The Hornets' lineup is Baron Davis, David Wesley, Mashburn, P.J. Brown and last year's All-Star center Magloire.
After the start of this game, it was not as simple as Milicic thought before. Although the five members of this Hornets team have declined significantly due to injuries or aging, they still have good combat effectiveness.
In this game, the famous defensive expert PJ Brown came to defend Milicic. This guy's physical condition is not very good, and he is also 36 years old, but sometimes he makes Milicic feel better than facing Ben Hua.
Rice was even more uncomfortable. He could always stand in the position where Milicic would make a breakthrough or turn around. In the beginning, Milicic caused a collision with the ball and a three-second violation in a basket attack.
On the offensive side, it was obvious that Payton could not contain Baron Davis. After playing for about 4 minutes, Baron Davis had already scored 8 points. Payton was completely defeated.
Baron Davis is also called a mini Barkley. Even Barkley himself does not deny this. Barkley once said that Davis' big butt can even squeeze the power forward away from the basket. When he was young,
Payton used his body to bully others, and now he was being bullied by Davis. Looking at the bitter look on his face, Milicic said to him: "Gary, you now understand how immoral you were when you were young.
Well, now you can only enjoy the rewards of reincarnation."
The reason why Milicic can joke with Payton like this is because the Celtics are ahead of the Hornets in terms of absolute strength.
When Eddie Jones, who is 1.98 meters tall, faces David Wesley, who is 1.85 meters tall, he feels as if he has returned to his young All-Star days. Wesley himself is short, but his athletic ability is even better this season.
It was worse than last season. At the age of 35, he could no longer be regarded as the Hornets' sting. Soon after, he was sold to the Rockets to make his final contribution to the Hornets' reconstruction.
Mashburn, who was once one of the top three players in Dallas, also suffered a sharp decline in athletic ability due to injuries. When he faced the league's top small forward Paul Pierce, he didn't even have any advantage at all.
The performance of Magloire and P.J. Brown inside was quite satisfactory, and they did not allow the Celtics' inside players to grab more shares, and the rebound protection was also pretty good, but the offensive ability of these two people was quite good.
They are all lacking. They are unable to cause any damage to the Celtics inside.
Only Baron Davis has been bullying Payton at this point. Baron Davis was the steal leader last season. He has been at the top level of steals since entering the league. However, his steal methods are different from others.
It's not the same. Unlike Iverson who relied on his speed and explosive power to steal the ball, nor did Payton or Kidd rely on his ability to predict the ball. He relied on his strong body to steal the opponent's ball. Payton has already
He has broken it off twice. When fighting against Baron Davis, you will always be squeezed into the most uncomfortable position by him, and this guy is extremely fast. This is all due to his past.
is a rugby player.
But before Rivers could stand it anymore, the Hornets made adjustments first. David Wesley, who had been given an All-Star performance by Eddie Jones, was replaced and replaced by this year's
super rookie jr. smith.
This year's Hornets are also planning a trade. Jr. Smith has good breakthrough ability, accurate shooting, and excellent physical talent. This has led the Hornets' top management to recognize him as the cornerstone of the team, and now he is also developing step by step.
Reduce David Wesley's playing time and give Jr. more opportunities to play.
But the reason why the Hornets management thinks so is that on the one hand they don't understand Jr. Smith's often cramped brain. On the other hand, they haven't got the future that can make a weak team a favorite for the championship.
The league’s top point guard—Chris Paul.
After Jr. Smith came on the field, he said to Eddie Jones: "Old guy, I think it's almost time for you to finish. If you don't want to lose too ugly, I hope you can apply for a rest by yourself."
Eddie Jones doesn't like talking trash on the court and ignored Jr. Smith, but that doesn't mean that others ignore this kind of thing. Milicic is no longer with the Celtics as he was at the beginning.
He is worried about what others think of him, and now he regards the Celtics as his own team. Although the eldest brother of this team is Paul Pierce, whether it is Rivers or Paul Pierce himself,
Milicic has expressed it more than once. They hope Milicic can shoulder more responsibilities, and this place will belong to Milicic in the future.
Milicic said to Jr. Smith in the past: "Don't think that just because you can run and jump like a monkey, you can run wild here."
Jr. Smith, like Milicic, was both a player born in 1985. He was envious, jealous, and resentful of Milicic's success, and he started talking trash to Milicic at that time.
Over there, the Celtics also replaced Gary Payton with Marcus Banks. Although Banks' body like a cannon is not as abnormal as Baron Davis's, it is not either.
As for Payton being at such a disadvantage.
When the Hornets attacked this time, Baron Davis still used his body to fight hard. After squeezing out a little gap, he directly charged inside. Facing Milicic's defense, he made a strong dunk. The former Byron Day
Weiss also used this move to dunk the shot-blocking madman Kirilenko, but now Milicic is not afraid of him. If there are some dodges in the air, Milicic may hesitate, but after passing Davis before
Research on the video found that his dunks were all straight forward. Milicic jumped up to cover Davis. When both of them began to fall, he used his height and wingspan advantage to knock the ball away from Davis, and then
PJ Brown on the side picked up the ball and was about to take a shot. Milicic jumped up again with a big block and slapped away the basketball that PJ Brown had just shot.
The fans screamed twice at that moment, but Milicic's performance was not over yet.
Jr. Smith rushed from the outside and got the basketball. He took off two steps inside the free throw line and tried to end the ball with a wonderful dunk.
But Milicic, who he wanted to dunk, did not agree. He jumped up again. This time, he pressed forward and directly covered Jr. Smith to the ground, and the ball was caught by Eddie Jones.
Three consecutive blocks made the fans in North Shore Garden make more noise.
Heinsohn, the voice of Boston in the commentary box, also said sincerely: "Darko's performance just now reminded me of the days when Bill and I were fighting together. Come on! Darko! Go like Bill Russell. Fight!" Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
