Chapter 188. Chapter 187. The Soul of Truth
Chapter 188. Chapter 187. The Soul of Truth
Boston Celtics, Celtics!
In terms of team popularity alone, or the intuitive dominance directly given to the fans, they are not as impressive as the Lakers' 7 championships and two consecutive championships in the past 20 years, let alone the invincible Bulls with 6 championships in 8 years In comparison, even the Pistons and Rockets, which have won two consecutive championships, have given people a more dazzling impression than the Celtics over the years.
But in terms of the total number of championships, the Celtics are invincible!
With 16 championships, the Celtics rank first in the number of championships in history with an absolute advantage!
The second-placed Lakers now only have 13 championships.
It took the Lakers 30 years to chase the Celtics from 6 to 13 championships to 13 to 16 now!
The other teams didn't even have a chance to chase the Celtics. The Bulls ranked third in the number of championships, ten fewer than the Celtics!
After a short rest day back in Atlanta, the Eagles take on the Boston-Celtics.
Antoine Walker and Raheem face off!
Time Warner Cable will broadcast the game live in Georgia and three states, California and Massachusetts!
Needless to say, Georgia is the base camp of the Eagles, Massachusetts is the state where Boston sits, the base camp of the Celtics, and California is where the Lakers fans can see the Celtics game.
Antoine Walker, the Celtics' first individual balloon star since Larry Bird retired, and a member of the 96 golden generation, is much more popular than Pierce.
Of course, Pierce is obviously stronger than Antoine Walker. Pierce entered the NBA two years later than Antoine Walker, but in the second grade, Pierce is almost as good as Antoine Walker, and he completely surpassed Antoine in 3 years. -Walker, now Pierce is the second regular season scorer! The average of 27 points per game is second only to Iverson who averaged 32 points per game, 0.1 points higher than O'Neal, and higher than McGrady, Duncan, Kobe and others!
But popularity can really piss people off. Pierce is now averaging 27 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block per game. His popularity is not as good as Antoine Walker, who has a more gorgeous style of play and a brighter personality. Former All-Star Eastern Conference forward Ten Pierce shadows are not visible.
This is also normal, who wants to vote for an All-Star vote for a player whose playing style is similar to his grandfather.
Duncan was still flying when he was young, and his style of painting changed suddenly when he was about 30 years old. Pierce's physical fitness is not bad, but he has played like an old man on the court since the beginning.
Probably due to the lack of important games recently, Time Warner added this game to the broadcast, and the focus of the publicity was the All-Star starting battle between Raheem and Antoine Walker!
It is easy for the media to bring the rhythm up. Raheem had to passively fall into the duel invitation. The live broadcaster has already publicized the gimmick. If he really loses in the duel, the popularity accumulated by his own hype and strength carry, Maybe it will be snatched away by Antoine Walker, who is already popular.
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Finally saw the truth!
The Celtics players entered the field, and Liu Mang's eyes were not on the field. After entering the field, he came to greet Raheem, and the Celtics "boss" who was very friendly with others was nicknamed "comedian" in the United States and "nicknamed in China" Not on Antoine Walker of Fat Toutuo, but on that amazing man.
At the end of the offseason after his rookie season, he went to a bar and was stabbed more than a dozen times, the deepest of which was as deep as 8 cm, but the knife was not fatal. A month later, he returned to the court alive and well to complete the game In the second grade, he caught up with Antoine Walker's data. In the third grade, he squeezed Antoine Walker from the small forward to the power forward position, and then Antoine Walker miraculously found the second-year selection in the power forward position. The feeling of the All-Stars, this season the two brought the Celtics back to the playoffs after a lapse of six years.
Is this a preordained arrangement? Or is it the wonderful attributes of this mysterious man?
Unlike Antoine Walker, who likes to play and is often funny, Pierce is very indifferent. After coming up, he is practicing three-pointers alone, with a sense of sight that strangers should not enter, while Antoine Walker likes to make friends very much. Sen is very similar. There are more than a dozen "friends" at home, eat his, live in his, buy a car and even buy a house for him!
Antoine Walker really makes friends with everyone, regardless of status or even character. Even Liu Mang, who was quietly observing Pierce on the other side of the court, came to say hello and hugged him, and said I gave a gift and it should have been sent to the Eagles home team locker room... There is no connection before and after this passage! Unrelated! Unrelated!
Although Pierce is cold, he has a good relationship with Antoine Walker. When Antoine Walker returned to his home halfcourt to practice shooting, he saw Pierce who passed the ball to him smile. Get on the other teammates.
The Celtics are third in the Eastern Conference. Although there is a lot of water, there are only two players who scored in double figures. The team's main point guard Kenny Anderson averaged only 9.7 points per game.
Of course, as the No. 2 pick in 1991, Kenny Anderson was very good in his early years. When Jordan was away in the 1993-94 season, he even overwhelmed many people and was selected as the All-Star starter. Now the Celtics are old.
This is the status quo these days. When the stars are young, it is difficult to see them hugging each other. For example, Glider Drexler and Big Mouth Barkley were already in their 30s when they hugged Olajuwon’s thigh. Glider was only traded at the age of 33. To the Rockets, Barkley was 34 years old when he went to the Rockets.
Except for a very few era-level superstars, many players who were superstars even at their peak have a serious decline after the age of 30.
Now there is no atmosphere of grouping together. If a team can have more than five players who score in double figures, it is either the bottom team that is bad at their own statistics, or a local tyrant team like the Mavericks. Most of the playoffs even Championship-level teams usually have only three or four players scoring in double figures, such as the Lakers and Spurs, and the top eight in the Eastern Conference are basically two to four players scoring in double figures.
After observing Pierce, he found that he couldn't see anything special about this muscular man with muscle mass comparable to Artest, so Liu Mang chose to ask the system: "Pierce's ability value."
"Ding... Paul Pierce, 24 years old, ability value 90 (has entered the peak period), offense 93, defense 72, three-pointer 82, mid-range shooting 81, layup 83, speed 86, strength 85..."
"Ding...discovering Paul Pierce's characteristic soul of truth."
"Soul of Truth: Extremely strong willpower and physical recovery ability, extremely strong ability to recover from injuries, rarely affected by injuries, and has a long peak period."
A fringe role among top stars, from the perspective of ability value, Liu Mang learned that Pierce could not rank among the many small forwards in history if he only talked about his personal ability. This can be seen from his personal honor. In total, there is only one second team and three third teams in a year. This can directly reflect the player's performance in each season and rank in his own position in that season.
However, Pierce's offensive ability is too comprehensive! Regardless of defense, Pierce has spent his career, although he is not a defensive sieve, but most of the time he is at best average.
But this attack is unprecedentedly comprehensive!
A player must have some weaknesses in scoring, but Pierce, like the legend, is a kaleidoscope of offense! From beyond the three-point line to the basket, all are top-notch!
And even though he doesn't have the strength of a superstar, he has characteristics that many superstars envy. The characteristics of the soul of truth can really make opponents envious! How many players have ended their careers hastily because of injuries.
Of course, this may also have something to do with Pierce's own style of play, relying on strength and skill, rather than explosive speed, so he can maintain his peak period for a particularly long time.
Generally speaking, if the peak period can be maintained for 7 years, it is already a very long peak period. According to statistics from ESPN, basically 7 years can see a change in the NBA era, the rotation of the championship team, and so on.
Besides Antoine Walker and Pierce, Liu Mang also discovered a contemporary Jordan!
It's just that the contemporary Jordan is still a rookie, weakly huddled in the corner.
Soon, the pre-match activities are over, and after the national anthem is sung, the game will start soon!
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"Welcome everyone to watch the Atlanta Hawks-Boston Celtics game brought to you by Time Warner Sports Channel. I'm your friend Hubie. The game is about to start. Bill, who do you think will win today's game? ?Of course I know you can say Celtic." Hubie Brown couldn't help laughing.
Hubie Brown, a famous coach in NBA history, won the best coach in the 1970s, and is now active as a commentator. However, he is almost 70 years old, and he still has a team that wants him to be the head coach, and he will come back in the future , I really won the best coach again at the age of 71...
Partnering with Hubie Brown is Celtics legend Bill Walton, and the TV stations love to make trouble.
"Oh, of course! The Celtics will definitely win. Pierce and Walker are both very capable of scoring, both better than the Eagles...&%&*...&*" Bill Walton was probably before the age of 40 I have always had a stutter and rarely had the opportunity to speak. After becoming a commentator, I became a chatterbox. The general content is to use the advantages of the Celtics to compare the shortcomings of the Eagles.
Anyway, it's just doing things!
Of course, a play has to have opposites. Hubie Brown played the role of "Eagle fans" today. Hubie Brown immediately retorted: "The Eagles have a better defense and a better sixth man. They are now the leader of the East. Second, the Eastern Conference will soon be No. 1, and the Celtics have no chance to win..."
The American narrators are all Huang Jianxiang, and they are quite passionate. This is why many people who have a little better English or even like to watch the American live broadcast even if they don’t know English. This kind of live broadcast style is more interesting!
With the two commentators quarreling, the game began.
The starting lineup of the Eagles has changed slightly. Dean Grove suffered from muscle tension before the game. This is a high incidence in the NBA in the middle of the season, so Jacqui Vaughn replaced Dean Grove in the starting lineup. Anyway, the effect is similar , the strength is similar, and the other four are still Jason Terry, Raheem, Mohammed, and Ratliff.
The Celtics' starting lineup is Kenny Anderson, Joe Johnson, Paul Pierce, Antoine Walker and Tony Batty.
Tony Batty, the future big center of the Magic team, the man who squeezed Howard in the early stage of his career to the power forward position. His characteristics are similar to the cornerstone player of the Lakers Thackeray. He has a certain shooting ability but poor rebounding, solid tonnage, but physical Better quality, team morale booster.
At the start of the game, Tony Batty came up and gave a strange roar to win the jump ball. The referee was so scared that he almost called the jump ball violation. Fortunately, he held back, because people just like to shout.
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