Today's game is not broadcast live in the United States, TNT broadcasts this game live, and the commentator is Charles. Barkley and Kenny. Smith.

Both teams have already played and the game is about to start. Smith looked very excited and said: "Man, we haven't watched the Clippers game for a long time, and today's game, we got the news before the game, and the old captain Elton has been confirmed. Brand will play. Elton of the Clippers. Brand has missed 45 games since he was injured in preseason training, and how do you think his return from injury will affect the Clippers, who are on good momentum? ”

Charles. Barkley opened his mouth wide and said, "This question is pointless, because he is about to be traded." I bet you, he's leaving Los Angeles before the All-Star breaks. You know, I've got confidants all over the world, and I received the news a long time ago that Dunleavy Sr. had been in talks with a number of teams. Brand is in demand right now. ”

Kenny. Smith continued: "I think the opposite of you, Elton's contract is a player option next year, who do you think would trade an All-Star for an All-Star who is no longer in control and could enter the free market at any time? ”

Charles. Barkley replied disapprehantly: "Of course it's the same uncontrollable, the same All-Star who could enter the free market at any time, and those rebuilding teams will like the old captain." ”

On the pitch, the starters of both teams greeted each other, the substitutes had left the field, and the game was about to begin.

Celtic's starting lineup for the day: Rajan. Rondo, Ray. Aaron, Paul. Pierce, Kevin. Garnett, Kendrick. Perkins.

The Green Shirts traded for the Big Three this season. Invincible along the way, but not without flaws, the elder Dunleavy at least felt that there were a few points where he could make a fuss.

First. The depth of the Celtics' bench, where they relied too much on the Big Three and the bench was unable to score to help the team, was their biggest weakness; The second point is that they rely too much on Garnett in the Big Three, and the Green Shirts rely on Garnett very much, and the Wolves maintain 40 minutes of playing time per game. He has to keep his opponent down on the offensive end. On the defensive end, you also need to protect your own defense and rebounding, if Garnett is out of order. The Celts were not as terrible as they thought!

The elder Dunleavy made targeted arrangements for the two main weaknesses of the Celtics, using 122 joint defense, and Ji Guoqiu guarded the penalty area alone; Ji Guoyi is in charge of the free-throw line area, following Garnett to move; Artest assists in defending the free throw line; Black Parker and Percy guard the wings, respectively.

The Clippers are in this formation. Ji Guoqiu is not easy to leave the paint area, he is the team's last line of defense, but the other players have to quickly step forward to cover the ball after Garnett is near the free throw line, which is the point.

The opening jump ball, Ji Guoqiu vs Garnett, the two teams came up and were the focus of the showdown.

Garnett is now 32 years old, even if he is at his peak with athleticism and jumping ability. Now there is a maximum of 7% of the bounce left, and it will definitely not surpass the panda hero in terms of bounce.

The referee blew the whistle and the basketball was thrown into the sky. The two long arms of yellow and black grabbed the basketball at the same time......

Among them, the yellow one was obviously faster, and Ji Guoqiu defeated Garnett, who was over 30 years old, so the result was already obvious, and the yellow palm finally touched the basketball by a narrow margin, and the Clippers won the opening jump ball.

Garnett was in a bad mood when he landed. Fragmented thoughts in his mouth ran back. Everyone knows that the mouth of the wolf king usually never stops during a game. If you really can't spray your opponent, then you won't even let go of your own people, and you can just spray two sentences. Garnett has always had high requirements for his teammates, so when playing with Garnett, you must have the consciousness of being complained about!

The Clippers still play team basketball on the offensive end, paying attention to sharing the ball, Ji Guoqiu held the ball in the high post, and immediately transferred the basketball to Artest in the low post.

Artest leaned on two hits in the low post and was held up by Pierce. In the face of the Green Shirts' defense, Artest didn't grasp the strong attack, decisively distributed the basketball to the outside, and then stayed in the low post himself, harassing the Celtics' chrysanthemums, and looking for opportunities to cut in the back.

Ji Guoyi ran without the ball before Artest received the ball, using his brother's off-ball cover, running to the outside just to receive Artest's low-post ball, and then immediately shot outside the three-point line.

Garnett's defense was very good, Ji Guosha's shot was interfered with by the wolf king with a long arm, and the basketball smashed out of the basket......

Ji Guoqiu was stuck behind Perkins, at this time, Brother Panda's long arms made the Celtics "big fat", and there was an illusion of training against Garnett in the team, and the wolf king liked to bully him short when he was training in the team, and burst his chrysanthemum from behind! ~

The rebound was pointed into the air by Ji Guoqiu from behind, and the panda hero immediately jumped twice, and was stunned to grab this frontcourt rebound on the big fat head with a bullet speed far exceeding the opponent's.

Did Perkins think that was the end of it?

That's wrong, Ji Guoqiu decided to continue to attack, and after landing on the ground, he relied on his height and arm length to beat Perkins, who weighed 285 pounds but was very clumsy, under the basket, causing the opponent's defensive foul.

This is not the style of play that the old Dunleavy requires, but Ji Guoqiu thinks that he can use his flexibility and physical advantages to beat the Celtics, an excellent interior line with single defense. The Green Shirts don't have enough interior players on the bench, and that's one way for them to win.

Coach Rivers doesn't think it's good, Perkins is an important addition to Garnett, the big fat is dedicated to dirty work under the basket, once affected by the foul, the wolf king alone unless he has three heads and six arms, otherwise he can't guard such a large piece of territory on the inside.

The Celtics attacked, Rondo dribbled forward, and in the face of Black Parker's close delay, an acceleration change easily wiped out the opponent, showing his blistering speed.

Kenny. Smith asked Barkley: "Rondo is from Kentucky, the best point guard in the All-Southwest University Division, he was drafted by the Suns last season and traded to Boston, and now he is surrounded by players like KG, PP, Allen, he is the offensive initiator who controls the whole team, how much pressure do you say he has?"

Charles. Barkley replied: "If you think in terms of the very cherished and valuable Celtic starting point of view. I don't think about the pressure too much. The Celtic players are real veterans who have both the ability to win a championship and the confidence to win a championship for a young player. Joining such a team will increase his self-confidence a lot. Just imagine being able to meet the best team in the league so early, so I don't think he will and shouldn't see it as pressure, but a great opportunity to be in the company of the Big Three, and he can get enough nutrients from the Big Three to know that the three of them have been fighting for more than a decade. ”

Kenny. Smith laughed: "I heard the news before the game and it seems that the Big Three want Rondo to be the lead singer of the team. They said to Rondo, 'Shout at us on the field, tell us where we're going.' The ball is in your hand! ’”

Charles. Barkley pouted when he heard this: "This is easier said than done!" Rondo is not an easy thing to do to shout at three guys who are over 31 years old and 10 years old. Either way, his experience will always grow over the time he spends with the Big Three. To sum up, I think he was lucky. If it weren't for the trade to the Green Shirts, I don't think he would have been a starter. ”

Rondo's aura is still in the stage of being suppressed by the Big Three, which is inevitable, the pressure of playing next to the Big Three is too much, and his first priority is to ensure that he does not make mistakes, and then hand the ball to the Big Three who want the ball as soon as possible. So during the game, Rondo has always deliberately controlled himself not to make fancy moves. Garnett has repeatedly criticized him in practice for not making those needless, fancy passing moves and asking him to watch more of Kidd's and Billups games.

Pierce receives the ball up front and Rondo's mission ends. This season, the team's attacking initiator is not yet his turn, and the team's playmakers are Pierce and Garnett, and he is only the third choice.

Garnetra comes out to block the pick-and-roll. Thunder. Allen started running along the baseline without the ball at the same time, and the Big Three got into action.

The Clippers played a standing joint defense, and the standing position ignored the dazzling running positions of the three old families, and Posey did not follow the lightning protection. Allen, handing the killer grenade to his teammates, stepped forward to pick up Pierce who took the ball.

"Watch their passing routes. I'll hand it over to the leg-splitting man. Ji Guoyan shouted at his teammates, the man with his legs. Naturally, it's Garnett, the wolf king.

Garnett was so angry when he heard this, and before he could return his mouth, he was hit the waist!

The little fox is really getting bolder and bolder now, no matter what his predecessors are or not, take care of his elbows!

Pierce dribbled through, but the quality of the cover after Garnett's hit was very average, and he was blocked by Artest and Posey before he could reach the inside, and he could only hastily pass the basketball to Rondo, who was on the outside.

Rondo receives the ball, the Clippers players don't care about him at all, they go their separate ways, and everyone knows that Rondo has no outside three-point ability.

The Celtics point guard stood alone at the top of the arc, opened his hand to shoot at Garnett's signal, and hit a shot decisively!

Ji Guoqiu won the rebound in the backcourt, and the Clippers successfully prevented the Green Shirts' first offense, and their joint defense played a good role against the Celtics.

The elder Dunleavy laughed on the sidelines, and their third target today was this lucky sophomore point guard, let him shoot from the outside, and see how much he could shoot in?

Elton. Brand felt uncomfortable, the Clippers' current defensive system was completely unfamiliar to him, and they didn't play this way at all before this season, which meant that he needed to readjust to the team's system, and Dunleavy Sr. naturally had an excuse not to let him start.

The old captain is now in good health, his athleticism has decreased, but he still maintains a good enough range, and he thinks that he has only lost less than 20% of his jumping ability from this major injury, and the impact on his own strength is not too great at all.

On the court, the Clippers' defense made the Celtics obviously unprepared, and many teams in the league, including the Spurs' Popovich, privately said that the Clippers are strong now, but how strong are they? The Celtics don't have a general idea of this, and the Green Shirts are one of the few teams in the league that hasn't played the Clippers.

Ji Guo's previous elbow made Garnett a little uneasy, and was overshadowed by a fledgling little guy, I'm afraid even Duncan can't keep calm, the wolf king used to always plot against others, when did he suffer such a loss?

In the first quarter, Garnett competed excessively with Ji Guoyi on the court, and the two not only kept moving in their hands, but also did not idle their mouths, secretly greeting each other's female family members...... Less than halfway through the first quarter, both of them sat on the bench with two fouls, and Perkins was also on the court with the Wolf King.

Dunleavy Sr. was in the first quarter at 6:10 and replaced Elton after the Little Foxes went off the court. Brand, the old captain, is finally back on the field after half a season.

Clippers lineup: Kassel, Mobley, Artest, Brand, Ji Guoqiu.

Celtic lineup: Rajan. Rondo, Ray Allen, Pierce, Brian. Scala Brien, Glenn. Davis. (To be continued) R580