Chapter 774: Good ball, good handsome, good center
Kill!
Theoretically zero seconds!
Don't give Atlantans a chance!
Great Wallace, he inherited the fine traditions of the Celts!
Bill Russell, Bob Cousy, Larry Bird in this moment soul possessed!
He's not fighting alone!
He's not alone......
Well, I'm sorry, it's a string!
Although the Hawks were still appealing to the referee for Wallace to run out of time, the frenzied Green Kai players were already speeding down the tunnel.
Since it was a playoffs, the three referees in charge of law enforcement did not dare to be careless, and the three gathered together and ran to the technical table.
A full 2 minutes passed, and the referee on duty gestured to the fans, and the two points were effective, and the Celtics killed the Hawks in G2!
The fans at the scene booed wildly at the referee, they couldn't tolerate the Eagles who slashed 40+ in the final quarter to collapse in the final moments, but the final result of the game will not change anything.
At 106:104, the Celtics defeated the Atlanta Hawks on the road, bringing the series to 1-1.
Woodson first appeared at the press conference after slightly calming the frustrated Eagles players.
Since the Hawks swept the Finals with a 12-0 record last season, Egghead almost forgot the feeling of attending the press conference in the playoffs.
"We lost G2! We don't have to look for too many subjective reasons, failure is inevitable, now we need to take stock and try to win G3 and G4 in Boston. We've always been the stronger team and that hasn't changed. ”
Subsequently, Rashid Wallace then appeared with Tom Thibodeau and became the protagonists of the press conference.
Rasheed Wallace said: "Until a few days ago, people were saying I was holding a thigh at the Celtics, and I want to tell you that there is no such thing as a thigh hugging player in this league, and any player who wants to find his place in the team has to show his worth.
By the way, I was ready to retire. But tonight, I realized that I was still young and could do it for another two years, and I was probably going to postpone my retirement, and that's it. ”
The media did not shy away from the praise of the Celtics the next day.
These guys have been preaching the so-called "veteran immortality" spirit more than two seasons ago, and nearly three years have passed, and the core of Green Kai's team building is indeed getting older and older, and the Bostonians have spared no effort to render the atmosphere, so that the contrast is as if the Hawks have become the villains that everyone has to condemn.
More than two seasons ago, Green Kai dared to blatantly gather the Big Three in the twilight of the veteran in pursuit of the championship, in fact, opened the superstar huddle mode, nearly three years later, if they don't make some gimmicks and promote a little rice-style positive energy, it is unreasonable.
Of course, from another point of view, the reason why the Celtics have been able to become sympathetic from being the enemy of the world is also inseparable from the strength of the Atlanta Hawks in recent seasons.
The weak are always sympathetic, and the counterattack is a scene that the people who eat melons like to see.
The story of the Warriors Black Eight has not passed for a few years, and if the old Celtics can really take out the rising Atlanta Hawks, they will definitely become the miracle workers in countless people's mouths.
As the night passed, it was as if everything had changed.
The Hawks will wake up from their slumber, only to find that the media that sang the praises disappeared in an instant, or immediately reversed course and praised the Celtics, who had just equalized the score.
If you want to wear its crown, you must first bear its weight.
The Eagles have risen so quickly that they don't even notice it, and before they know it, they have become enemies of the Alliance, hated by everyone.
During the Hawks' winning streak, naturally no one could criticize them, and once the Hawks showed a little bit of decline, they were immediately greeted with endless questioning and questioning.
"Isn't 75 wins too extravagant, so much energy and energy that it takes on too much energy and energy?"
"Atlanta's dominance is declining, and the Celtics are going to counterattack the Cosmos?"
"The magic of the Demon King of the Celestial Dynasty is no longer magical, is the Eagle Team negligent or at the end of the road?"
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"What are you kidding? Are we already eliminated?" said Lunar Eclipse hatefully as he looked at the various media messages on his phone.
"We're all looking at our jokes, these wall grasses. ”
Patrick Mills asked, "That's how we came last season?"
Dragic explained: "We swept all of our playoff opponents last season and lost only two games until the Finals, so we haven't been ridiculed like that at all. ”
Ruan Erniu smiled and said to his teammates: "This shows that our status in the hearts of the media is higher than that of the Celtics, don't worry too much, as long as we win the series, those flattering sycophants will soon come back to us." ”
Most of the Hawks had gone through last season's championship-winning journey, so everyone quickly calmed down and discussed how to deal with the Celtics while watching the footage.
"Obviously, we let our guard down on Rasheed Wallace, who shot 7-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, and missed just one three-pointer.
Look here, when J-Smoove and Kraft were switching defenses, Kraft should have immediately stepped up to deal with Wallace, not in the low post, and then look at this, after the eclipse was taken away by Rondo, Wallace and Bibby formed a misalignment, this shot was too resolute, it is almost certain that the Celtics deliberately increased Wallace's shot in G2......
As an assistant coach, Fan Maniac played out his pre-made clips while analyzing the key points in them.
After all the screenings were over, Woodson applauded and said, "We lost on the defensive end in G2, which is a clear thing, so let's talk about how we should solve the problem next!"
In the past three years, Egghead has also made great progress, and Woodson, who has two consecutive COYs, has not only improved his coaching level, but also made small improvements in his leadership ability.
The players themselves are very aware of the strength of the enemy and the enemy, and if they want to really hit the opponent in the game, it is not the miracle strategy of the head coach that depends on the player's own interpretation and execution ability of the game.
Everyone expressed their opinions, and the atmosphere in the team was quite lively, but there was one person whose idea was shared by most people.
Chris Anderson said, "How about I figure him out? This guy celebrates in such a way that he yells 'Ball-don't-lie!' twice (it can be translated: no problem!') What's the point? My flying is so much more handsome than him!"
As soon as Birdman's words were finished, his teammates burst into laughter.
Most people agree with Birdman, well, about celebratory actions.
At this time, Mike Woodson stood up and said: "Except for the misplaced rotation, Birdman, Wallace will be handed over to you, I don't think you will let me down in G3." ”
After losing a game, the Eagles completely put away their contempt, in any case, they actually have no home field advantage, in this case, the next two away games of G3 and G4 are games that the Hawks must strive to win.
On May 7, the fourth day after G2, the Hawks flew to Boston, where they will face the Celtics in G3 at the familiar TD North Shore Garden Arena.
Returning to the North Shore Garden, familiar noises, boos and racist trash talk once again lingered in Erniu's ears.
Bostonians especially hate Ruan Erniu, a yellow man, who strangled the Green Army in the 07-08 season, and in the subsequent 08-09 season, the Hawks did not give the Green Army too many opportunities for revenge in the regular season, after Garnett's injury, Boston did not even have the opportunity to continue to challenge the Atlantans for a second time, and in the 09-10 season, the invincible Hawks swept the Green Army directly in the regular season.
With the Green Army winning a game on the road, Boston fans finally saw the hope of taking out the Hawks, and they began to roar hard to get the Hawks into a state of irritation and panic from the start of the game.
Garnett and Ruan Erniu stood in the middle circle again, and KG sneered: "Are you scared, Celestial Empire?"
Ruan Erniu only returned KG with a rice-style shrug and ended the trash talk.
Erniu won the jump ball, Salmons got the ball, and Dragic took the basketball and dribbled across the half court.
After Nguyen Er Niu received the ball in the horn position, he passed Perkins with one acceleration, and in the face of Garnett, who came from the wing, Manniu not only did not dodge, but directly attacked the basket.
"Boom!"
Garnett was knocked straight out of the bottom line.
Tomahawk splitting buckle!
Ruan Erniu didn't waste any time after the opening and responded in the most direct way.
"Toot!"
The referee's whistle came a little later, but 2+1 was a foregone conclusion.
Ruan Erniu, who was holding the basket with one hand, jumped down from the air, Garnett had just done it at this time, and Erniu looked at him condescendingly, as if God was looking at a tiny ant.
Rondo and Perkins quickly stepped forward to pull Garnett, KG gave Ruan Erniu a death glare, but did not mean to do it directly, the game has just begun, and now getting angry and making a move will only make the Eagles pick up the cheap.
Ruan Erniu easily hit a penalty to help the team take the first lead in G3.
The Celtics had the ball, Rondo controlled the ball over half court, and Ray Allen ran out of the open space from the flank to receive the screen, and shot directly after receiving the ball......
Step on the line!
"Bang!"
But it didn't hit either!
Nguyen Erniu took the rebound in the backcourt and immediately sent it to Salmons, who was in the front court, but Green Kai also paid attention to the Hawks' pass, and Pierce followed the salmon assault this time.
The Hawks didn't switch offense and defense, but they still had the ball.
Ruan Erniu played the main position in the low position and asked for the ball from the hands of the embarrassed Sen.
Erniu was extremely active at the beginning of G3, almost attacking with the ball at every opportunity.
"Boom!"
After receiving the ball, Erniu immediately gave Perkins a hip blow, and after successfully forcing back Lukai's meat shield, Ruan Erniu chose to immediately turn over and make a jumper.
"Brush!"
It's one thing to have a great feel and to be able to keep your shooting hand so perfect after a fierce physical confrontation, it's one thing to have a lot of talent, it's also essential for the player to be trained himself.
The Eagles continued to extend their lead, and the ensuing first quarter of the game was almost entirely a one-man show time. He shot 9-of-10 from the field and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line in the quarter, scoring a double-double of 23 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist.
This is the first time that Erniu has completed 20+10 data in a single season game in the playoffs, and the Celtics have once again been reduced to a background board.
In the Green Army, no one performed better than the two bulls, Pierce's performance was particularly poor, under the joint defense of the Salmon and the Hawks as a whole, he shot 1 of 5 in this quarter, and only scored 2 points, which was considered to be an undercover agent for the Hawks again, however, the biggest undercover agent was not his turn, I don't know if it was inspired by the last frontcourt rebound in G2, Rondo's independent shooting in this quarter increased a lot.
With Garnett unable to block him, Rondo threw a lot of two-pointers from 17 feet away in the quarter, and the result was that he shot 3-of-9 in a single quarter, and although he scored the highest single-quarter score in the first quarter - 6 points, his inefficiency also put the home team into a painful state of chasing points from the first quarter.
At 38:17, with the attack wave led by Ruan Er Niu, the Hawks took a huge lead of 21 in the first quarter.
North Shore Gardens fans were clearly reluctant to accept this fact, and they responded with even more frantic noises and boos.
The second quarter began quickly, and the performances of both sides gradually returned to normal.
Ruan Erniu and Embarrassed Sen teamed up against Garnett and Pierce to become the main theme of this quarter, and the two sides played wonderful offensive and defensive rounds, but the performance of the role players who kept playing iron in this quarter was lackluster.
The best news for the home team was that Pierce was 4-of-5 shooting in the first quarter, and his hand was gradually recovering.
At 29:26, the Hawks brought the score to 67:43 despite the stalemate in the second quarter.
The Atlantans held a 24-point halftime lead, and the green Kai, who had not been happy for long, was in trouble again, just played a good game, but unexpectedly provoked an even more terrifying Atlanta Hawks.
Thibodeau's roar in midfield doesn't need to be overstated, but the Hawks, who just lost to G2, are clearly not going to make another big mistake in G3.
After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Hawks played a multi-point flowering performance, Ruan Erniu, Yu Sen, Salmons, and Crawford at the same time, once extending the lead to more than 30+.
After that, the Green Army once again entered the rhythm of chasing points, and never expected that the person who stood up this time turned out to be Nate Robinson.
Little Potato scored eight points on 2-of-3 shooting in the quarter, hitting both three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws, becoming the Greens' top scorer in the quarter.
At 31:27, Robinson's efficient play alone could not save the Celtics, and at 98:70, the Hawks extended their lead to 28 points.
The final quarter of the game has entered garbage time early, and the Green Kai team does not have players with super explosive power on the offensive end.
In other words, there is only one player on the court with super scoring explosiveness, and he has always been under the command of the Eagles.
Ruan Erniu: "It seems that someone said that I am handsome?"
In the final quarter of the game, the Celtics still made the last resistance, and even players like Tony Allen, who did almost nothing on the offensive end, stood up and hit the basket again and again with the ball, which shows how strong Green Kai's will to win is.
But as Crawford hit consecutive three-pointers, the Green Army still had no choice but to replace the team's main player in advance.
At 127:95, the Hawks immediately made their own answer with a landslide victory in the second game after the killing.
Nguyen Erniu, who scored 50+ in almost three quarters, said in an interview after the game: "I'm very happy to be able to get a win in Boston. While a lot of people say that North Shore Gardens is the Devil's Arena, I've been in the league for almost three years, and most of the time, I've had more pleasant memories here, and tonight was no exception. ”
The victor can pretend to be impunity.
The media seems to have forgotten all the criticism and controversy they had about the Hawks a few days ago, as if those things had come up all over again, and the Hawks were still the invincible Cosmos team.
"The joys and sorrows of life come too fast, it's so exciting!"
Bohu!
The biggest tragedy in life is that your Qiu Xiang is also a pai gow master!
From hell to heaven and from heaven back to hell.
Just as Atlantans were preparing to fly back to their nest with a score of 3:1 in Boston, the G4 game turned into a bitter battle again.
In the first quarter of the game, Green Kai took the lead with Rondo's sudden explosion, and when Rondo was able to hit consecutive 18-foot shots, the Hawks seemed to have nothing to complain about.
In the second quarter, the two sides continued to stalemate, and no one was able to narrow or widen the score.
In the third quarter of the game, the Hawks showed super momentum, continuously used offensive and defensive transitions, and gave the Celtics a hard blow.
However, just when everyone thought that the Hawks would make a comeback in the final quarter and counterattack the game, the Hawks collectively fell into an inexplicable cold feeling.
The Greens, who came to their senses, didn't give Atlantans any chance.
Rondo hit the basket several times in the final quarter and hit a 2+1 more than once.
29 points, 18 rebounds, 13 assists, if you don't name it, maybe no one thought this is the stats that Rajon Rondo got in G4.
The name of the Big Four has become veritable at this moment, no, such a powerful figure as C Duo should be the head of the Green Army, because whether it is scoring, rebounding or assisting, Rondo is the one with the best statistics in the Green Army.
Kendrick Perkins has been crying and fainting in the toilet, because the rebounding data of the Green Army's regular center in this game is 6, which is not even a fraction of the C.
Rondo deserves to be a real C, and some people summarize the reasons why the Green Army can defeat the Hawks in G4, one of the most important of which is: "The Celtics are clearly 6vs5 on the court, and I can see it very clearly that the Green Army has a point guard named Rajan and a center named Rondo." ”
Rajon Rondo made a name for himself, but the Hawks were once again the overrated team in the media, and this time, they were at a crossroads.