The game between the Celtics and the Hornets did not take too much time. In the second half of the third quarter, the two teams hardly called timeouts because the score had already opened to a 20-point gap. The Celtics
Bian has also replaced all the main players. Recently, Rivers has been trying to play more games with substitutes. Krstic can now be used as a substitute for Milicic tactically, although both physical fitness and
His dominance on both offense and defense is much worse than Milicic's, but his European basketball style of play is still very popular with Rivers. In this way, no matter whether Milicic is on the court or not, there will always be someone on the inside and outside.
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Milicic only played 23 minutes in this game and scored 11 points, 7 rebounds and 5 blocks. The star Pierce did not play much time and only scored 15 points. It was Eddie Jones who was beating Wesley and Jr.
Smith tasted the sweetness when he played. In this game, he scored 37 points in 34 minutes. He was really happy. Later, the team also gave him the chance to take shots. Even Rivers, who has always been strict after the game, laughed.
Said: "Eddie is like an old horse, he knows when to go, he understands his opponents, but the most important thing is that he understands himself."
Although the speaker was unintentional, Gary Payton was intentional about the listener. To him, the praise for Eddie Jones was more like a mockery of himself. Although the Hornets lost this game, it was because of the team's overall poor strength.
Because of this, Baron Davis has achieved superstar status. He scored 42 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals and 2 blocks in the game. 28 of them were scored by Payton.
Those 4 steals and 2 blocks were also awarded to him. Payton had never suffered such humiliation, and Rivers also said such things in the media, which made Payton even more ashamed.
After the game against the Hornets, Payton specifically looked for Milicic. Milicic usually has a good impression of this big brother. Although the two are almost 20 years apart, they can be regarded as close friends.
Payton also taught Milicic a lot of things in terms of defensive prediction, and Milicic kept them all in mind, so Milicic has always respected Payton.
Payton said to Milicic: "I am getting older. Many things are beyond my ability. This season I am much worse than last season. I can't say what my state will be next season..."
Milicic naturally knows what Payton wants to express, and the atmosphere in the team is good now. Needless to mention his own state, Milicic feels that he is improving every game, and he doesn't even know how high he can rise to, and
Pierce is now becoming more and more like the star of a strong team. Although he has not grown to the maturity of the Big Three in 2008, his toughness and perseverance are enough to shoulder the responsibility of a playoff-level team.
, the young players are all in good condition and are constantly improving. Among them, Tony Allen, Al Jefferson and Darrell Wright have made particularly obvious progress. New players Christie and Anderson are also very good.
He quickly integrated into the team.
But Milicic didn't think about Payton's inner changes, just like Kobe didn't think about Eddie Jones's state of mind in 2000. Payton is not the kind of player who is satisfied with getting something with the team.
He faced off against the God of Basketball in the Finals, causing Jordan to produce the worst statistics in all Finals. Payton is destined to be a Hall of Fame star, and he cannot allow himself to continue like this, as a appendage of a group of young people.
, slowly became a victim of team reconstruction.
Milicic said to Payton: "Gary, if you believe me, I hope you can give me 2 years. At most 3 years, we will definitely win the championship..."
While Milicic was talking, Gary Payton shook his head with a wry smile and said: "How many 2 years do you think I can have? If possible, I hope to go with a few old guys.
team, instead of someone saying I relied on some young guys to pick up a championship ring in the end."
A few old guys? Milicic thought of something and asked: "Is it the Miami Heat?"
A trace of astonishment flashed in Payton's eyes. Milicic had already confirmed the answer when he saw his expression. Payton immediately calmed down and said, "Since you guessed it, I won't hide it from you. Shaq gave me
I called and we got along well with the Lakers before. Although some things happened, it did not affect our relationship. He said that Riley also planned to contact Mourning and Malone to come out. We old guys were going to
Fight for a championship together. Darko, although I think it is not good to do this, I have already made a trade request with Rivers and Angie, and they did not reject it immediately. I know what this means. Here I hinder young people.
The improvement of the players, and this team with too many young players will slow down my pace of winning the championship."
Milicic did not expect that his appearance could not change some things, such as Payton's switch to the Heat, and his appearance also accelerated Mourning's return to the Heat. What is even more incredible is that the Heat actually wanted to recruit Karl Malone.
, how powerful this Miami Heat will be, the direction of history has not been rewritten by his own appearance, Milicic seems a little frustrated.
In fact, Milicic is just a fan of the person involved. Because of the rise of the Boston Celtics, Pat Riley believes that if he does not win the championship in the past two years, the investment in O'Neal will be in vain, and Riley
The idea is to wait for these people to play for two years before clearing their salary, sign one of James, Anthony, and Milicic, and form a younger dynasty with Wade, so the appearance of Milicic made Riley feel
It was more urgent, so he took action faster.
Payton looked at Milicic's disappointed expression and said: "The Celtics are still too young now and don't have any playoff experience. I have never seen such a young team win a championship.
Yes, you have the potential to become a legendary center, but now you are still a long way from being the best inside player. O'Neal is a mountain you have to cross..."
The reality is like this, and it will not change due to human will. At least there won't be too much of a problem following O'Neal to the finals. And now with this young Celtics team, no one knows that they are in the iron-blooded playoffs.
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