Chapter 354: Time Bomb
Jay had always thought that he would be able to keep his mind calm in the face of Garnett's provocation, but after completing the attack just now, he realized that he had been so wrong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
He really didn't have any excesses, but falling into the inside line to play alone is already the best proof that Anjie was influenced by Garnett. It's just that An Jie's current back-to-back offensive ability is too strong, so he didn't pay the price for his loss of control.
After finishing the attack, Anjie glanced at the bench, where Ricard was smiling at him. This guy did not directly say An Jie's predicament, but used an attack to make An Jie deeply aware of his problems. This approach is more effective than reminding him of a thousand or ten thousand sentences from the audience.
Young people are still susceptible to emotions, and Garnett is a master of provocation, and few can turn a blind eye to his words and actions. If there is, it's the kind of old Marcus Camby.
After the attack just now, An Jie felt that his eyes suddenly brightened. He found that his vision was no longer limited to the 4.88 meters × 5.8 meters in the three-second zone. Now the entire half of TD North Shore Gardens is an opportunity in Anjie's eyes!
"Gerrard! Watch the pick-and-roll behind you!" This time the Celtics attacked, Rajon Rondo has been on the outside for a while. It was clear that he was waiting for his team-mate to settle into position. But now the only person who has been running for a long time and still hasn't gotten rid of the defense is Paul Pearce.
An Jie thought to himself, this offensive arrangement, nine times out of ten, was formulated for Pierce!
So when she saw Brandon Bass stealthily stepping forward to help, Angel reminded Gerard Wallace loudly. So Pierce cooperated with Bass's off-ball blocking this time, but it didn't work.
Previously, Ray Allen and Pierce were able to score frequently, but it was because Anjie was so focused on Garnett that he ignored the others.
But now, An Jie's thinking is unusually clear. He knows exactly what he should do, what to watch out for, and how to direct his teammates to defend. Garnett on the inside is just a part of this game, but it's not all there is to this game.
At this time, Garnett couldn't spew trash talk. When someone fights him, he gets more and more excited. But now An Jie seemed to have forgotten him suddenly, and ignored him at all. If Garnett still swears at this time, he will only make himself look like a fool.
In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers attacked for the second time, and Anjie still stopped near the free throw line. Garnett didn't dare to defend closely, he knew that if he did that, Anjie would be able to clean himself up with just one step.
If you can't defend closely, small actions will naturally not come in handy. Just as Garnett was still thinking about how to defend Anjie's breakthrough, Anjie passed the ball out again.
This time, it was Aldridge who received the ball. Under the light of Anjie, Aldridge, a low-key guy, will always seem very inconspicuous. But in fact, his statistics for every game are very good. It's just because An Jie is too dazzling that people often ignore him.
Today, in the face of the pocket inside Bass, who is only 2.03 meters tall, Aldridge's attack is even more easy. Anjie's just right pass, Aldrie on the run received the ball and threw it. This rhythm simply made Aldridge feel very enjoyable. It's a classic combination that works simply between him and Anjie, and it's a move they've repeated hundreds of times on the training ground.
"Brush. Garnett's thinking is not over, and An Jie, who is holding the ball, has not taken a step forward. But the Trail Blazers' offense ended in a very short period of time, and it ended with a successful ending.
"Coach Ricard's tactics seemed to work, and the Trail Blazers did a great job of hitting both of them in the third quarter. The only regret is that we didn't see the fierce collision between Angel and Garnett again. If in the first half, the attacks of both sides were fierce and savage, then now, the attacks of both sides can be described as beautiful and subtle. As a spectator, Ke Fan can see the rapidly changing situation on the field clearly.
Coach Rivers saw that the situation was not right, so he used up a timeout early. He knew that the Trailblazers must not be allowed to gain momentum at such a time. Maybe he should adjust his strategy in response to the changes in his opponent.
"Don't shrink up! yes, I know I told you to shrink your defense. But now, I'm asking you to go back to tight man-to-man defense!" "In the first half of the game, because Anjie fell into a singles circle, the rest of the Trail Blazers' statistics were very dismal. This also gave Rivers confidence, otherwise he would not dare to shrink the formation without authorization.
"Hmph. "Rondo is as usual to Rivers and he doesn't take any coaches because he always thinks he's smarter than everybody. Rivers' repeated reversal of his previous decision made Rondo look down on this duck-throated guy.
Rivers glared at Rondo fiercely, but now that the game was underway, he didn't want to reason with Rondo now. But one thing is for sure, Rondo's performance after that may not be what Rivers meant.
Now, Rivers' defensive strategy has clearly been broken by Angel. He thought that An Jie would continue to fight with KG in the second half, but now it seems that the situation is very different.
The timeout ended quickly, during which the Trail Blazers' coach Rickard didn't put in too many special tactics. The only thing he told An Jie was: If your teammates don't have a chance, you will tear a crack for me and find a chance for yourself!
The meaning is clear, organizing the attack is Anjie's first priority. But when necessary, An Jie also has to use his breakthrough to force the opponent to have gaps.
So after some adjustments, the two teams that were not willing to give up the game easily were together again. On the Celtics side, Rondo controls the tempo, and the offense is always unhurried and steady.
But under Anjie's command and dispatch, even if Rondo's passing skills are exquisite, it is impossible to send the ball to his teammates through the defenders.
This time, the Trail Blazers did a very good job of defending all of them, they were close to their own position, and they were very quick and decisive in changing defenses. Rondo circled around the three-point line, but still didn't find any gaps to pass the ball. Coupled with the desperate entanglement of the angry Matthews, the pressure on Rondo is even greater.
Finally, as the 24-second attacking clock drew to a halt, Rondo spotted Ray Allen's running position and raised his hand to pass the ball, confident he would be able to get the ball in the cross.
"No, you can't pass it!" Garnett yelled, but this time at his teammates.
Rondo's ground-and-ground pass was very fast, and of course, the Trail Blazers had very little space left for Ray Allen.
It was seen that the basketball was about to pass through that slit, but at that moment, a large palm was placed between the basketball and Ray Allen.
Wesley Matthews was very aggressive and he blocked Rondo's late pass. The Trail Blazers counterattacked, and Felton's advance was fast!"
Raymond.. Felton saw Matthews break the ball and immediately ran to the frontcourt, so Matthews can now use only one long pass to allow the Trail Blazers to complete the offense.
Passing is not Wesley's forte, though, and the black guard most often does a three-point shot after receiving a pass from a teammate, rather than a teammate taking his pass to make a shot.
So the long pass was a bit too big, and by the time Filton received the ball, he was already under the basket with no room to take three steps. Meanwhile, Rondo and Ray Allen have chased back to Felton, and the two of them have raised their hands in an attempt to force Felton to make a mistake.
Filton has been in this league for almost a decade, and a simple bag is not enough to make this guy mess up.
He played a pass through the gap between Ray Allen and Rondo's legs and sent the basketball away. And the one who followed up and received the ball was An Jie!
Garnett was full of energy, ready to leap with all his strength to block Anjie from behind. After receiving the ball, An Jie took two big steps to dunk, but when he was about to jump, he flicked his wrist and distributed the ball to Aldridge at a zero degree angle.
The successive breakaways of Felton and Anjie have attracted all the Celtics' defense to the basket, so Aldridge after receiving Anjie's split ball, there are no defensive teammates two meters away from him.
Will Aldridge waste this opportunity? No, he's also the second leader of the Trail Blazers, and Anjie's most effective assistant!
Aldridge held the basketball high and threw it, and looking at the trajectory of the basketball, it seemed that there was a chance that it would be a hollow ball.
"Nice succession, Ann's pass made Celtic overwhelmed. Aldridge threw the ball in with ease, and the margin was further widened, and the Celtics had to be more cautious. ”
"I said the ball can't pass!" Garnett roared at Rondo mercilessly, and Pierce protected Rondo with his head hanging behind him like a child.
"Okay KG, don't be angry, it's a common thing, who hasn't made a mistake?" Pierce and Rondo don't have a good relationship, but he knew that the game wasn't over yet. If the Celtics dismantle from within, the game could really end early.
Don't look at Rondo hanging his head and being silent, but in fact, he has already greeted Garnett's family several times in his heart. Rondo just didn't dare to get angry at Garnett, that didn't mean he was a good boy.
The more you say you can't pass the ball like this, the more Rondo wants to prove himself with that pass.
"No one is smarter than me, and no one knows basketball better than me!"
As a result, Rondo made a mistake for the second time in a row. This time, the person who snatched him became An Jie.
It was a lobbing pass that was aimed at Garnett, who had just yelled at him. If the ball had been passed and Garnett had scored, Rondo would have sneered at Garnett.
It's a pity that Anjie's defensive range is different from other interior lines. This ball has to be defended by someone else, and maybe Rondo will really succeed. But in the case of Anjie, I'm sorry, you're just going to make one more mistake for yourself.
"Fuck!" Garnett glared at Rondo viciously, and this time, even Pierce just shook his head helplessly. Garnett was a grumpy guy who would often scold his young teammates to the brim. And Rondo is not the first time he has challenged Garnett's authority.
The self-aggrandizing Rondo feels as if he can take the place of the aging Big Three, but unfortunately, at least for now, this team still belongs to the three old boys.
After that, Rondo was replaced by Rivers. Rivers had long looked down on Rondo, and now he had just found an excuse to replace him.
And in the third quarter of the game, the Trail Blazers, who are getting better and better, are naturally suppressing the Celtics, who are getting worse and worse. Anjie's shouting of his teammates filled the stadium, but the Celtics' bench and players on the court were silent.
80 to 72, the margin is getting wider and wider. By the end of the third quarter, the Celtics had trailed by eight points.
This game was originally a confrontation between Anjie and Garnett, but I didn't expect Ricard's tactics to change the pace of the game entirely. This leads to the contradiction between Rondo and the team, which also invisibly affects the result of the game.
In the fourth quarter of the game, An Jie's ears finally became quiet. Garnett stopped his rambling trash talk, he was now upset that Rondo was too late to think about Anjie's vocabulary.
When the Celtics used man-to-man man-to-man defense, he scored a lot of points for the team with his breakaway. Garnett's current strength is not as good as An Jie's, and now he has encountered these things that affect his emotions, and KG has no way to take An Jie.
The Celtics are getting more and more chaotic and rotten. Now, their offense is out of order. Bradley is not a defender who can control the offensive tempo at all, especially a team like the Celtics, and it is not something that can be grasped by any random person.
Pierce and Ray Allen can still score a few points in the chaotic battle, but compared to the clear offensive thinking of the Trail Blazers, Pierce and Ray are obviously very limited.
I thought that the game would last until the last minute to decide the winner, but when the game time was still 3 minutes away, it was over. The suspense of the game has been lost.
Rivers replaced the tired and panting Big Three, and the Big Three came off the court with high-fives with everyone except Rajon Rondo.
The fans at TD North Shore Garden Arena were disappointed and left the stadium early to avoid a traffic jam......
"Beep!" Garnett looked up at the big screen when the red light on the rebound came on. 104-92, the Celtics played a game of high and low at home.
10 points and 4 rebounds, that's Garnett's stats for the whole game. Garnett didn't want to look at it, because he knew that Anjie's stats were almost humiliating to him!
If he could, for now, Garnett would like to solve Rondo's stinky boy problem first. This time, I'll let you barely get through.