197. An opponent who cannot turn an enemy into a friend

"I also scored 8 points."

When Pierce heard this, he saw Liu Xiu with his neck crooked and his head raised after landing, and he walked up cursing...

Both the player who was about to leave and the player who was retreating stopped the two players.

Although Liu Xiu didn't move, his teammates still stopped him.

On Pierce's side, Atkins came back and hugged Pierce and said, "Boss, calm down. Have you forgotten about him beating Garnett?"

Pierce shouted: "What's the point of beating Garnett?"

Having said that, Pierce calmed down.

He thought he was already grumpy enough, but after hearing the true story of Garnett's situation, he realized that someone could be so grumpy.

For such a big official event, an All-Star starter was literally dragged to the bathroom and had his belt cut off.

But after calming down, I still have to say something cruel: "I can hold Garnett down and beat him with one hand!"

Many people heard this, and some fans on the sidelines heard these two words shouted by Pierce...

The referee was relieved when he saw Pierce didn't take action and warned Pierce.

As for that rookie... Needless to say, more than half a season has passed and most referees have already whistled for Liu Xiu's games. They are really not afraid of Liu Xiu taking the initiative to hit someone.

In fact, most referees have never even seen Liu Xiu use force.

But I'm really afraid that someone will come and fight me.

There was almost a conflict, but the referee this time was an old referee with more than ten years of experience in officiating. He had experienced the bad boy army in the late period. He just warned Pierce and it was over.

The conflict was resolved and Celtics coach John Carroll called a timeout!

The score reached 8-14, only 3 minutes and 52 seconds had played, and the Celtics were 6 points behind!

John Carroll comforted Pierce, then replaced Vierschenko with Ricky Davis, and replaced Walter McCarty with Jumaine Jones.

On the other side, Liu Xiu angered his opponents again, and everyone was used to it.

What's more, the opponent is Pierce, who is famous for his bad temper.

Randolph made a small profit of 200 US dollars, and opened a bookmaker before the game, with a maximum buy-in of 100 US dollars, betting on whether Pierce would be cured by their warden, Warm Heart, and he paid 2 to 1 for yes or no.

The Trail Blazers did not rotate.

After returning from the timeout, Liu Xiu looked at Ricky Davis' player detection report again.

"Ricky Davis, 24 years old, 198 cm, 90 kg, SF/PG, ability evaluation 83... During the 2003-2004 season with the Celtics, he averaged 14.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game... his field goal percentage was 48.3

%……”

The most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the hit rate.

When Liu Xiu saw the Cavaliers scouting report yesterday, he had questions in his head - why is this girl's efficiency so high?

When I met Ricky Davis against the Cavaliers before, this guy's shooting percentage was almost the same as James's, both would be over 40%.

He specifically checked the past performance of Ricky Davis to see if the low shooting percentage of a ball-handling star was caused by a certain mature-looking high school student.

It turned out not to be the case.

Ricky Davis only shot 41% as the core last season. With James sharing the ball, his efficiency has actually improved.

Going back to the 2001-02 season, the season when Ricky Davis almost won the Sixth Man of the Year award, he was also extremely efficient. At that time, the Cavaliers' main point guard was Andre Miller.

Look, after joining the Celtics this season, with Pierce, who is currently the better ball-handler, Ricky Davis' efficiency has returned.

Liu Xiu concluded that Ricky Davis was not suitable to serve as the first core.

However, it can be seen from the expression of Ricky Davis that this 23-year-old rising star who averaged 20.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.6 steals per game has suffered a lot after being sold to the Cavaliers at a low price.

Such a blow.

When he was with the Cavaliers, he had that sparkle in his eyes, but it's gone now.

…

After the timeout, the Celtics attack.

Atkins advanced upfield and handed the ball to Ricky Davis.

Ricky Davis caught the ball and broke through... sharper than Pierce!

Encountering a back-up defense, Ricky Davis passed the ball behind, and Pierce followed up with the ball and scored two points.

Less than half a quarter later, Pierce scored 10 points!

When the Trail Blazers attacked, Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt. It was obvious that the opponent's defensive position was more targeted - he could be better flanked to score.

If you break in, you will be flanked, so Liu Xiu chose to break through!

Randolph took the lead for several rounds, and it was his turn.

Liu Xiu was flanked on the right side of the three-second zone and passed the ball to the left baseline. The outlaw who cut in was blocked from receiving the ball. Reuben Patterson caught the ball and shot in the high post.

When the Celtics attacked, the Trail Blazers defended Pierce even more tightly.

This time the ball came to Chris Mihm, and Mihm's free throw line jumper came up short.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu of the Trail Blazers made an emergency stop jumper in a single. It was the Celtics' turn to attack again. This time, Pierce stopped passing the ball after receiving the ball. He received a pass from Ricky Davis and cut to three seconds.

From the left side of the zone, McDyess took action from close range...

Pierce avoided McDyess, but he couldn't avoid the outlaws who were chasing him!

The outlaw slapped Pierce's pull-up shot onto the backboard.

Reuben Patterson rushed in to grab the ball and passed it to Liu Xiu, who pushed for a counterattack!

During the advance, Liu Xiu passed the ball to Randolph who was about to leave.

Randolph received the ball from the free throw line on the left side of the three-second zone, and skillfully rushed forward with the ball, attracting the defense... Liu Xiu scored the ball!

Liu Xiu cut around the right side, caught the ball and hit a layup!

This rookie's rhythm control is good! He doesn't focus on getting assists as his first goal. He has the high school student with explosive physical fitness to support him in the middle. He still thinks of double insurance and follows up from the right side, which has an effect... Although Pierce doesn't like Liu

Liu Xiu, but he admitted that Liu Xiu played the ball well.

But immediately, Pierce felt that the rookie only had one trait that was annoying.

He saw the rookie holding up his handsome face, squinting his eyes and smiling, and shook his fist towards him.

The meaning is obvious - I also scored 10 points!

Pierce immediately became angry and shouted to his teammates: "Didn't you see someone cutting in from over there? Keep an eye on that rookie!"

This season was not going well to begin with. It was uncomfortable to meet a rising star like Liu Xiu who had been very successful at the beginning of his career. He was constantly provoked by the opponent. Although he was not afraid of fighting, he was not sure about it. His teammates still couldn't make a shot...he was busy scoring.

Pierce, unlocked again!

In the rest of the first quarter, even after the official timeout, Pierce took his shot as his first target, and even ignored his teammates at one point and just wanted to hit the ball.

Fell into the Trail Blazers' trap!

The Trail Blazers' defense was very extreme. Others didn't need to worry about it. They only focused on Pierce.

On the outside line, the outlaws will defend, assist in mid-range defense, and attack at close range.

Pierce, who scored 10 points in the first half of the first quarter, only scored 5 points in the second half.

Under Pierce's style of play, the Celtics only scored 21 points in the first quarter!

He made 6 of 14 shots by himself, while the rest of the Celtics only made 2 of 7 shots!

After the first quarter, the Celtics trailed the Trail Blazers by 9 points, 21-30!

…

With 15 points in a single quarter, Pierce scored the second highest score in a single quarter this season. When he played against the Cavaliers before, he made 6 of 8 shots in the first quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws.

Scored 18 points.

15 points in a single quarter seemed impressive, but after entering the inter-quarter break, Pierce looked at the result of a whole quarter on the big screen and was dumbfounded...

He made 6 of 15 shots, a 40% shooting percentage, missed both three-pointers, and made 3 of 4 free throws. In this way, he scored 15 points. How terrible is the efficiency!

Moreover, because of him, their team basically has no team offense, and teammates really just take the blame when shooting.

This caused their team, which had a poor start to the game, to basically lose their touch. Two goals were scored, one was a rushing score, the other was a counterattack dunk, and the two points scored by his teammates from free throws were still scored by Ricky David.

Si received the ball and broke through, causing a foul and scoring two points.

On the other hand, the rookie opposite made 5 of 10 shots in the first quarter, including 1 of 2 three-pointers, plus 3 of 4 free throws, scoring 14 points.

Which rookie has a better chance?

No, Pierce knew that the opponent's scoring conditions were not very good, because he kept yelling at his teammates to cover up and attack the rookie.

Now, watching the rookie score 14 points while the opponent's team scored 30 points in a single quarter, he remembered that the rookie sent out a lot of good passes through their flanking and defense.

But look at that rookie's data on the big screen.
To be continued...