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Chapter 868

What is an "ice cream zone"? The so-called "ice cream zone" is a "floor trap".

That is to say, in these specific areas and corners, if you dribble the ball, the basketball will not have enough rebound power, or even not bounce at all. This is also the usual method of the Celtics before the 21st century. It runs throughout.

From their "eight consecutive championships" era to the "Bird era". This "victory trick" created by "Cardinal" Auerbach has always been criticized by people.

However, the Green Army themselves are never tired of it.

Moreover, this "ice cream zone" is not fixed, which means that if you remember the position of this game, it may not be the same for the next game. Why? Because the floors of NBA games are all re-joined piece by piece before the game.

Yes, if you go to watch the game and go there early, you can see the workers installing the floor for the home game.

After all, the gymnasium is not just a gymnasium for the basketball team. There are other activities that are usually done.

Therefore, NBA game venues and training venues have always been separate. Take the Los Angeles Lakers as an example. Their home game is the Staples Center, but their training venue is the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo (not

The Rockets' Toyota Center (ha, two more words). Boston, of course, is the same.

In this way, it can be explained why every game in "Ice Cream Zone" is different.

Because many parts of the floor can be combined and spliced, as long as you are willing, you can definitely have a variety of designs.

In order to ensure the Green Army's legendary record and absolute victory, "Cardinal" Auerbach often deploys these small tricks at the home courts of these important games. "Floor traps" are just one of them. He just called the staff, that is

For the second "little trick", the "basket trap", during the halftime break, you can do some "tricks" by checking the basket frame or simply changing the net. For example, the basket

The tightness of the basket, the left and right tilt angle of the basket, etc. Different tightness will cause many balls that could have been ejected on the basket to directly collapse, and then the low rebounds will decrease and the long rebounds will increase. The left and right tilt angles of the basket are different.

, the same is true. Not only reducing the hit rate, it also has a certain impact on the rebound of rebounds.

And that's not all... The camera pans to the direction of the visiting team's locker room in the Boston Garden Plaza, and you will find that this place is different from before. If you were not given air conditioning at all before, then tonight - suddenly you will be given air conditioning.

coldest.

All your previous warm-ups will be in vain, and it will take some time to regain your best competition condition.

It seems nonsensical, but it is all real. Things that countless people complained about in that era, Tang Qian finally experienced it himself. This is so cold!!! Suddenly he came in sweating profusely,

I simply can’t stand it if I stay there for too long!!!

In fact, let alone the era when this system was not very standardized, in the 21st century, this kind of thing happens frequently.

For example, the Spurs are a "trickster" team.

The famous air conditioning failure incident that year directly caused James to be so hot that his physical energy was quickly exhausted, and then he developed cramps.

Not only that, there was also an incident where a venomous snake appeared in the visiting team's locker room in the original time and space, which scared many people in the Trail Blazers out of their wits. Of course, the Spurs later claimed that it was an "accident" and not a human factor.

Do you think this is weird enough? No, no, no, there is something even weirder. The time was in 2009 and 2011. The Kings visited the Spurs twice at home, and both times... bats appeared in the arena!!! Yes!

, you read that right, it’s a bat!!!

In addition, there were flies flying around in the visiting team's locker room, and there was no hot water in the visiting team's locker room, but this is all child's play, at least compared to the above, it was just drizzle.

"Cardinal" is the honorific title for Bostonians, but Auerbach has another not-so-nice title outside, which is called "red head". It has the same meaning as the famous American derogatory word "red neck".

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Substitute player George Lee couldn't help but sneeze and said: "These damn Boston people, the air conditioning is too high."

"This is their usual method." Alex Hannum, the head coach of the Warriors, said: "Every time it comes to a critical game, they will do this in order to maximize the possibility of victory. I saw a lot of them in the finals that year.

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"This is too much! What if your body gets cold and you get injured later?" Nate Thurmond complained loudly, but only got Alex Hannum's words: "No one

Care about the losers. Only when you win will you have the right to appeal and will others be willing to listen."

"Then let us be the winners." Tang Qian stood up from his seat and said, "This little trick will not hinder us."

"On the basketball court, the real king would not want to do this."

"But, Wilt, do you really think we can win? Boston has always been the big winner in the league." Rookie Gary Hill, who only joined the Warriors this year, asked a little uncertainly. Tang Qian looked at

He then looked at the Warriors players in the entire locker room and said: "In a word, if you win, you will have money. If you lose, you will get nothing."

"Gary, are you going to have trouble with money?" Tang Qian asked.

Hearing the word "money", Gary Hilton immediately swept away his previous uncertainty and replied loudly: "Of course not! Whoever robs me of money is my biggest enemy! I won't knock out his teeth."

There’s a ghost!”

"What about you? Do you have trouble with money?" Tang Qian nodded, then asked the others.

The answer I got was naturally similar to Gary Hill’s before.

"Okay, I still say the same thing." Tang Qian said: "If you want money, kill your opponent and destroy Boston!"

But it turns out that Tang Qian and the others still underestimated the "Boston" people, because as soon as the third quarter started, their opponents began to take advantage. And it was a very "sudden" advantage. It was like an instant, the San Francisco Warriors couldn't play ball.

Same thing, all kinds of mistakes happen one after another.

For example, if you make several dribbling errors in a row and are directly intercepted by your opponent in a fast break, it is extremely weird. No matter how you look at it, it is a bit abnormal. Even players in the 1960s, who were also professional players, how could they make consecutive dribbling errors?

Or was it an inexplicable mistake?

Even if there is a strict palm down rule, it will not lead to this egg shape.

Besides, Guy Rogers was the assist leader last season. Although his offense is not good, his organization and dribbling are still very good. At least, it is rare to see such continuous mistakes. Basically, there is no need to doubt the basic skills.

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Guy Rogers himself was also full of confusion and frustration. He didn't know why he suddenly lost his sense of the ball, and no matter how he dribbled, he no longer felt as comfortable as before. The reason, of course, was not on him.

This is what "Cardinal" Auerbach calls the "ice cream trap." Dribbling the ball in a few fixed areas on the court? There will almost be a 100% chance of a mistake!

Not to mention Guy Rogers, even if Jerry West and Elgin Baylor come, it will be the same.

No miracles will happen.

Continuous mistakes allowed the opponent to easily score points, which had a significant impact on the morale of the San Francisco Warriors. The momentum they had finally built up in the first half was instantly overturned and collapsed. In addition, during the halftime break, the locker room

Due to the excessive influence of the air-conditioning, the Warriors are starting to play a little out of order.

Playing amateur games without rules is okay, but playing professional basketball? Without rules, it is tantamount to seeking death.

He will be beaten with a black nose and a swollen face, and his head will be bruised and bloody.

Before halftime, the score difference was still 6 points, but in less than 5 minutes, it had become 16 points! This change in score difference made it difficult for Tang Qian to accept it for a while. Of course, this kind of problem will not only occur.

It's just a "floor trap".

The San Francisco Warriors' shooting percentage suddenly plummeted, which is also a key factor.

It's like the basket suddenly shrank. Even for layups, the shooting percentage dropped significantly!

There must be something wrong with this!!!

After Alex Hannum called a timeout, Tang Qian came down and knocked over a bottle of sports drink with some annoyance, and then couldn't help but said: "Why? Why did it become like this all of a sudden? Ah?

??" No one said anything, because everyone could see how much San Francisco No. 13 wanted to win tonight's game, otherwise, why would a fool take out such a big "private bonus"?

It's not that they didn't try their best, they also wanted to get the money. However, the dream-like first half of the third quarter made all the Warriors players feel cold. Looking at the score, they couldn't help but feel discouraged.

"Wilt, the Boston people used a damaging move." At this moment, Alex Hannum stood up and said: "That is a 'floor trap' that they never admit. And in my opinion, the basket

, was also manipulated by them during the intermission." "What?" Tang Qian turned back in shock. It was a little difficult for him to accept Alex Hannum's words.

"This is the NBA Finals, how dare they?"

"Why don't they dare?" Alex Hannum said: "I have encountered a similar situation before when I coached St. Louis. In the 1957 NBA Finals, our team fought hard with Boston until the seventh game.

, on Saturday afternoon, the NBA was broadcast live on national television for the first time. Under the eyes of countless viewers, they dared to play tricks, let alone now?"

In 1957, it was Boston's first championship, and their opponent was the St. Louis Eagles coached by Alex Hannum. In Game 7, Boston narrowly defeated the Eagles 125-123 in two overtimes.

It is said that later generations believed that there were many doubts about that game. Including Alex Hannum himself, he believed that the Green Army used some "outside the game" means to obtain "extra winning opportunities" for the Celtics.

Of course, the next year, after he became the full-time head coach, he finally led the Hawks to avenge their previous humiliation, especially in G6 Bob Pettit scored 50 points in a single game like an "out of nowhere"! He directly defeated Kyle.

Special team! This is also a perfect example in NBA history of an individual's ability to defeat a team!

So Alex Hannum is very qualified to say these things.

"Isn't there any reaction from the alliance?" Tang Qian suddenly became a little angry when he heard the news.

"First, there is not enough evidence. Second, the old guy Auerbach has a great influence in the league. He can even sometimes influence certain decisions and decisions of the league. Third, they do not play every game.

They all do this, but overall, the sample is still very small. Fourth, other teams may not be able to do this kind of thing shamelessly."

"Then, what can we do? Are we just going to let them play dirty tricks like this?" Tang Qian shouted angrily.

"Now that the game is going on, you have no other choice but to defeat them head-on." Alex Hannum said.

"How to defeat them head-on? They are so shameless!!!"

Alex Hannum looked at team No. 13 and suddenly spoke slowly: "This question of yours was also asked by Bob in the 1958 Finals. My answer is still the same, either the team breaks out and wins collectively.

, or..."

"Or what?" Tang Qian asked.

"Either a personal explosion occurs, the gods descend to earth, defeat the opponent, and take away the game."



Yes, complaining is of no use now. If you want to win, you can only rise and explode.

Bob Pettit's choice in 1958 was the latter. God came down to earth, scored 50 points in G6, took away the game, and won the first NBA championship for the Hawks. It was also the only one for the Hawks until 2018.

An NBA championship.

OK, now it's Tang Qian's turn to choose this question.

What would he choose? Of course...

After Tang Qian came back on the court, he began to fight for rebounds with all his strength. If he got an offensive rebound, he would definitely go up without saying a word. He would go up against people!

Unknowingly, his rebound also entered "The Zone".

However, Russell showed no sign of weakness and immediately entered the "Defense and Rebounding The.Zone" state after a few rounds. Seeing this, he also wanted to prevent San Francisco No. 13 from doing whatever he wanted inside the Greens. However, he

Obviously underestimated "Tang Qian"'s belief in winning this game.

Even when he was pushed and elbowed by several people inside, he completely turned a blind eye. That kind of concentration was at least the first time Bill Russell saw it in the former's eyes. The former "Wilt Chamberlain", Russell

Serge bets he's never been this focused.

Under various pressures, Tang Qian actually improved again. He entered the comprehensive "The.Zone". It may still be difficult, but he will no longer have no destructive power in front of Bill Russell.

But the Green Army also has its own beliefs. They are getting more and more serious about Tang Qian's "little moves". What's funny is that the referee on the sidelines turns a blind eye. Some defensive moves were watched by Alex Hannum on the sidelines.

I couldn't help but yell on the sidelines.

Is it all for victory? Maybe this is not wrong, but that doesn’t mean I agree!

Tang Qian also longed for victory, but not in such a way.

What he wants is to be upright and aboveboard, not this "gray" victory model.

You can think that this is his understanding of so-called victory.

Paranoid about so-called victory.

But this did not make the Green Army slack off at all. Instead, it caused the Bostonians to use even more ferocious moves and super-scale defense. When Tang Qian struggled to grab an offensive rebound and was about to take off for a dunk, he was knocked down by Kelly.

Celtics No. 15, Tom Heinsohn hit the back of his head with an elbow when he was blocking a shot from behind. In an instant, he was confused and almost fainted.

No matter how strong a person is, being hit on the back of the head like this is unbearable. The referee has not yet awarded Heinsohn a defensive foul? This caused Tang Qian to be recorded a mistake in vain, and he almost fell over in embarrassment.

on the ground.

"Don't think that you can do whatever you want on your own. This is Boston, this is the Celtics, this is the Garden Arena, a place where you can never achieve the ultimate victory! Do you understand? Mr. Big Stilts?" It's really naked arrogance.

, naked arrogance, obviously using foul actions, but still trying to show his toughness.

This is what the Green Army does in this era. Anyway, in Auerbach's words, if you win, you can talk about anything.

Once you win, everything is right.

Tang Qian lay on the ground for a few seconds, then he refused to be pulled up by his teammates, and slowly stood up with his knees supported, saying: "You 'cuckold', if you did it unintentionally, forget it, you did it on purpose."

?Do you really think...labor and management won't be angry?"

"Do you really think these tricks will allow you to win without any suspense?"

Tang Qian suddenly looked at Tom Heinsohn, who was much shorter than him, and said, "Tonight, I will teach you how to behave with your cuckold family!"

"Just wait for me!!!"

PS: It’s almost 12 o’clock when I get home again. Alas, Xiao Zi is really having a hard time lately. She should be fine by the middle of next month. During this time, Xiao Zi will do her best~

I'll work harder tomorrow and see if I can finish this paragraph~

Go to bed, go to sleep~I have to get up early tomorrow~~~I’m so tired~


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