The rest is just noise

May 27, 2007

American Airlines Arena Miami

This is a big show that fans have been waiting for.

Although Gilbert Arenas was still doubtful an hour before the game started, Heat fans basically believed that the team would bring Arenas back tonight.

This is exactly the case.

Although the Heat are very good at putting on a show and have put up smoke screens for a few days, Arenas' return after his suspension period is over is considered inevitable by the public.

If the Heat's opponent is not a strong team like the Celtics, maybe they will give Arenas some time to adapt to the game, but now, time waits for no one.

If they wait any longer, maybe they will have to wait until next season.

Because the process was so ridiculous, when Louis met Billy Donovan at the American Airlines Center, he joked about him: "Do you know that your cover-up is even less credible than Keith Richards' refutation of the rumor?"

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"It's not that exaggerated, right?" Donovan rolled his eyes.

"I'm serious, no one believes you're going to keep Arenas off the court."

Now that things have come to this, Donovan has nothing to hide.

Arenas is about to make a comeback, so what?

He will come back sooner or later anyway, right?

"Coach Lu, aren't you worried at all?" Donovan asked, "GA's return will enable us to reach our best state."

As the most successful coach among Louis coaches, Donovan is now a famous coach in the world. Louis often paid attention to the Heat when he was hiding behind the scenes. He believes that Donovan is very mature in all aspects and deserves the title of famous coach.

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However, the decision to let Arenas come back tonight was wrong.

"Billy," Louis repeated what he had said countless times, "this is not going to end well."

Donovan asked puzzledly: "I don't think so, Coach Lu, GA has been working with us for a long time. He can definitely plug and play. Even if he misses 40 games, he can find the feeling immediately."

Louis certainly doesn't doubt Arenas' chemistry with the team.

The tacit understanding and teamwork that took six years to accumulate will never disappear just because of three months of absence.

However, Wilson and Ewing worked together for seven years, but almost split.

Kobe and Garnett spent 9 seasons together, and they didn't end well.

Sometimes, understanding each other is not enough to determine whether a relationship will last.

"Maybe, you might be right." Louis didn't say much, "Let the competition tell the truth."

The coaches from both sides greeted each other and then returned to their own venues.

Then, the players warmed up by shooting for more than ten minutes, and then there was a prompt on the spot that the game was about to start, the lights dimmed, and the home DJ loudly introduced the starting players.

The Celtics' starting lineup tonight is: Lu Wuxia, Manu Ginobili, Andrei Kirilenko, Pau Gasol, and Yao Yueban.

The Heat's starters tonight are: Gilbert Arenas, Ray Allen, Stephen Jackson, Tim Duncan, and Wang Zhizhi.

Wang Zhizhi relied on his prediction to take off at the right time and won the opening ball for the Heat.

Arenas took the ball, and although there were obvious cheers, there were also boos.

Moreover, the malicious intent of these boos is clear, they just hate the fact that Arenas holds a gun.

Louis thought to himself that this was probably related to the shooting at Virginia Tech last month. Since shootings happen almost every day in the United States, Louis usually doesn't pay attention to this. At most, he checks whether the place he is going to is safe before traveling.

Safety. But it is difficult not to pay attention to this shooting. The murderer was a Korean. He shot 32 people on campus and then committed suicide. The impact of the incident swept across the country. The gun ban law is strict but will never be implemented. Pay attention to it.

There are calls for the mental health of college students everywhere, and Arenas's wave is purely additional damage.

As a result, Arenas didn't know whether he was affected by the boos at home or determined to prove and express himself, so he ignored Duncan's position.

This is definitely not a positive sign.

Almost every strong team will play the first attack well.

If the first attack is successful, everything will go smoothly in the future.

The Heat's first attack in most games is for Duncan to play in the low post, but today, although Duncan wanted to get into position, Arenas didn't seem to see anyone, and actually waved his hand to pick and roll over Duncan, who was already stuck in position.

Lao Dengtou had no choice. If he spent any more time, he would have violated the three-second rule, so he had no choice but to come out and block others.

As a result, Arenas used Duncan's pick-and-roll to dive into the Celtics' zone defense. In a panic, he wanted to pass the ball to Duncan behind him. Before the ball was passed, he was touched by Kirilenko, causing the ball to fly.

The route has changed significantly.

The ball that should have fallen into Duncan's hands was snatched away by Lu Wuxia.

The moment he caught the ball, Lu Wuxia was unlucky. He used Haidilaoyue style, which shocked everyone with his underhand high-0 throw and long pass, and accurately guided Ginobili who was coming down quickly. The latter flew for a layup and scored beautifully.

Celtic's first goal of the night.

"Wow! Look at that! Wish's performance on the court is breathtaking! He just passed the ball in an extremely precise way, and Manu Ginobili lived up to that opportunity and easily put the ball in

It's such an amazing moment! Wish is so good on the court right now, he doesn't seem to hesitate at all and goes straight to his signature trick to get the Celtics to open the scoring. It's an unbelievable moment.

An incredible scene, I think the fans will be excited and proud of his performance!"

Louis didn't know when this voluptuous lowhand, high and long pass became his son's signature skill, but he was indeed very excited to see it.

So pleasing to the eye!

"I saw this in Pete Maravich's top ten games of his career." Steve Kerr asked, "Wish you saw Pete play?"

"It's impossible, he wasn't born yet."

"Could this be a flash of genius?"

Back to the Heat's offense, the Celtics' defensive strategy was reflected from the beginning of the game.

As long as Arenas gets the ball, the team will focus on zone defense to prevent the opponent from breaking through.

Once Arenas passes the ball, except for Yao Yueban, who resolutely stays at the basket to protect the basket, the others will either switch to the high post or chase people outside the three-point line.

This is the Celtics' strategy, sealing the basket and pressing the shooters.

But pressing the shooter requires the support of a strong defensive player.

The Celtics don't have that many defensive players, so the effect is not good.

Arenas passed the ball, and the Heat passed the ball several times and quickly created an opportunity in Wang Zhizhi's hands.

Wang Zhizhi, who used to be Lu Wuxia's playmate at Louis' house, is now a veteran who has been in the NBA for ten years.

From Xiao Wang to Lao Wang, what remains unchanged is his accurate and deadly shooting.

The Heat's first three-pointer in the opening game was made by Lao Wang.

3 to 2

"Brother Wang, that's pretty accurate." Lu Wuxia smiled.

Wang Zhizhi didn't reply, he just smiled and waved to Wuxia, which meant, don't force yourself, let the ball do the talking.

After all, he and Wu Xia have been playing together since childhood, and he knows best how talkative this kid is.

"snort"

Lu Wuxia smiled and didn't even do the work of dribbling the ball through half court, letting Ginobili do it for him.

After running through half the court, Lu Wuxia realized that Arenas was coming to confront him, so he said, "Does it feel good to be back in the game?"

"Great, I can't wait to blow you up!" Arenas said arrogantly.

Then, Gasol set up a high screen, and Ginobili broke through with a pick-and-roll first. Lu Wuxia then took Gasol's screen and shook off Arenas' defense to get an open space on the outside. The Argentine was as blind as a blind eye.

Read people's feedback.

Lu Wuxia caught the ball. Although there was still one meter between the three-point line, he took a decisive shot and hit a three-pointer.

Then, he looked at Arenas provocatively, "Hey, is this how you beat others up?"

Arenas, who was eager to respond, failed to find the right rhythm and dribbled the ball continuously at the top of the arc before making a three-pointer.

Once this kind of ball is interfered by defense, the hit rate will be very low.

Because Arenas is not the kind of explosive player, his physical fitness cannot ensure that he can ignore the defender's block when pulling up.

"boom!"

Missed, and the backboard fell out of bounds.

"Either you don't understand the phrase "beating others up" improperly, or you just like to talk nonsense." Lu Wuxia mocked, "Gilbert, why don't you change your name to Gibberish?

People live up to their names.”

Louis was on the sidelines, watching helplessly as Wu Xia stimulated his opponent to a bloody rage within a few rounds.

What is this kid doing? That's a guy who carries a gun with him when he goes to an away game with the team.

Let's find someone else to provoke him, Daddy is so scared.

⑴Keith Richards is the guitarist of the Rolling Stones. Like most of the band members who were active in the 1970s and 1980s, he is addicted to drugs. Because he is a drug addict, some tabloids spread rumors in the 1980s.

He said that one time when he was taking drugs, he mixed his biological father's ashes with the drug and knocked it together. Louis used this metaphor because Richards' public disclosure of the rumor in April 2007 was big news at the time.

⑵ Definition: Gibberish/inexplicable words; nonsense; puzzling words