads-up, then the media will publicize that he and Anthony are enemies for life, wouldn't it be the end?

After all, he even defeated the template Pierce, and Anthony is not his opponent.

As a result, James couldn't please Pierce at all, and was beaten so hard that he couldn't hold his head up.

After the first quarter, under the leadership of Pierce, the Celtics played a multi-point offensive, 33 to 21, leading James by 12 points in a single quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, James did not end, leading the bench to lead the Cavaliers' offense.

On the side of the Celtics, Ricky Davis's face was so gloomy that water dripped out, his eyes were red, and he wanted to tear a piece of flesh off the Cavaliers and James.

Next, Ricky Davis, who plays the sixth man, began to find James unhappy.

The Celtics' offense, as soon as halftime passed, was passed to Ricky Davis to deal with it.

James' face was indifferent, and he said in his heart, I can't kill Pierce, and you, a former third-rate star, dare to let me lift the shoes.

Thinking about it now makes me feel hot! !

James and Ricky looked at each other, and the cold breath spread out, and the flames overflowed.

Ricky Davis received the ball from the face frame, arced from the three-point line, and singled out James. The other players wisely opened up the space and gave the stage to the duel between the two.

Ricky Davis still put on a three-threat offensive posture, James' expression remained unchanged, and he calmly blocked the opponent's probing moves without being overwhelmed.

Lifting the ball over the top, with both feet parallel, Ricky Davis made a three-point jumper.

There was a faint smile on James's face, he didn't rush forward, he still took a step, guarding against breakthroughs and shots.

The technical characteristics of the two are very similar. They are both combined with sudden points, can play point forwards, and their shots are not stable.

Overlapping positions, competition for ball status, unless the Cavaliers' top management is mentally ill, otherwise, they will definitely choose James to build the team instead of sieve Ricky Davis.

Seeing that James and Ben were unmoved, Ricky also knew that they were too familiar with each other to ignore each other's shots at all.

Moreover, James' attitude of almost asking for a shot made Ricky very upset.

Fortunately, he didn't take a three-pointer. He was looking for James in the heads-up, and it was impossible to pass the ball.

Besides, in a heads-up duel like this, it is best to score the first goal steadily, otherwise, the momentum will be lost.

Short body, dribble forcefully break through, since he can't cheat, he can only head-to-head, Ricky dribbles cross-step, shoots the basketball from left to right, leans on James' body, breaks into the inside line, takes a step to the free throw line, pulls the ball up .

James took a step sideways and blocked the opponent's breakthrough route with his body. Seeing Ricky pulling the ball for a layup, James looked focused and followed Ricky's footsteps closely, ready to give Ricky a big gift of hot pot at any time.

Ricky may not be on the line defensively, but his offense is extremely sharp. He shot an arrow in two steps, and made a small throw from the side, and the basketball was hit steadily.

Ricky roared in celebration, venting his unhappiness.

Looking back, James held the ball in the middle, without any feints, without stopping for a moment, and directly rushed forward, displaying his special skills, crab steps, rampant and domineering, crushing Ricky abruptly, smashing into the basket, his body exploded, and carried the ball. Ricky's body straightened up, his body blossomed in the air, and he made a tomahawk-style dunk. Riding on Ricky's body, he smashed the basketball hard into the basket.

Also retaliate with a goal!

Landing, James didn't roar, but walked away from Ricky lightly, quickly returned to the half court, and defended without a trace of expression on his face.

How dare you act like this!

Wait for me! !

Ricky got angry, usually he only had [-]% of his power to attack, but now he used [-]% of it, it felt less, far from enough.

Break through and hit the dunk!

Step down the dribble and swing out of the angle, drifting and returning.

Twisting with the back turned into twists, dribbling and crossing steps, throwing casually, hitting the basket, throwing and grabbing...

Ricky was completely ruthless, and used all the attacks in his life one by one.

Just as the two were fighting desperately, Pierce stood up from the bench, "It's time for me to play and end this boring fight!"

Pierce, who was fully rested, took three shots and two shots, directly hit a wave, and took away the final victory.

The Celtics defeated the visiting Cavaliers 107-82 at home, giving the opponent a two-game losing streak.

James scored 19 points in the duel, and Ricky scored 16 points, but they were not as good as Pierce's 30 points.

In the face of the truth, the strength of James and Ricky is still a little weak...

(End of this chapter)