newbobooks Chapter 227 All Stars End
Chapter 227 All Stars End
Chapter 227 All Stars End
And just when Jonny felt this kind of discussion and adoration by the whole people, the All-Star Game also started. In the All-Star Game last season, Jonny won the All-Star MVP, but this season will not be round. It's time for Johnny, because this season may be Michael Jordan's last season. This All-Star mvp, no matter how the game is played, will belong to Michael Jordan.
What's more, the East team will not let Johnny come out to disrupt the situation. They have already decided on a strategy of letting Michael Jordan play in this All-Star Game, so after the All-Star Game started on February 2, Johnny played quite well. Boring, basically no one passed the ball to him. After the normal game, Michael Jordan scored 8 points, 23 rebounds and 6 assists, and finally won the All-Star mvp.
And Jonny, who didn't want to play this game, played directly after the first quarter, and applied to the head coach of the Eastern team, Rick Pitino, to end the game and no longer played, and Rick Pitino was also very I am happy to see Johnny take a rest. After all, the cruelest second half of the schedule is about to start. There is no doubt that Johnny has played a role in the Celtics. After the All-Star game, after the second half of the game, Johnny's physical strength will not be affected by the All-Star Game.
The All-Star Game ended soon, and Jonny's harvest was generally very good. He won the most gold-rich dunk champion in history. Although he didn't win the All-Star MVP again, Jonny was still very satisfied with his harvest this time.
Back in Boston, Jonny put the slam dunk trophy he just got in the honor room, five trophies, plus some medals and champagne from other honors, there are still a lot of things in the honor room, but the gold content is slightly less some.
Jonny looked at a few trophies, and he knew that he still lacked a trophy with real gold content, such as the regular season mvp, such as the championship.
After the All-Star game, all the teams in the league got a day off. On February 2, the NBA rekindled the war. The Celtics went to the Denver Plateau to face the league's worst team, the Denver Nuggets.The Bulls will also face another bad team in the league, the Raptors, at home. The second half of the season is about to start, and the battle for the number one spot in the Eastern Conference between the Celtics and the Bulls will also enter the hottest period.
The original chasing Pacers, Heat, Hornets and other teams have gradually fallen behind. Now these original chasing teams are two or three games away from the Celtics and Bulls. It can be said that as long as the Celtics If there is no serious mistake with the Bulls in the second half of the season, it will be difficult for the chasers to come back.
Especially in this game after the All-Star Game, the Celtics' opponent is a bad team, and the Bulls' opponent is also a bad team, but the Pacers have to fight the Knicks, and the Heat have to fight the Hornets. The worst part of the team is the Hornets. After fighting the Heat today, they will face the Bulls the next day. It can be said that the Hornets will be the first team in the first echelon of the Eastern Conference to completely fall behind.
The game against the Nuggets is nothing worth noting. The Nuggets don't even have a player who can average 15 points per game. Facing this kind of opponent, the Celtics almost killed the Nuggets. , got a good start after the All-Star Game, and Jonny scored 35 points in three quarters, and also showed his very hot state, which made the Celtics more confident in the next game.
So far this season, the Celtics have only lost 12 games. After halfway through, the Celtics are even expected to have a record of 60 wins. This was unimaginable at the beginning of the season. Of course, The joining of Derek Coleman in the mid-term helped the Celtics a lot, but in general, Jonny's ability to lead the team was fully reflected.
After the game against the Nuggets, the Celtics rushed to Utah non-stop. They also have a terrifying back-to-back away game. This time their opponent is the Jazz. The Jazz is currently ranked first in the Western Conference and also the first in the league. However, the Utah-old combination has not changed for thousands of years. These few years are the peak period of the Jazz. Facing such a strong opponent, the Celtics are not in the slightest.
After all, in terms of physical fitness, the Celtics still have an advantage. They didn’t have much of a role in the All-Star Game. Only Jonny’s participation in the slam dunk contest consumed some energy, and the rest didn’t consume much. It's also a bad team like the Nuggets, and it didn't take much energy.Although the opponent of the Jazz in the last game was also the bad team of the Clippers, in the All-Star Game, John Stockton participated in the three-point contest, and the Utah Shuangolden also participated in the All-Star Game. It can be said that they consumed The energy is very great.
For Johnny, in this game, he will meet Brian Russell, the defensive champion who caused a lot of verbal battles with him last season. This is a challenge, but this season, there is an outside helper beside Johnny None, the opponent's outside defenders are all facing Johnny directly, and he has faced too many outside single-defense players.
For example, Doug Christie of the Magic, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan of the Bulls, or John Starks of the Knicks.Relatively speaking, maybe Bryan Russell's single defense is slightly stronger than these people, but Jonny still doesn't have much pressure.
After the start of the game, Johnny and Brian Russell fought together. The two of them talked nonsense, but it still didn't put much pressure on Johnny. On the contrary, for Johnny, the Jazz's big elbow was his Note.
In the first quarter, the Celtics established an 8-point lead, but in the second quarter, Derek Coleman began to misfire under the tremendous pressure of Karl Malone, and the Utah Shuangsha began to show their power at this time , In the second quarter, Jonny felt what it meant to be unable to fight against a team by himself, but what puzzled Jonny the most was that Derek Coleman, known as the little Malone, withered when he met the real Malone. This is what confuses Johnny.
Johnny still had a little energy left, and he used it directly, in order to save the game.
And starting from the third quarter, Johnny also began to switch defenses against John Stockton. After all, the Jazz at this time relied on John Stockton and Karl Malone's continuous pick-and-roll, and of course the pick-and-roll with Hornacek. In the second quarter, they relied on Karl Malone's continuous inside singles and Hornacek's continuous three-pointers to complete the overtake of the Celtics.
After Johnny switched defenses to John Stockton, the scene suddenly turned around. The Jazz had to start changing their pick-and-roll methods. They had to try the pick-and-roll between Hornacek and Karl Malone, but this pick-and-roll relatively low success rate.
The Celtics slowly stabilized the situation in this way.
(End of this chapter)