Boston North Shore Garden Arena.

Celtic center Fred wiped the sweat from his head. He looked at the man named Gray in front of him, with a hint of fear in his helpless expression.

Fred couldn't help but remember that night a few years ago. It was the NCAA final. The University of Florida led by Fred against the University of Kansas led by Grey. The University of Florida finally won that game, but Fred was completely defeated by Grey.

Fred still remembers how invincible Gray was that day. He thought it was Gray who easily beat Fred and his other inside partner with one against two.

This is Fred's psychological shadow for his whole life.

Now, Fred is an All-Star center. The inside partner who was beaten with Fred that day has also become the All-Star team. Both of them have entered the NBA's best defensive player team, which is a success. The genius center who beat them in the NCAA finals fell due to injury.

After many years, Fred has even forgotten the opponent that day that embarrassing him. However, in today's game, Fred met him again, and he was a very stunning Gray.

Fred seemed to see that the one hand that had completely exploded his Gray back then.

The center who has the All-Star plus the defense for a while is not an ordinary person. Even when he was young, he was the most talented player. Gray can actually fight against two, which can only be described as "terror".

On the field, the Celtics played a pick-and-roll tactic. After the pick-and-roll, Grey replaced the defender to defend the Celtics.

The Celtics defender suddenly accelerated, rushed to the penalty area with Gray, and then stood up to attack the basket. As soon as the ball was off, Gray's big slap suddenly came over and slapped the ball directly.

A beautiful big hat!

It’s a pity that this is Boston’s home court. The players in their own game were robbed, and the fans on the scene couldn’t cheer.

On the bench, Celtics head coach Arnold frowned, and he obviously didn't expect that the ball would be shot by Gray.

Arnold has a good record in coaching the NBA, but his basketball coaching career started with NCAA. He has been the head coach at Butler University for more than a decade. Coaching the Celtics was his first stop in the NBA, so he has not experienced the era when a super center dominated the NBA.

It is precisely because of this that when facing Gray, Arnold couldn't find any good way to deal with it for a while.

"Is there another super center in the league?" Arnold licked his lips.

There has been more than ten years in the NBA. People have even forgotten how perverted the super center is. A young coach like him doesn't even know how to deal with the super center because he has never played against the super center.

"So what if it's a super center? The current NBA is no longer the NBA from more than ten years ago! The current NBA has entered the era of small balls, and the era of a super center hitting a team has passed!" Arnold snorted coldly.

At this moment, a player from the Clippers received the ball outside the three-point line. He suddenly started facing the defensive player and broke through with the ball.

The Celtics' defensive player immediately retreated, trying to block his way forward, and a defender on the other side was also ready to come up to assist in defense.

But he suddenly stopped suddenly, then jumped, and his body began to lean back.

The jump shot after a quick stop, the posture was very elegant, really like a textbook.

The ball took action and turned into a perfect arc in the air, and then hollowed into the basket.

The perfect emergency stop and back jump shot is simply picturesque!

"Nathan Hall!" The commentator on the scene said the scorer's name in a low voice.

Celtics head coach Arnold subconsciously looked at the player data, and at this moment he suddenly realized that he seemed to have forgotten someone.

The terrifying "Yellow Mamba" Hall back then!

The Mamba snake is a highly venomous snake, and the black shooting guard who ruled the NBA back then had the nickname "Black Mamba". Hall's nickname "Yellow Mamba" is also because his skin color is slightly lighter than the legendary "Black Mamba". In addition, he has many similarities with the "Black Mamba", the same height, same weight, solid basic skills, stable shooting, excellent physical fitness, all abilities are balanced, with almost no weaknesses, and the picturesque mid-range emergency stop jump shot.

Over the past three decades, mid-range emergency stop jump shots have been the most commonly used scoring method for defenders and small forwards.

When a guard or small forward breaks through with the ball, the defender cannot stick too tightly, which creates space for emergency stop jump shots. If a little bit of backwards is added, the defender will become a decoration. Anyway, it will not interfere with the shooting, so it depends on whether the player can shoot the ball in.

Nowadays, the three-point shooting tactics have become the mainstream, and there are many fewer players using mid-range emergency stop jump shots. Many players are more willing to stay outside the three-point line and find opportunities to make moves.

In today's game, when Hall used his best mid-range emergency stop jump shot, he immediately made many old fans feel like they were a different life, as if they were back a few years ago.

Celtics coach Arnold looked glad, but he had realized that the Clippers had activated another terrifying existence.

"Wood, Gray, with the current Hall, super center and super guard, the Clippers' lineup cannot be underestimated! Fortunately, the Clippers are Western teams. We will not meet unless we reach the finals in the playoffs. Let those Western teams have a headache!"

Li Dai was also looking at Hall's statistics on the bench on the other end.

"Hal has scored more than 15 points in the last few games. Although his shots are not many, his shooting percentage has been stable." Assistant coach Kassel said from the side.

"His offensive methods are already very diverse, especially the emergency stop jump shot he is best at, with very high stability. I think we can try to give him more ball rights. Although his shooting percentage is very good, I don't want him to be a pure pitcher." Li Dai said.

"Would you want Wood to reduce the number of shots?" Cassel asked.

After pondering for a few seconds, Li Dai nodded: "Although Wood's assist data is not high, his assist ability is also great. I remember he'd better get 17 assists in a single game, right? As a point guard, he has the ability to connect the entire team."

Li Dai's words set a tone to make Wood score less and pass more, and Hall will increase his chances of taking action.

...

On the court, Hall got the ball, then started to break through after a fake move. The opponent immediately met, but unexpectedly, Hall suddenly stopped and changed direction and rushed into the three-point line.

The defending player was shaken away by Hall and suddenly felt embarrassed. He rushed forward as quickly as possible, trying to stop Hall.

Hall braked suddenly and then took off directly, but the defender was already one and a half meters away in front of Hall because of the sprinting speed. At this time, even if he took off, he could not stop Hall's shooting.

This is equivalent to an unguarded mid-range shot. Hall scored a steadily with a soft touch and scored two points.

From shaking fake moves, to singles breakthroughs, to changing directions and jumping, followed by emergency stops and jumping, Hall's set of technical moves is extremely smooth. If you slow down and watch frame by frame, you can use it as a textbook for basketball players to jumping shots.

Hall did not celebrate after scoring, but subconsciously looked at his knees.

The knees feel good, no problem at all.

Hall's heart was much more at ease.

The shaking of fake movements, continuous speed change, emergency stop and emergency start, and jump after emergency stop, these technical movements are the so-called "knee terminators". Hall's meniscus on both knees is also thanks to these technical movements.

After retiring and returning to the court, Hall was originally restrained and did not dare to do technical movements that hurt his knees. He played relatively conservatively. But after all, it was NBA, and each opponent was stronger than the other, and each one was more desperate. If you want to play health basketball, you must have to attack without attack, defense without defense, and both offense and defense were completely destroyed.

A top player like Hall is naturally shameless. If he is completely defeated every game, he will be too embarrassed to face. So as he plays one after another, Hall's technical movements are getting bigger and bigger, and he gradually begins to try the technical movements of the "knee terminator" again.

A Hall who dares to use difficult technical actions also means that the terrifying "Huang Mamba" of that year has been resurrected again!

...

In the next game, the Clippers will play against the Lakers at home.

It is said to be home court, but it is actually held at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, which is also the home court of the Lakers.

The Lakers are one of the teams with the deepest background in the NBA and are a well-deserved leader in the sports industry in Los Angeles. The Lakers have more fans than the Clippers, so whenever the Clippers meet the Lakers, even at the Clippers’ home court, the Lakers have more fans than the Clippers.

This is actually quite unfair to the Clippers. The two teams have to fight four times a year, each with two home courts. However, the Lakers' home court is the Lakers' home court, and the Clippers' home court is also the Lakers' home court. The Clippers' home court is equivalent to missing two home courts for no reason.

In recent seasons, the Lakers have entered the reconstruction period, their performance has become much worse, and the fans' attention has also declined. The Clippers have recruited a large number of veteran stars this season, which has attracted the attention of many fans. Moreover, the Clippers' record this season is also very good. They are currently ranked second in the Pacific Division, and the Western Conference has always been in the top eight, and they have the chance to enter the playoffs. So as one goes up and down, the Clippers' home game will be much better this year, and the Clippers and Lakers fans are probably in the same situation as the Clippers are in the same 55.

The Clippers' pre-match deployment increased Hall's shooting rights, and Wood, as a point guard, also strictly implemented the coaching staff's arrangements. In fact, for a point guard, revitalizing the entire team's offense is more important than scoring his own. If his teammates can be more powerful, Wood would not want to rush to the basket like a bunker, holding the ball to the basket to meet those strong inside players.

Hall did not disappoint his coach and teammates. He changed speed and direction and made continuous breakthroughs, and cooperated with the mid-range emergency stop jump shot, which made the Lakers' defense line collapse.

"Swoosh!"

Another emergency stop jump shot. As the basketball was hollowed into the frame, the fans at the scene also heard deafening cheers.

Not only the Clippers fans, but also the Lakers fans began to cheer, because they saw the long-lost ban jump shot, the picturesque emergency stop jump shot.

The former first player in the league, "Black Mamba", led the Lakers to the playoffs again and again with this picturesque emergency stop jump shot, and won championships one by one. Since he retired, Lakers fans even thought that they would never see such a picturesque emergency stop jump shot again.

Now, "Huang Mamba" has been resurrected, and it is also a picturesque emergency stop jump shot, which has aroused the memories of fans and ignited the feelings of fans.

The city of Los Angeles has a long history of sports. There are too many people who have grown up and grown old together with the Lakers. There are too many senior fans here. For these senior fans, feelings are really something that can easily trigger feelings.

In the small ball era, rapid offensive and defensive conversions are indeed very interesting, and the unreasonable three-pointer is enough to amaze people. However, in Los Angeles, in the hearts of this generation of fans, this is not as beautiful as a picture-like jump shot. Because this represents the youth of a generation and the memory of a generation!

No matter how unbearable the memories are, they are always wonderful.

Those beautiful memories are like first loves, and they are always so beautiful in my mind, and they are as honey as hard to let go. In fact, when you take out the photos of that year, you may find that the girl you liked back then is actually quite ugly.

...

In this game, Hall felt great and scored 35 points, and the Clippers beat the Lakers with this.

The next day, the NBA sectors of major media were also occupied by such a title:
Chapter completed!