The next day, the Thunder boarded a plane to Boston.
Tonight, they are about to challenge the richest team in NBA history, the Boston Celtics!
The Celtics have been a strong team in the league since the 1960s! It also has the largest number of championship trophies in the league!
This year, the Celtics lost Wolf King Garnett and Truth Pierce, and the Green Army's Big Three officially fell apart.
Despite this, the Celtics still have a deep foundation. Long guided Rajon Rondo and Jeff Green, two players, are still leading the team forward.
What's more, the Green Army also has new-generation players with potential such as Smart and Olynyk. The strength of the Green Army cannot be underestimated.
The offensive power of the fans at the North Shore Garden Arena is also at the top of the league.
The strong home atmosphere makes every player who comes to the North Shore Garden Arena feel terrified!
After all, they are Celtics fans.
But this is not important to Lu Yao.
He just needs to enjoy the game and win the game.
Soon, the time came to six o'clock in the evening.
The warm-up time for both sides also officially ended, and the on-site DJ began to introduce the players.
When the Celtic players were introduced, there was a burst of cheers from the audience, which was full of atmosphere.
But when it comes to the Thunder players, every player's name is read out, and there will be a burst of boos.
Especially when Lu Yao appeared in the finale, the boos from the audience reached their peak.
Lu Yao smiled slightly and even felt that the boos were not enough. He waved to the Celtic fans and gestured to listen attentively.
Naturally, the Celtics fans were not used to him either, and the decibel level of their boos reached another level.
From the audience on the sidelines, there was even a sound of abuse directed at Lu Yao.
"Fuck Lu Yao, wait until you get busted tonight!"
"Shhhhhh, you weakling!"
"Cowardly Chinese, go back to Oklahoma."
Lu Yao naturally listened to these insults with his left ear and out with the right ear.
The two sides came to the center circle and the game was about to begin.
Olynyk and Lu Yao executed the jump ball tactic. The referee came to the center circle with the ball in one hand and the whistle in his mouth in the other.
The two are ready to go, ready to compete for the jump ball.
"Beep beep beep!" A harsh whistle sounded, and the two people jumped up and reached for the ball in the air!
At first glance, Olynyk's reaction was a little faster, one step ahead of Lu Yao.
But Lu Yao's static talent simply crushed Olynyk. For Lu Yao, this gap is enough to make up for with talent.
Lu Yao used his long wingspan to touch the ball in the air first.
Immediately, he moved back a little and threw the ball in the air toward his teammates behind him!
This announced that the Thunder had won the opening ball.
After Westbrook received the ball, he began to advance towards the backcourt with the ball, organizing his teammates to launch the first round of offense in the field.
Brought to the wing, Westbrook faced Rondo's defense. The two were also masters of passing, but Westbrook used offensive threats to help his teammates create opportunities, while Rondo used his super high ball intelligence and control. Ball ability to create offensive opportunities.
At this moment, the two of them met head-on, and it was undoubtedly a tit-for-tat duel.
Westbrook took the first step and broke the ball towards Rondo's right side with great speed.
But Rondo is naturally not a vegetarian. He uses his positional advantage to block Westbrook's breakthrough path and constantly presses Westbrook towards the bottom line.
Westbrook was gradually suppressed to the bottom line, and had no choice but to pull back to the three-point line and start looking for passing opportunities.
At this moment, Lu Yao slipped out from the wing on the pick-and-roll, came to the 45-degree three-point line, and waved towards Westbrook.
Westbrook naturally connected with Lu Yao. Without thinking, Westbrook simply passed the ball in his hands to Lu Yao's hands.
Lu Yao received a pass from Westbrook and faced Olynyk's defense with a smile on his face.
Next, he will start his performance time.
Lu Yao used three threats to mobilize Olynyk's core. At the moment when Olynyk's core was shaking, Lu Yao decisively chose to take the ball.
This had to force Olynyk to quickly change direction, but his tall body did not have the flexibility like Lu Yao, and he seemed a bit clumsy.
And this was the opportunity Lu Yao seized.
Suddenly, Lu Yao pulled his crotch back, sending Olynyk who was following him flying.
Olynyk was immediately startled, and subconsciously quickly stepped up to defend.
Did you ever think that Lu Yao made another cross dribble, once again passed the rushing Olynyk, and then came to the free throw line and stood up on the spot.
The ball came out of his hand, drew a beautiful arc in the air, and hit the basket steadily.
For Lu Yao, offense is already a matter of control.
At the same time, Lu Yao's textbook-level crotch pull-back in front shocked the Celtics fans present.
After all, it would be difficult for a normal power forward to be able to complete these actions, not to mention facing the tight defense of defensive players.
But Lu Yao couldn't help but complete a complete set of movements. Even the smoothness and cohesion of the movements were almost perfect.
At first glance, Lu Yao is even superior to Olynyk, but Lu Yao actually uses dribbling to play with Olynyk in the palm of his hand.
Some viewers even pinched their cheeks, feeling the pain on their faces to confirm whether they had seen it correctly.
If a power forward is so good at dribbling, you're going to die!
At this moment, in the CCTV live broadcast room, Lu Yao's previous actions of teasing Olynyk were being replayed from multiple angles.
Teacher Yang Yi watched this scene and couldn't help but relished: "Oh! Lu Yao's ball is really as hard to catch as a ghost! It seems that today's top ten balls will be booked!"
"Such smooth luck control is highly enjoyable to watch. If it were anyone else, then this luck control would be amazing, but if it were Lu Yao, these operations seem to have become routine."
"Unconsciously, Lu Yao's superb performance has become the norm in our impression!"
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Then, the game continues.
The ball was handed over to the Green Army, and Long was responsible for controlling the ball, leading the Green Army to slowly advance towards the frontcourt.
Since the days of the Big Three of the Green Army, the Green Army has focused on positional warfare tactics.
In the fast-paced small ball era, the Green Army's positional warfare is very special.
At this moment, Jeff Green in the bottom corner received a precise pass from Rondo, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer.
The Green Army took advantage of this three-pointer to overtake the Thunder.
The ball possession changed again, and Westbrook took control of the ball and launched a new round of offense.
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