Chapter 220: Two Crucial Rebounds

With 2 minutes and 56 seconds left before the end of the game, the difference between the two teams is only 1 point, and both sides have a chance to win, so the next game will be extremely intense. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After the Suns used joint defense tactics and focused on taking care of Shangguan Yu, he rarely had a chance to perform on the offensive end.

Coach Stevens understands this, and if nothing else, the opponent will still use this tactic. Restraining Shangguan Yu on the offensive end, his role is almost equal to zero.

Therefore, at this time, someone has to step up.

"Isaiah, you are the main attacker. Woo, Avery, you use the pick-and-roll, you get in these two positions, you shoot when you have the opportunity, and everyone pays attention to one thing, which is to protect the rebound, every rebound is critical. ”

At this point, it's not just rebounding that's key, it's still something else. Coach Stevens reminded him that everyone was fighting hard.

The timeout ended, the game restarted, Celtic possession, mid-line serve. Turner served from the outside, with only Booker and Thomas outside the three-point line, and everyone else near the free throw line. The moment the referee blew the whistle, the players on both sides showed what it means to pull a whole body.

Shangguan Yu came out as soon as possible, Salin came to cover, and the other players followed suit, and for a while, they were dazzled. At the same time, Thomas took advantage of Johnson's cover to get rid of Booker and successfully receive the ball from Turner.

As expected, around Shangguan Yu, there were still two people who could help defend at any time, and Tucker followed Shan Guanyu closely and did not give him a chance to catch the ball.

Seeing this, Shangguan Yu simply pulled to the weak bottom corner to ambush, and the ball was handed over to Thomas to deal with.

At the moment, the test is the key ball ability of the team leader, to see who has the bigger heart. Shangguan Yu is not standing still in the bottom corner, he is looking for an opportunity, ready to start receiving the ball at any time. It's just that Tucker sticks to himself like kraft candy, and it's not easy to get rid of it.

There was no good chance, and the offensive time was only 10 seconds, Thomas asked Johnson to come out to block and pick, and using the latter's cover, Thomas temporarily got rid of Booker's defense, but the Suns switched defenses quickly, and Thomas was not able to kill the basket and score easily.

However, he suddenly braked suddenly, and then stepped back to make a move, which caught Jenkins off guard.

Syllable!

Unfortunately, the ball smashed on the basket and bounced, and three or four players soon appeared on the blue bottom, struggling to grab the rebound, although Sallinger tried his best, but in the end, the ball still fell into Ryan's hands. The height difference between the two is 10 centimeters, and it is normal to be abused.

The Suns switched from defense to offense, Brandon Wright's advance was fast, and the Celtics' retreat was not slow, so they couldn't find too good opportunities to counterattack, Booker lowered the tempo and fell into positional warfare again.

Booker also chose to play alone this time, but his layup also jumped out of the basket.

However, the rebound was once again picked up by Ryan, and the Suns had another offensive opportunity. Shangguan Yu finally understood why Coach Stevens kept emphasizing rebounding just now.

Booker regrouped the offense, and this time they wasted no more time, as Wright hit the basket and hit a beautiful small toss and hit a board.

The score was 97-94, and the Suns had a three-point lead.

Coach Stevens had no choice but to ask for a timeout again, and he, who had always been mild-mannered, also became a little angry: "I said to protect the rebound, why are you still leaking?!"

At this point, instead of getting angry, Coach Stevens rearranged his tactics.

This time he brought Olynyk in, firstly, to protect the rebounding ball, and secondly, you all know.

That tactic will reappear in the rivers and lakes.

Thomas took the ball at the top of the arc, Shangguan Yu suddenly started to run over, and at the same time, Thomas also began to accelerate. Booker crashed into Shangguan Yu's body, Thomas went to the basket, PJ Tucker could only go over to block Thomas, Booker followed Shangguan Yu, but he didn't take two steps before he hit a wall again.

Olynyk blocked Booker again, Thomas was halfway through, with a glance out of the corner of his eye and a flick of his wrist, the ball came to Shangguan Yu.

It's just that the moment he got the ball and was about to shoot, Ryan pounced, Shangguan Yu didn't panic, and after flying it, he took a step to adjust it and aim at the basket again.

But out of the corner of his eye, he already saw Booker, and Ryan, who had landed, pounced again.

Referring to the ball on his waist, he circled around Shangguan Yu's waist, and then flew from Shangguan Yu's back to Olynyk at the top of the arc, who was in a completely empty position, and raised his hand to catch the ball and shoot out with a three-point shot.

Just seeing the arc of the ball, Shangguan Yu understood that this ball was no play.

Backboard!

Shangguan Yu squeezed Booker's defense for the first time and killed inside. Olynyk had a lot of power in this ball, and probably judged the landing point of the ball, and Shangguan Yu rushed over quickly.

Syllable!

The ball bounced off the front of the basket, landed near him, Shangguan Yu stuck in position, and then, jumped high and grabbed the ball, with Jenkins jumping up in front of him and Ryan behind him. Because Shangguan Yu was stuck in an excellent position, the ball was finally caught by him steadily.

An extremely crucial frontcourt rebound.

After getting the ball, Shangguan Yu handed it over as soon as possible, the Celtics reorganized the attack, Thomas raised three fingers, and Shangguan Yu and Olynyk understood each other. However, the players of the Suns team, the moment they saw Shangguan Yu start, they already understood that they were going to repeat their old tricks.

This time, it didn't work!

Tucker stuck Shangguan Yu, Booker didn't give others a chance to come over to cover, but Turner, who suddenly came up, stopped Tucker, Shangguan Yu slipped out, Thomas brought Booker over, and successfully blocked and dismantled again. The Suns switched defenses aggressively, but Olynyk's cover was perfect, and Shangguan Yu had a chance to get an open spot.

Ryan made up for it as soon as possible, and Booker also threw down Olynyk and chased after Shangguan Yu.

It's just that this time Thomas's pass was unexpected, not to Shangguan Yu, but to Olynyk on the other side, he finally lived up to the expectations of the two and hit the three points steadily.

97-97, Celtic equalized!

The game became more intense, and the Suns soon returned the favor with Booker and Ryan, who made a dunk to take the lead again.

Subsequently, Shangguan Yu, who had been immersed for a long time, stood up again, used double cover, received a pass from Turner, and hit a three-point shot.

100-99, the Celtics overtook the score!

In the 26 seconds before the end, the Suns had the ball, they had a chance to kill the game, and the Celtics also had a chance to counter-kill.

Booker slowly wore out the time, and when there were 10 seconds left in the offensive time, he started to attack, using the cover to burst into the three-point line, he actually wanted to kill the restricted area, but the Celtics had already laid out a heavy defense, Booker had no other way, stepped back to shake off the defense, and shot a 21-foot mid-range jumper.

Syllable!

This goal was not scored!

Rebound!

Shangguan Yu rushed inside without hesitation, and at the same time, the Suns players also rushed towards the point where the ball landed, and they also knew that they had to grab the rebound to have any hope of winning.

But Shangguan Yu, who judged the landing point accurately, grabbed the ball firmly in the crowd.

Another extremely crucial backcourt rebound!

An important rebound that helped the team win.