At 26:20, the Atlantans who visited the North Shore Gardens did not mean to be unfamiliar at all, and they quickly established the lead in the first quarter. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

With the exception of Garnett, the rest of the Celtics didn't feel great in the first quarter.

Pierce shot 2-of-5 in the first quarter, Ray Allen shot 0-of-2, Perkins shot 1-of-3, and Rondo?

The feeling of Embarrassment in the first quarter was also very average, only 1 of 4 shots, but Erniu and Lunar Eclipse performed well on the offensive end, one shot 6 of 9, and the other shot 2 of 2, which contributed firepower to the team very well, and even the substitute Zaza Pachulia had a performance of 2 of 3 shots in a single quarter.

In this quarter of the game, the biggest reason for the Celtics' backwardness was still in the rebounding scramble, the Hawks had a 14:4 rebounding advantage in a single quarter, and strongly suppressed the opponent, leaving the Celtics with little room to fight back.

But from the perspective of the entire team, there is another reason why the Celtics were restrained by the Hawks.

Ever since the Celtics formed the Big Three, their suffocating defense has been the talk of the league.

In the 07-08 season, for example, the Celtics conceded an average of 90.3 points per game, ranking second in the league behind the Detroit Pistons.

This is also the most important reason why the Celtics were able to become the league's No. 1 regular season ranking in the year the Big Three were formed, but Green Kai's performance on the offensive end has always been overrated.

Kemi expressed dissatisfaction, how can the Big Three composed of Garnett, Pierce, and Ray Allen have weak scoring ability?

So the question is, why did the Celtics fail to rank in the top 10 in the league in points per game in the 07-08 season, or even in the 08-09 season just past?

To be exact, the Celtics averaged 100.5 points per game and 100.9 points per game in both seasons, and in both seasons, they ranked 12th in the league in points, a far cry from the Atlanta Hawks, who ranked first in the league in points per game.

Can 1+1+1 really be equal to 3 or even greater than 3?

When Green Kai's defense is excellent, there is no shortage of stinky feet in the entire basketball world in the United States, and all kinds of unwanted touting, as if the ultimate form of basketball should be the Celtics.

In fact, Green Kai's offensive ability should always be questionable.

Think about why the Celtics often have to play with their opponents in the playoffs, if they really have to defend everything, the Green Army should be like the Hawks last season, sweeping all the way to the Finals.

The championship should belong to the team with a better balance of offense and defense!

Objectively speaking, in the 07-08 season, although the Hawks had the advantage of being young and physically excellent, they consumed the green Kai who was bent on winning the championship, but from another point of view, if the green Kai could perform better on the offensive end, they might not lose to the young and reckless Atlanta.

Ruan Erniu in the rookie season is not as terrifying as he is now in mythology, and the guy who has not yet grown into a generation of superstars is by no means without weaknesses, but the Celtics did not catch it.

Why didn't the Celtics show the league's top-tier offensive quality expected of the Big Three?

Come to think of it, at least half of this pot has to be borne by the former Green Kai head coach Doug Rivers, because River Doc, as a chicken soup coach, has never been a good offensive planner, but the other half of the responsibility has to be attributed to the Big Three themselves.

These three are ostensibly the bosses of the so-called three disappointed teams in the league, but looking at their data, it is not difficult to see that none of these three are top scorers.

Kemi once again expressed his dissatisfaction, Garnett and Ray Allen are also counted, after all, they are outsiders, how can my big leather team not be a top scorer?

In the 01-02 season, Iverson only grabbed the scoring title of the leather team because he played less in the regular season, you must know that the leather team scored 2144 points in the whole season, but the AI only scored 1883 points.

It's not fair!

The league owes the Leather team a scoring champion!

At first glance, it seems reasonable, but on closer inspection, it is really impossible to take action, because Mr. Truth has not averaged more than 27 points per game in a season in his career.

That's right, not 28 points, not 29 points, not 30+, known as the offensive kaleidoscope, the strongest surface Paul Pierce has never averaged more than 27 points per game in a season.

To sum up, no matter how good the disguise is, it can't hide the fact that the so-called Celtics Big Three don't have the league's top offensive talent, which explains why they are always stuck in the playoffs and struggling to move forward.

Offense and defense are never meant to be lost, and to reiterate the old saying, people are always bewitched by Phil Jackson's quote, "Offense wins the game, defense wins the championship!"

It's no wonder that Woodson, who has won two COYs and upgraded his mind, will say this to his good partner Larry Drew: "Of course Jackson dares to say such things, he has Jordan and Pippen in front of him, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in the back, when did he worry about the offense?"

In the 07-08 season, the emotionally and iron-blooded Green Kai met the Atlanta Hawks, who didn't care about it, rushed and beat hard, but did not lose playoff experience (Bibby, Van Exel), but the ending was already doomed.

Back in the game, after the start of the second quarter, both sides sent their own substitutes.

Jamal Crawford, who had played well in the first few games, was in trouble in the first half of the second quarter, and Thibodeau was prepared for the Super Sixth Man.

Marquis Daniels' hard look at the 6 gave the scoring sensation a playoff-level defensive intensity in advance, but that's not the Green Kai's biggest defensive trump card, as Tony Allen is still on the injury list.

This season, the more athletic Dragic has been doing quite well, breaking through Eddie House with the ball in quick succession and scoring points on the heads of Rasheed Wallace and Sheldon Williams, respectively.

Rasheed Wallace is quite old, and the landlord's defense has not been able to reach the NBA level.

Thibodeau then made a substitution for the first half of the second quarter, and Woodson followed with a full-fledged finish.

Pierce and Embarrassment entered the Arena stage, and the two seemed to be back in the 01-02 season, when Embarrassment entered the Celtics as the 10th pick, but was eventually traded to Phoenix by the Green Army because of the overlap between the position and Pierce.

Fate is reincarnated, and Pierce, who stayed with the Celtics, is still fighting for a championship ring, but once became the boss of the team, but chose to abdicate at the peak of his career, but he already has two championship rings in his hand and is working hard for the dynasty in his career.

Ruan Erniu focused more on the defensive end in this quarter, and on the basis of protecting the backcourt rebounds, he grabbed the frontcourt rebounds many times, disrupting Lu Kai's interior defense.

The Salmon also had a good quarter, riding on the backlash between Pierce and Embarrassment, and he hit two three-pointers to quickly help the team pull away.

At 28:22, the Hawks once again scored six points in a single quarter.

At halftime, 54:42, the Celtics' defense had reached the limit, only they had met the best offensive team in the league.

Ruan Erniu scored 15 points, 15 boards, and 7 assists in the half, and he was about to run for a triple-double.

A regular season may not tell the whole story, but the Hawks' dynasty is coalescing.