The Pelicans and Suns took a 108-104 lead in the final 1 minute and 05 seconds of the sixth game, paul's arc was intended to break through, and if he scored two more points, the game could seal the win and would also send the Pelicans home with a big score of 4-2.
So the Pelicans player in charge of defending Paul, no. 15, guard Jose Alvarado (Abba for short) has a tough task. Life and death are at stake, and in any case, the opponent can no longer score points.
At this time, Paul forced a breakthrough, although Ava did not lose speed, but has been occupied by the old Paul in a small half of the position, forcing Ava to use the defensive strategy of upper limb stickers and waist and crotch top (of course, it may also be a subconscious instinctive reaction between the electric light and flint to go up),
Paul took every step of the way, and as he took off, he put an elbow on Ava's lips, the whistle was already ringing, and Ava was judged to be fouled, and everything came too quickly to see when the foul had happened.
Only to see the broom head, wearing a red wide-brimmed headband, beard covered with that Latino face Awa was emotional, covered his lips with both hands, protested to the first referee next to him, immediately ran to the coach, Willie Green patted him on the shoulder like a loving father, probably signaling him to be calm, he immediately turned around, ran to the other referee, opened his lips, revealed blood, tried to win sympathy, changed the sentence,
But the referee was not impressed, at this time Paul had already walked to the free throw line, Ava actually did not die to find the third referee theory, still fruitless, and afraid of chattering to lead to a technical foul, had to walk away in sorrow.
The Pelicans were eventually eliminated and Ava's performances ended this season. But no matter how far the Pelicans go in the playoffs, their guard Ava is indisputably on fire.
The video collection he stole went viral on the Internet, making people feel fresh and enjoyable. In this internet era where everything can be deconstructed and anything can be played, Ava's out-of-the-loop is not surprising, and it is difficult to escape the fate of being ridiculed and played, after all, Ava himself and his "performance art" full of strange and chaotic meaning are indeed rare good materials.
Especially in the playoffs, when the two-in-two fight has soared in exposure, it is difficult for the unique Ava not to be noticed. You search for Ava or Lao Liu, and the comments section of any post on social media about his topic is absolutely jubilant, but it means one thing over and over again: Ava is either stealing the ball, or on the way to stealing the ball, and it is invincible.
Ava excels at steel. Magic is wonderful in the translation of the word "small," originally meant to steal, but in basketball terminology as "stealing", stealing and stealing two words in Awa clearly and organically integrated, obviously stealing is the most conventional technique in the NBA, but Awa out of the blue, it suddenly became a strange trick, out of thin air to increase the strange style, like different from the main theme of the cult film in the black humor, evil, looks not very serious, it is inevitable to let people touch it, what is the way, running the rivers and lakes?!
Throughout the ages, there are many good snatchers, and no one has ever been able to steal the style and steal the characteristics like Awa, how paradoxical, you may not remember who every steal king is, but from then on you must be impressed by Awa, and profoundly extraordinary, Ava is like a dart firmly rooted in your memory area, the lingering effect, probably only in those years more than the New Year's Festival, the more brainwashed and bombed a certain platinum advertisement can be compared.
It is precisely because he does not take the usual path, breaks through the mold, breaks the flat depiction of such characters, is a humorous, cute and even grounded image, people are keen to watch the spectacle, combined with his inspirational plot from a foot player to a team rotation, so the Ava fire, is really unexpected, reasonable.
Some people compare it to the drums in the Water Margin, when they are good at stealing, light work is first-class, although stealing to eat Xiaoxiao chicken caused the later three dozen Zhujiazhuang, but it is not unusual, to say that the masterpiece, but also in Tokyo to steal the goose plume gold circle armor, Tokyo is now Kaifeng, the Northern Song Dynasty Kyoto, the goose plume golden circle armor is often accompanied by the royal attendant of the Tokyo Forbidden Army Golden Gun Class leader Xu Ning's family heirloom treasure, sealed tightly.
Xu Ning is a high-ranking official, the mansion compound is heavily guarded, but Shi Qian is stealing treasures in layers of vigilance, which shows the high level of his stealing skills, comparing Awa to Shi Qian is the highest praise, but in the network world, there is no more concise and more communicative than a sentence 666, which is the wisdom of Chinese netizens, so the titles of sixth brother, sixth master, and old sixth go away.
The oldest student in Brooklyn, New York, idol is Paul, in the final year of college, that is, the first seven months of entering the NBA, he was named the ACC's best defensive player. Later, he was defeated in the draft because of his short height and mediocre qualifications. Due to fate, signed a two-way contract with the Pelicans.
Coinciding with the NBA short-term work tide during the epidemic, I met the noble Green to give me the opportunity to mix with the big brother Ingram, and only step by step became famous.
At the beginning, people spoke softly, all in garbage time, at that time he was unknown, with dirty braids, wearing a red hairband, in addition to the dazzling shape, there were few highlights, in fact, in the summer league he has shown the power of steals, just played the regular season, there are a few times, the backcourt broke the opponent's serve several times, can also smoke cold to shoot three points, until he played the Jazz game, only the first time to perform the "ambush bottom line, hook waist back devils into the village sneak attack technique", but did not succeed,
But the kung fu paid off, and finally broke many good guys with this stunt, such as Trae Young, Caruso, Maxi, etc., and finally even his idol Chris Paul did not let go. Forcing people to make a mistake in the serve or pulling the ball behind their backs is still a routine operation, but the bottom line sneak attack is a rare operation, not to mention so joyful.
Paul came in the wind and waves of a generation of point guard god, but in the playoffs encountered the old six this difficult little ghost, he has been through hundreds of battles and was also made a nose ash, you take a good look at his expression when he was blown 8 seconds of violation twice, that is called a hero short of breath, and even a little angry and corrupt meaning.
The Little People vs. Hall of Fame players didn't lose, and everyone loves to watch this kind of story. The sixth elder became more famous this time, and became famous all over the world. And at this time, the old six have already completed the triple jump and become one of the team rotations.
How to go from a losing draft to a team rotation. The old six made a good demonstration. He first played in garbage time, and the clever New Yorker didn't miss any opportunity to perform, based on defense and playing a stealthy stunt. And the old six playing ball is also passionate, very infectious, and the passion coach will be the same as the passionate coach who loves to speak, so the old six will take advantage of who triggers the health and safety agreement, or who is injured to rest, to fight for a little more playing time.
It just so happens that Green is also an enlightened person and is willing to give rookies a chance. Old six and passionate, attitude and correct, and teammates have a harmonious relationship, with the boss Ingram often watch video together, on the court, although the height is a little shorter, but horizontal, see no one is afraid, to all the defenders how much trouble, play the Raptors that time, VanVleet wants to pull three points on his head, by the old six shengsheng covered.
The big man is not afraid, Griffin bullied him small, all the way to the bulldozer crushing, the old six stabilized the next plate, did not flinch, did not call for defense, is to take out the strength to eat milk to resist, more touching than Don Quixote's big war windmill. Ask such a player which coach does not like.
Coach Green gave him a start, that was away to the 76ers, he did not live up to the trust of the coach, played 33.4 minutes, had 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.
It was in that game that he and Embiid sprayed garbage words, received a technical foul, according to the regulations to fine 2,000 US dollars, the old six a two-way contract player, can not afford to pay, or the temperament of the (rich) person Embiid high wind and bright festival, there is a sense that the old six dare to fight to attract people like, help the old six pay the fine.
But soon, the old sixth no longer has to worry about money, and at the end of March the team signed him a four-year, $6.5 million contract. He doesn't have to worry about not being able to pay a fine for technical fouls, and he doesn't have to worry about not having money to invite his family to watch the game.
Just two days before the clash with Embiid, he returned to his hometown with the team to challenge the Knicks, and wanted to invite his mother to the live basketball, but he was shy and could not afford to buy a ticket in the front row. That night, the sixth played a heroic, scoring 13 points, 4 assists and 4 steals, breaking ten for the first time in his career.
The first time he returned to the Madison Garden Arena to play, the sixth was extremely excited, and when he snatched Burkes successfully, he read words to the audience and the bench while frantically beating his chest, and the 24-year-old was full of endless energy, especially in the face of his hometown father, who was stimulated by adrenaline hormones. Morale is more important than height, and McCollum praised the sixth.
In the NBA's Colosseum, the eight immortals crossed the sea, each showing their own magic, and the small guard Lao Liu, with his own set of survival rules and skills, was not torn into pieces, but tenaciously survived, and burst out of vigorous vitality. In the soil that suits the pelicans to his development, he should grow up very quickly.
So, in one sentence to sum up the story of the old sixth this season, it is about this:
It was an atypical steal that made the old six red, but it wasn't just the steal that kept him alive.