Chapter Forty-Seven: Regret Defeat
The fans at TD Center Garden Stadium cheered heartily, although they didn't win the game, but this three-point shot was very morale-boosting.
The Celtics players were also very happy, but they still gathered around Coach Stevens and listened to him plan his tactics.
After a short break, the overtime game began, and Shangguan Yu remained on the court.
Olynyk wins the jump ball and the ball is picked up by Thomas. After falling into a positional battle, Thomas handed the ball to Olynyk on the inside. He chiseled inside, but the effect was limited, and he could only pass the ball out. The ball was continuously transmitted again, and then returned to Thomas's hands, and after he broke through to the outside, he saw Shangguan Yu running out, and passed the ball out again.
Shangguan Yu received the ball and shot a three-point shot, but his strength was a little small, and the ball smashed into the front of the basketball and popped up.
I have never played such a long game, and Shangguan Yu's weakness of insufficient physical strength is obvious.
Green got the backcourt rebound, dribbled across half the court, and in the face of Shangguan Yu's defense, he forced a layup and didn't hit. However, Shangguan Yu almost didn't keep up with his rhythm in this defense.
Then the two sides went back and forth, but neither scored, and it took more than a minute before Thomas assisted Olynyk to score.
However, Curry quickly found the feeling of the game, and missed consecutive outside shots, and this time he chose to kill the basket, and when he shot, he caused Bradley to foul, two free throws and two hits, and the two sides fought to a 108-all tie.
With 3 minutes and 6 seconds left in overtime, Shangguan Yu received a pass from Olynyk and tried to shoot three points again, but his strength was still a little small and his physical exertion was too great.
Stevens obviously saw the change in Shangguan Yu, so he took advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball to replace Shangguan Yu.
The rest of the game was still intense, and Curry hit a basket after breaking through in the last 53 seconds of overtime to put the score in the lead. However, Olynyk received a pass from Turner and scored again, sending the game into the second overtime.
After another dull minute, Curry assisted Iguodala and scored on the rebound.
The Celtics didn't go well offensively, and Iguodala grabbed the rebound in the front court and hit a rebound, already leading the Celtics by four points, with less than three minutes left in the game.
The Celtics made adjustments and replaced Shangguan Yu on the court again, and this time the results were immediate.
Shangguan Yu floated on the outside, Green and Iguodala didn't dare to let go, and under the cover of Bradley, Shangguan Yu went around to catch the ball, and saw that Olynyk had resisted Ezeli behind him, and immediately hoisted the ball to the inside, and Olynyk received the ball and made a layup.
Curry found an opportunity on the outside and made another three-point shot, but the ball didn't hit, and Shangguan Yu grabbed the rebound with two Warriors players. Green and Iguodala wanted to grab the ball, but Shangguan Yu waved his arms to force the two out of the way, and at the same time gave the ball to Thomas.
Thomas made a gesture to execute a three-point strategy, but Shangguan Yu didn't run for a chance because Green followed closely, but he didn't ask for the ball either. Because shifting the attention of Green and Iguodala to himself is equivalent to helping Thomas decompress.
This time the tactics didn't run out, Shangguan Yu went to cover, Green and Iguodala wanted to pinch Thomas, but they didn't succeed, Thomas handed the ball to Shangguan Yu. Now the pressure on the inside defense is average, so Shangguan Yu dribbles to the inside. Ezeli came over to make up for it, but Shangguan Yu turned around flexibly to dodge, switched his left hand to his right hand, and hit the basket.
Celtic equalised again, but Shangguan Yu was already panting.
Failing to keep up when making up defense, Green assisted Curry and scored on a breakaway layup.
Thomas used his personal ability to force the basket, causing the opponent to foul and make two free throws.
The time is getting shorter, but the competition is getting more and more intense.
With the last 1 minute and 12 seconds left, Curry hit a long-range shot from outside the three-point line, and although Thomas had pounced, he still couldn't prevent it.
Thomas dribbled the ball to look for opportunities on the outside, and Shangguan Yu didn't have much strength to run the open space, so he came over to help cover. Thomas wanted to break through to the inside, but was heavily defended by the Warriors and had to be handed over to Bradley.
Bradley broke through the inside again, still didn't find a chance, while Olynyk helped cover and Shangguan Yu ran out of space. After receiving Bradley's pass, he dribbled to adjust, and after attracting the defense of the two, he had no chance to shoot.
However, he aimed at Olynyk in the open space, so he passed the ball out. However, Olynyk still didn't have a good chance because Ezeli also made up for it.
Olynyk, who was on the outside, had average offensive ability with the ball, and after Shangguan Yu passed the ball, he ran again.
"Kelly, give me the ball!"
Seeing Shangguan Yu appear behind him, Olynyk used his body to supplement the defender, and at the same time handed the ball player to Shangguan Yu. There was not much time left, and Shangguan Yu did not hesitate to make a move.
Brush!
The ball hollowed into the net, and this ball almost exhausted all of Shangguan Yu's strength.
However, the TD Center Garden Arena was boiling again, and even the commentators on the scene shouted excitedly: "It's Yu again, pull the team back again, can we end the Warriors' winning streak?"
Not only the fans are looking forward to it, but Shangguan Yu is looking forward to it, but now he can only gasp for breath.
Coach Stevens said: "Evan and Amir, you two go on the court, you have to limit Curry and prevent them from the outside. ”
But Curry was still too strong, and the continuous dribbling shook that made Turner unguardable, and he stepped back to make a difficult three-point jumper and hit it again.
It's tough, and Turner's defense is good, but it still can't stop Curry, but the Celtics have done a good job of dragging Curry to overtime.
During the attack, Shangguan Yu appeared again, but Green stuck to him like kraft candy, so he couldn't find any chances. Thomas's mid-range shot after the breakaway didn't hit. With less than 20 seconds left in the game, the Celtics had to resort to foul tactics.
Iguodala hit two free throws and the Celtics trailed by five points with only one last glimmer of hope.
Coach Stevens can only arrange a quick three-point strategy, while the Celtics don't have a very good three-point shoot, so they can only rely on Shangguan Yu, who has a good hand today. After Thomas received the ball, three players helped to cover, Shangguan Yu ran out of the open position, received the ball and turned around, jumped high, and shot a three-point shot.
Green and Iguodala have both pounced, Shangguan Yu's shot is very high, and the ball jumps past the defense of the two and flies towards the basket.
Syllable!
The ball hit the back of the basket, but it didn't bounce off right away, and it was still bouncing on the basket. It's just that after the second drop, the rebound was taken by Ezeli.
The Celtics used foul tactics, but it was no avail, and they lost 121-126.
A defeat!