Chapter Eighty-Three: The Second Round of Battle
After Porzingis went off, the Knicks lost their highest point. The Knicks started all of them, and when the bench played against the bench, the Celtics had the advantage.
Olynyk was on the inside, and neither Williams nor Seraphim could stop him.
Although Lance Thomas has height, Smart has no way to fight him hand-to-hand.
Turner vs. Vujasic, although he has a physical advantage, but Vujacic is the one who has won the championship and is more experienced, so the two fought five or five.
Jerebuk faced Jerry Grant, and the body and technique were completely crushed.
The released Shangguan Yu is the biggest variable in the bench lineup's lead, and he makes the Knicks miserable whether it is shooting or organizing the offense.
Although there was no Thomas, the Celtics' offense was still fluid, and they took the opportunity to play a wave of offensive mini-climaxes to overtake the score.
Although Shangguan Yu could only score 6 points in the first quarter, the Celtics still led the Knicks by 5 points at 27-22.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, Shangguan Yu played more fiercely. In the first attack, he used Olynyk's cover, ran out of the vacancy, half-turned and threw a backward jumper, and the golden rooster reappeared independently and hit the shot steadily.
Shangguan Yu scored the 8th point of the game.
Now that the main force is not there, whoever in the Knicks team takes the ball and who plays, Seraphim gets the ball in the high position, and the others pull away, facing Shangguan Yu's defense, he wants to use his weight to eat.
After squeezing Shangguan Yu back two steps, he directly pulled up a jump shot, and under Shangguan Yu's interference, his shot was missed, and Shangguan Yu stuck his position and closed the rebound.
While turning back to protect the ball, he observed the situation on the field and did not see a great opportunity for a fast break.
Shangguan Yu handed the ball to Smart, who advanced to the halfcourt. After the Celtics made back-to-back runs and cut into the air, Turner found an opportunity to shoot from mid-range and the ball bounced off the frame.
Vujacic got the backcourt rebound, pushed through the half, couldn't find much of an opportunity, took advantage of Williams' cover, missed a three-point shot from 26 feet out.
Turner grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, advanced to halfcourt, and handed it to Smart.
Olynyk followed Guan Yu to complete a wonderful blocking and dismantling cooperation, Jerebko stuck with Seraphim, who was coming over with the defense, and Shangguan Yu received the ball when no one was defending. However, Vujacic quickly made up for it, and Shangguan Yu raised the ball with both hands and made a gesture to shoot.
Vujacic was shaken away, Shangguan Yu dribbled and hit the basket, now the inside line is empty, no one stopped at all, Shangguan Yu made a layup in three steps, and his 10th point was in hand.
The Knicks attacked, Vujacic missed a layup, and Shangguan Yu stuck the position and closed the rebound.
There is no good chance of passing, so you can only fall into positional warfare.
Olynyk made eye contact with Jerebuk, and suddenly mentioned the online cover, using double screens to block all the players who wanted to defend Shangguanyu.
Shangguan Yu, who received the ball in the vacant position, raised his hand to hit a three-point shot.
Shangguan Yu feels great shooting now, and he will shoot resolutely when he has the opportunity.
The Knicks finally played a decent triangle offense, Robin Lopez held the ball in the high post, he didn't have the offensive ability but could still pass the ball, and Granger cut to the ball and passed to Vucisic on the outside, who hit a three-point shot.
Smart advanced to the halfcourt, used the cover to kill the inside, and suddenly stepped back, shaking Lance Thomas away and missing a mid-range jumper.
Olynyk grabbed the rebound and handed it to Turner, who broke through and passed the ball to Jerebko. Shangguan Yu ran out of the empty space, Jerebko passed the ball out, caught the ball on the run, and the ball was finally deflected.
I don't know if it's not, I've lost stupidly recently, the Knicks' players are very loose on Shangguan Yu's defense, and he can shoot calmly.
The Knicks' main force gradually returned, Anthony took the ball inside and singled, seeing that Jerebuk couldn't bear it, Shangguan Yu could only come over and attack.
Anthony passes the ball out, Vujacic catches it and shoots it, and the three points are still there.
The attack wave just now did not blind the Knicks, and they are now gradually finding the rhythm of the offense.
Smart dribbled across half court and hoisted the ball to Jerebko inside, but the inside pass was not well coordinated.
When Lopez cut off the ball and wanted to hand it to Thomas, Shangguan Yu suddenly came out and snatched the ball back.
Another feint, after drawing the defense in, a beautiful ground-hitting pass to Olynyk on the inside. Facing Grant, who was a cut short of himself, Olynyk made a three-step layup.
Both sides are now shooting well, so they are playing back and forth, but Shangguan Yu was replaced off the court after conceding a goal, because Coach Stevens wanted Shangguan Yu to play again in the second half of the second quarter.
After Porzingis came on the court, he played really fiercely, first using his height to press Olynyk to complete a dunk. Then it was from beyond the three-point line, where Anthony assisted him on a shot.
In the second quarter of the game, with the last 4 minutes, Shangguan Yu ushered in the second round of the battle with Porzingis, and this time the battle was more intense.
As soon as he came up, Porzingis found an opportunity to take the ball in a high position and singled out Guan Yu, although he had the opportunity to go to the triangle attack, but he didn't. Instead, he chiseled back hard, and he didn't have the upper hand in everyone's physical fitness. However, he has a great advantage in height, and when he turned to shoot, Shangguan Yu did not be able to cover the ball.
Shangguan Yu tried his best to jump up, but only his fingertips touched the basketball, which did not change its trajectory.
Porzingis hit a shot, and the score was getting closer.
At the end of the break in Shangguanyu, Anthony suddenly became powerful, and the current Knicks are only 45-48 behind by three points, and it looks like they may overtake at any time.
Porzingis was even more confident, looked at Shangguan Yu with provocative eyes and said, "You can't prevent me at all!" โ
said that he seemed to be able to defend Shangguan Yu, Thomas was holding the ball on the outside to look for opportunities, and Shangguan Yu used the blocking and dismantling to get the ball and let Olynyk come out to cover.
After completing the block, Shangguan Yu did not play the ball, but defended against Porzingis.
"Pull away, let me come!"
Shangguan Yu was so strong for the first time, but Thomas and the others were still very cooperative, and they all opened up the space.
Shangguan Yu tentatively walked, but Porzingis was unmoved, to be precise, he didn't dare to move.
Because he knows that his movement speed is slow, but he can use his height and arm span to delay, and if his center of gravity changes, he is likely to be passed by Shangguan Yu.
He raised the ball with both hands, gestured to shoot, tricked Porzingis into coming, and when he leaned in, he knew it was bad. Because Shangguan Yu suddenly put the ball down and broke through with a dribble to his left, Porzingis could only follow quickly. Shangguan Yu changed his rhythm and made a sharp stop, leaving Porzingis behind.
However, he chased after him, and he still had to follow, Shangguan Yu made a sudden stop, but it was a back dribble, followed by a small jump step back jumper, and Porzingis was dizzy.
The unguarded Shangguan Yu hit an 18-foot mid-range jumper to help the Celtics stabilize the situation on the court.
Shangguan Yu waved his hand and said to Porzingis: "You don't seem to be able to guard against me!" โ
Porzingis was instantly furious, but quickly stabilized, after all, the current team boss is still Anthony.
If he wants to get back face, he has to see if the boss gives face.
And the two are not in position, and in the next round, whether they can face each other is one thing.
However, as if fate had deliberately arranged it, Anthony missed a mid-range jumper, and Shangguan Yu was entangled with Porzingis under the basket, and the latter used his height to forcibly jump up to make up for the basket. Shangguan Yu couldn't stop it, and the blocking was too slow, so he could only watch him add the ball to the basket.
This ball Porzingis still dunked Shangguan Yu, but because Shangguan Yu's position was not bad, he could only choose such a supplementary basket, but after scoring the ball, he became very excited and raised his hands to mobilize the atmosphere of the fans on the sidelines.
Suddenly turned around and said to Shangguan Yu: "Although I can't stop you, you are still beaten by me!" โ
When Thomas heard this sentence, he was even more irritable than Shangguan Yu: "Stinky boy, you're quite arrogant!" Yu, don't be afraid, even if I don't win today, I will be by you! โ
Shangguan Yu smiled slightly: "That's not necessary, I can do it alone!" โ
Thomas nodded, "Okay, I'll feed you the ball later." โ
The two passed the half court slowly, and Galloway rushed over, wanting to make an 8-second violation, but it crashed into Shangguan Yu's body.
After Thomas passed it, he went directly to the basket, and Shangguan Yu rushed to the inside line at the same time. As soon as he walked near the free throw line, Olynyk came over to cover, and Shangguan Yu retreated outside.
Thomas forced the Knicks to shrink the defense, and before he could save, Shangguan Yu received a pass from Thomas at 30 degrees on the left side. Afflaro pounced, but Shangguan Yu didn't care at all, immediately adjusted after receiving the ball, jumped up is a three-point shot, a slightly backward jump shot, looks elegant, and the arc is also very beautiful.
Brush!
The ball hollowed into the net, Shangguan Yu had scored 18 points, and Porzingis was also not bad, scoring 15 points.
However, he threw two points, Shangguan Yu voted three points, and if this continues, it will be him who will be blown up sooner or later.
Seeing Shangguan Yu hit another goal, Porzingis' face was ugly, and he returned to his own half and directly fell to the low position to ask for the ball.
Although he didn't fight Shangguan Yu, looking at Salinger's expression, he was obviously hit lightly.
It's such a back-to-back single again, doesn't he know that he turns around slowly?
Have you forgotten the last time you were afraid of being cut off?
Shangguan Yu grabbed again, but this time Porzingis was very vigilant, Shangguan Yu did not succeed, and he handed the ball to Lopez on the inside.
His speed was slower than Porzingis, and when he jumped up to shoot, Shangguan Yu had already pounced.
Lรณpez didn't expect Shangguan Yu to make up for it so quickly, and he was very confident in his height and weight. But Shangguan Yu jumped from the side, and the angle of the cover was well found.
The two confronted each other in the air, although Shangguan Yu did not completely hold the ball, but Lopez's shot smashed directly on the rebound.