Chapter 40: The Black Elbow and the Iron Palm
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Gasol and Gibson clearly couldn't contain Shangguanyu, so the Bulls called a timeout and brought in defensive stalwart Joakim Noah and big man Nikola Mirotic, who likes to play on the outside. This time it was obviously a response to Shangguan Yu, and the next game will be very troublesome.
The game continued, Butler missed the shot, and Noah got stuck in the basket, so under the bag of Shangguan Yu and Sallinger, he still took the ball. Seeing him get the ball, Shangguan Yu just grabbed it tentatively, but Noah just lifted the elbow and smashed it directly on Shangguan Yu's chest.
Boom!
This time it was really painful, but because Noah's action was very hidden, the referee didn't notice it. Seeing him hand the ball to Mirotic, Shangguan Yu could only save to defend.
However, this elbow, Shangguan Yu has already written it down.
Mirotic tried a three-point shot, but missed, and this time the rebound was snatched up by Olynyk and handed to Thomas to launch a quick counterattack. Claude receives a pass from Thomas and plays back against Blue.
After rotating the defense this time, Shangguan Yu faced Noah, he actually stepped on Shangguan Yu's left foot and ran to the outside to catch the ball. When he dribbled and broke through, he still leaned on Shangguan Yu and used that pair of big iron elbows to open the way. However, the actions are very hidden, so they escaped the referee's blowing punishment, but they couldn't escape Shangguan Yu's punishment.
"Isaiah!"
Suddenly, he heard Shangguan Yu shouting, and before Noah could react, he saw a person rushing over and wanting to take the ball away. He was not slow to react, but Shangguan Yu was faster, suddenly stepped forward, slapped hard with his right hand, cut the ball off, and worked with Thomas to control the ball.
Although they missed the opportunity to break quickly, they fell into a positional battle, and the Celtics players ran again. Thomas, defended by Butler and Rose, didn't find much of a chance and had to hand over the ball again. And after the run, Shangguan Yu was in a temporary vacant position, so Thomas passed the ball to Shangguan Yu.
Noah pounced on him as soon as possible, standing behind Shangguan Yu, trying to push him out. The small movements are really endless, Shangguan Yu changed to a frontal breakthrough, and when he dribbled, Noah's hand shook in front of Shangguan Yu's eyes. When Shangguan Yu changed hands, he suddenly slapped it down, although he didn't cut off the ball, but it hit Shangguan Yu's hand firmly.
Damn it!
Shangguan Yu, who originally wanted to organize an attack, made a gesture to fight alone. Since you like to make small moves so much, then Shangguan Yu will make him pay. Pretending to break through to the inside, he took a few steps back, and suddenly stepped back and jumped. Noah hurriedly pounced, but Shangguan Yu pounced forward, and the two collided together.
Beep!
When the whistle blew, Noah fouled Shangguanyu when he shot, and although Shangguanyu missed the shot, he got two free throws.
However, this kind of punishment did not make Noah afraid, but whispered to Shangguan Yu with fierce eyes: "Rookie, you wait for me!"
Shangguan Yu just shrugged his shoulders and easily threw two free throws to close the score again.
In the next three minutes, Thomas continued to cooperate with Guan Yu, delivering assists or scoring on the offensive end. On the defensive end, he forced the opponent to make a mistake and finally overtook the score.
However, Mirotic's entanglement with Noah still prevented him from getting too many scoring opportunities. Still, he had two assists and grabbed two rebounds.
But when Thomas was out of the game, Shangguan Yu was even more difficult to play, so it didn't take long for him to be replaced at the end of the break.
Butler was in hot form today, so he led the Bulls to overtake the score again, and the Celtics, led by Turner and Olynyk, clung to the score.
After the Bulls replaced all the main forces, Thomas teamed up with Guan Yu to appear.
Less than ten seconds later, Thomas sent a wonderful pass, Shangguan Yu from outside the three-point line received the ball, and the ball went into the net to add an assist to Thomas.
The fans of the Green Shirts cheered heartily after Shangguan Yu hit this three-pointer.
But Shangguan Yu's wonderful performance is only starting from this moment.
Rose forced Thomas and rode the dust, he thought he was completely free from the Celtics' defense, but Shangguan Yu once again came out from behind, directly a pegboard hat, pressing the ball under the rebound. Shangguan Yu, who landed on the ground, took the ball down, and this chase hat was quite beautiful.
After Thomas took the ball, he couldn't help but praise: "Yu, well done!"
The Celtic bench off the field, as well as those fans, are already getting high. Even Ouyang Shiyu applauded Shangguan Yu, and Shangguan Yu, who was unhappy by Noah in the first quarter, now feels very comfortable.
In the next round, he directly requested a three-point strategy, first helping Sallinger to cover, and then running out of space under Crowder's cover. Sallinger passed the ball to Shangguan Yu, and he made another three-point shot.
Brush!
Another three-pointer was thrown, and the TD Garden Arena was completely boiling.
Barkley was very happy and said to Webb: "I'm not wrong, this Chinese kid is very good, as long as you make two more threes, you will lose." ”
Webb said disdainfully: "It's not the last second, who knows what the ending will be." ”
Shangguan Yu played for a minute and directly stopped the Bulls because the Celtics once again overtook the score and now temporarily led by two points at 39-37.
The Celtics players all came over to high-five Guan Yu to celebrate, these two three-pointers are really morale-boosting. When Shangguan Yu hit the second three-pointer, Murong Fei stood up and applauded him.
At the end of the timeout, Butler hit Bradley and hit a two-point shot.
On the defensive end, the Bulls made adjustments, replacing Mirotic and focusing on Shangguan Yu. So he doesn't have many opportunities, but Shangguan Yu can use his wonderful transition balls one by one, or block and cover, to help his teammates create opportunities.
There was no chance outside the three-point line, so Shangguan Yu went inside, although Mirotic had a large defensive area, there was still not much to do about Shangguan Yu's dribble breakthrough. was killed by Shangguan Yu to the inside line, his flexible footsteps shook away, and the small hook hit.
Now Shangguan Yu is like no one, and the Bulls have no choice but to replace the defensive titan Noah.
With Noah in charge of the inside line, Shangguan Yu is not easy to break through, but Thomas can kill the inside line and cause damage.
So even though Butler was heroic, the Celtics still had the advantage.
With the last 3 minutes and 26 seconds left in the second quarter, Shangguan Yu got an excellent breakthrough opportunity, and he did not hesitate, dribbling directly to the basket, facing Noah's defense, and forced to shoot. The ball took the first step, and Noah's supplementary defense did not work, but the iron palm that came down did not contain it and hit Shangguan Yu's nose.