The Fifth Point Guard

"Cushion platform, cushion platform."

"This is the live broadcast of the NBA game. The person sitting next to me is the familiar director Zhang Weiping."

"The game we are broadcasting live today is the New Jersey Nets vs. Boston Celtics at home."

"The game hasn't started yet, and the players are still warming up on the court."

CCTV, Shuangping combination.

The earliest official partner.

Speaking of which, Sun Zhengping was still Zhang Weiping's bole.

This matter starts from the NBA All-Star Game in 1998.

That year, CCTV was in the main venue of the All-Star Game for the first time and broadcast the NBA All-Star Game live.

Director Sun, as the spokesperson of CCTV sports, accepted this important task obligatoryly and came to New York, an unfamiliar place.

Here, Sun Zhengping urgently needs an American hand who understands sports.

So, he thought of his good friend Zhang Weiping.

At that time, Zhang Weiping was in the United States as an ambassador for Sino-US basketball cultural exchanges.

Zhang Weiping readily agreed to Sun Zhengping's invitation.

The two hit it off immediately, and their partners explained the live broadcast of the first NBA game that was of historical significance to CCTV.

With this successful experience, the 1998 NBA Finals.

The location is Chicago.

It's still live.

The Shuangping combination appeared hand in hand again.

This time, the two reached the intention of long-term partner commentary.

Since then, the duo of Sun Zhengping and Zhang Weiping has been active on the stage of CCTV.

Zhang Weiping: "We know that the NBA has two Chinese players this season, which is interesting. Wang Zhizhi of the Bayi team and Shen Tong of the Arizona Wildcats went to the Dallas Mavericks and New Jersey Nets respectively. Live broadcast, we can see Shentong's performance."

Sun Zhengping: "Everyone is already familiar with Wang Zhizhi, one of the best center players in China, but I believe there are still many people who are not familiar with Shentong, a young player. Can Director Zhang give us a brief introduction."

Zhang Weiping: "Okay. The player Shen Tong was in the Arizona Wildcats."

Sun Zhengping: "."

Zhang Weiping: "."

Ten thousand words are omitted here.

Sun Zhengping: "Okay, so everyone has a preliminary understanding of Shentong. As far as I know, the performance of the Nets last season was not good, and the Celtics failed to make the playoffs. Please Zhang The guide will talk about his views on the game between the two teams."

Zhang Weiping: "The Celtics with a glorious history have not been able to enter the playoffs for six consecutive years since the start of the 95-96 season, and the Nets have always played the role of the Eastern Conference."

Sun Zhengping interrupted: "So this game is a contest between two second-rate teams."

Zhang Weiping immediately reached out to stop it.

"It can't be said that Kidd is a passing master, the kind that can revitalize the team. Under Kidd's leadership, the Nets may have a qualitative change, and even reaching the playoffs may not be impossible. As for the Celtics, it is said that before the start of the new season, Paul Pierce called his teammates for a training camp. Antoine Walker also said before the season that they are very satisfied with their current state and believe that they will be able to kill the Celtics this year. into the playoffs."

Sun Weiping: "Okay, the game is about to start, let's take a look at the starting lists of both teams."

The New Jersey Nets have continued the preseason starting lineup. Scott is quite satisfied with this main lineup. At least there is no plan to change the starting lineup.

Center: Todd Markloach, PF: Kenyon Martin, SF: Keith Van Horn, SG: Corey Kiddles, POG: Jason Kidd.

The starting lineup for the Boston Celtics.

Center: Tony Batty, a 2.11-meter-tall inside swingman.

Can play the 4th and 5th positions.

This is a standard blue-collar player.

He has played for the Celtics for 3 seasons and averaged 6.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 0.9 blocks last season.

As long as Batty is on the court, he does all the dirty work.

Power Forward: Antoine Walker, one of the Boston Twins, 2.03 meters.

This short power forward who loves to shoot three-pointers from the outside last season took an astonishing 7.4 shots per game from the three-point line and shot a decent 36.7% of his shots.

He averaged 23.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.7 steals per game. He performed quite well.

Small Forward: Another twin star in Boston, Paul Pierce, 2.01 meters.

The star, selected by Boston with the 10th overall pick in the first round, became an All-Star last season.

He averaged 25.3 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.8 blocks per game. His points, rebounds and assists were career highs.

It is worth mentioning that just one month ago, Pierce also encountered an accident in his life.

It was the night of September 25th, and the weather was a bit muggy.

After the day's training session, Paul Pierce and his teammates went to the bar to drink and relax.

"Look, who is this, Paul, you are the hero of our Boston, the future of the Celtics." A drunk guy leaned over.

"Thank you." Pierce glanced at the other party and replied politely.

"Hey, what a shame. You didn't make the playoffs for three consecutive years, but you drink here. Do you think I'm praising you, idiot!"

Pierce has never been so bullied by passers-by, stood up and said condescendingly: "You drunkard and rascal, get out of here before I get angry!"

But the alcoholic didn't seem to be afraid of Pierce, on the contrary, he made his words even worse, and gradually approached Pierce.

"Go away! Get away from me." Pierce pushed the drunkard.

This is bad.

It turned out that it wasn't the drunkard alone who caused the trouble, but a group of idle scoundrels.

"Boom!"

Someone hit Pierce on the head with a wine bottle.

The two sides immediately scuffled into a ball.

I don't know who yelled.

"Kill it, kill it!"

Everyone dispersed immediately, and Pierce fell into a pool of blood.

11 stabs in the body.

One of the cuts was 8 centimeters deep, entered the lungs, and missed the heart by 0.25 centimeters.

No matter how good your martial arts are, you are still afraid of kitchen knives

Luckily, Pierce saved his life.

Surprisingly, the guy was discharged home after 3 days to recuperate.

On October 13, his 23rd birthday, Pierce returned to training and participated in all preseason games.

It's a godsend.

Of course, it is not ruled out that someone from a mysterious oriental country has been reborn again.

The starting shooting guard is a rookie, Joe Johnson, 2.01 meters.

This player, like Pierce, was the 10th pick in the first round.

Joe - Johnson is a native of Arkansas, the University is also read in Arkansas.

In the position of shooting guard, Johnson is considered tall, and at the same time, he also has good ball-handling skills.

However, judging from the draft report, this player's athletic ability is average, he lacks explosive power, and his speed is not fast.

But with a stable style of play and few mistakes, he can be regarded as a qualified and immediate combat force with potential.

Unlike the youthful Johnson, starting point guard Kenny Anderson is a veteran.

He is only 1.83 meters tall, but he was the No. 2 pick in 1991 and was selected by the Nets.

Anderson's highlight moment was also in the Nets. At that time, Anderson averaged 18.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 9.6 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

But only 7.5 points and 4.1 assists last season.

In the current Boston formation, Anderson plays the role of a veteran.

Field control, and locker room leader.

Sun Zhengping: "Kenyon Martin and Tony Batty are standing in the center circle and ready to jump the ball. The referee blows his whistle and the game begins!"

Zhang Weiping: "Let's go, let's go."