The four teams of Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are really good in the market. Although they are all on the fringe of the playoffs, they can still get a lot of national live broadcasts. The most one team can get in a season
There were 35 live broadcasts across the United States. A team like the Celtics, which was not expected to be strong, actually won 33 games. The Los Angeles Lakers even got 35 games, just like the Miami Heat with O'Neal.
The Spurs' games have never been very enjoyable to watch. This is evident from the fact that the jersey sales of Tim Duncan, the most powerful forward in NBA history, only ranked ninth in the NBA. You must know that this was before James, Anthony, Wade and others had fully completed their games.
During the rise, when the 2003 generation became All-Stars, Duncan's jersey sales ranking dropped further. Therefore, in this game, the Spurs have to benefit from the Boston Celtics to have the opportunity to be broadcast live across the United States.
After entering the arena, Duncan came over and greeted Milicic: "Darko, I can't let you shoot over my head this time. You embarrassed me once in the Olympics."
Milicic said with a smile: "Then you are a good person and do your best to the end. If you lose again, let me perform in the regular season. We won't meet in the playoffs. When I win this game, I will invite you to watch the striptease."
Duncan looked at Milicic with a blank look on his face. He really didn't expect this kid to be so shameless. He just thought about it and said it out loud.
Ginobili also came over and looked at Milicic and said: "Boy, I have to deal with you on behalf of my hometown folks today. Scola sent me a text message before the game and specifically explained this."
"Okay, as long as you have fun, I'll do whatever you want."
Bruce Bowen on the side looked at the playful and smiling Milicic, shook his head and sighed: "This kid's shameless look has the charm of my youth."
This was broadcast live across the United States, and TNT commentators came to the scene. The three commentators were Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Steve Kerr. Barkley's commentary style was eclectic, and even the opening was different.
, most people went to Popovich or Rivers to interview a few words, but he came straight to Milicic and patted Milicic on the shoulder: "Hey! Darko! I am
Your fans, do you have any exciting news about this game? It can also be irrelevant to the game. For example, are there any good nightclubs in this city? If so, I will treat you tonight."
Milicic looked at this shiny bald head and said with a smile: "My fans are all very unrestrained in appearance, and so are their personalities."
"Haha! I really like this kid!" Barkley said to the camera, "Remember to give Duncan a few hard blows!"
Barkley ended his harassment-like interview, the Celtics gathered together, their hands clasped together, and Rivers shouted: "We are--"
"The strongest——" everyone shouted in unison.
The Spurs starting lineup is:
Point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, center Laju Nesterovich.
The Celtics starting lineup is:
Point guard Gary Payton, shooting guard Eddie Jones, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Al Jefferson, center Darko Milicic
Milicic defeated Duncan in the fight for the ball. He originally wanted to look at Duncan and make him angry, but he didn't expect Duncan to turn around and defend with a dead look on his face, which made Milicic feel uncomfortable.
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Payton dribbled the ball and looked at the young man Parker in front of him. While dribbling, he said: "Isn't the Spurs' defense very good? Then why are you acting like a bitch?"
Although Parker was restraining his desire to greet Payton and his mother, he still couldn't help but take action. As soon as his body shifted slightly, Payton used his own strength to forcefully cut past him. Parker didn't expect that this old guy would still be there.
With such strength, Payton broke through due to carelessness.
Ginobili quickly rotated over, and Bowen also opened a little defensive distance from Pierce and moved closer to the middle, further reducing Payton's breakthrough space.
Duncan also took a step forward. Even if Payton could squeeze in between the two people, Duncan behind him would teach him a lesson.
This is the defensive intensity of the Spurs, championship-level defensive intensity. Milicic saw this scene and immediately put away his contempt. The Spurs did not use Duncan to face Milicic. Behind Milicic
He is a white insider named Nesterovich who is almost as tall and strong as him. Nesterovich is not as bad as the statistics show, but his statistics are sacrificed for the entire tactical system.
Milicic struggled for a long time before reaching the position near the paint area. Payton saw that he was unable to do anything. After a fake movement with a look, he hit the ball to the ground and passed it to Milicic. Milicic quickly received the ball.
The pass was passed to Pierce, who had some gaps. The moment Pierce caught the ball, Bruce Bowen had already applied it like a dog-skin plaster, pressing his chest against Pierce, forcing Pierce to take a step back.
, was able to adjust, but in this step, the flaws in the Spurs' formation disappeared in an instant, and everyone in the Spurs fell into their positions.
Bowen's defense blocked Pierce's breakthrough route to the left, leaving the baseline to Pierce. However, this seemed like a defensive loophole, but it actually allowed Pierce to get into the Spurs' defensive trap, and Duncan behind him would be on the baseline.
He used supplementary defense and cooperated with Bowen to force Pierce into a blind corner.
As soon as Pierce broke through to the baseline, he realized something was wrong. He immediately forced his shot and missed. Nesterovich and Milicic struggled with each other, giving Al Jefferson a chance. Jefferson grabbed it.
He went to the offensive rebound and put the ball in the basket.
Although the goal was scored, it was entirely due to luck. To be precise, the Spurs set the tone for the entire game at the beginning of the game.
When it was the Spurs' turn to attack, Parker made a mistake when defending Payton. Likewise, Payton was unable to contain Parker. Parker broke through Payton's defense and passed the ball to Gino when Eddie Jones was covering the defense.
Billy and Ginobili made a fake move to shoot a three-pointer. When Jones came back to block the shot, his body twisted to an exaggerated degree and broke into the inside, directly forcing a layup.
After Jefferson jumped up, Ginobili pulled the lever in the air, took the ball down, and took a shot from Jefferson's armpit to pick the basket while losing his center of gravity. However, at this time, Milicic behind Jefferson had also jumped.
He got up, put the ball on the backboard with both hands and picked it off.
After taking off the rebound, Milicic avoided the on-the-spot counterattack from Parker and Duncan. Milicic passed the ball to Payton. Only then did Ginobili get up. Milicic ran alongside him and said to him:
"Please tell Scola, I'm afraid I'm going to let him down."
