Chapter 13: The Battle of Boston
A two-game losing streak is really unpleasant for Philadelphia. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 But in fact, this is understandable, the first two games were the best in the league, maybe for the Philadelphia 76ers, winning those two games, that is a very low odds. Moreover, in the last game, they still came to the famous "death away" in the league - Oracle Center.
But this game may be able to improve the sluggish form of the Philadelphia 76ers. Although the TD Garden they visited can be called one of the best courts in the NBA, this court is called "TD North Shore Garden Arena", which has witnessed the decline and rise of the Celtics, a veteran NBA team. In the '07-08 season, where the Celtics won the NBA championship, it was here that "KG" Garnett shed tears of happiness and shouted "anything is possible." (Anything is possible.) )
All in all, Celtic are a great team, TD Garden, and a great stadium.
So it's not going to be easy for Philadelphia to win a game here.
……
Ye Lunyu has averaged 15.3 points and 8 assists per game since the first three games, ranking 5th in the league in assists per game.
At least judging from the data, Ye Lunyu is still worthy of being a champion.
But data is not something Ye Lunyu wants to pursue, he just hopes that the team can win every game.
This game is not too difficult to say for the 76ers, but it is not easy to say. The Celtics, who finished fourth in the East last season, were only two wins away from the third place in the East, and lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James Huang 1-4 in the Eastern Conference semifinals and stopped in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Celtics are quietly rising to prominence and regaining their glory.
……
TD Garden, the jersey of the Green Army, is like a green flag, fluttering in every corner of TD Garden.
The grand momentum, every away game made Ye Lunyu feel very depressed.
"But I'm going to get over it. Ye Lunyu thought so.
Time waits for no one, and after a while, the game begins.
The Celtics used a two-point guard lineup. This shows that Philadelphia must do a good job of defending back.
Opposite Yelunyu is Isaiah Thomas. This 1.75-meter-old "NBA dwarf" is a good fight.
This short player, who is only less than 1.8 meters tall, averages more than 20 points per game. This is yet another myth created by short players.
The race is on. After the opening, there was a little bit of slow heat on both sides, and Ye Lunyu and Simmons both tried to shoot, but neither succeeded in putting them into the basket.
The same is true for the Celtics, who failed to shoot inside and outside. In the first two and a half minutes, the score was still 0-0.
Thomas dribbled the ball, reversed the ball a few times and passed it to Horford, hitting a mid-range shot, and the Celtics took the lead in breaking the fast.
Not to be outdone, the 76ers scored a three-pointer from Ye Lunyu.
After that, the two sides didn't play aggressively, just passed each other, slowly doing some cooperation, and tried to find the right opportunity to shoot.
So everyone thought the game was a bit boring.
With 3 minutes left in the first quarter, the Celtics missed an offensive attack, and Okafor, who grabbed the rebound, made a long pass to Ye Lunyu, who was already active in the frontcourt, and Ye Lunyu took advantage of the situation with a violent dunk, and his teammates on the sidelines stood up - this was the first time Ye Lunyu dunked in the NBA.
But this is just a flash in the pan, in the time after the first quarter, both sides played very flat, but the score difference was not widened, both sides played very closely, you chase me, so lively!
More than two minutes after the first quarter, both sides made substitutions.
The first quarter ended with the two sides tied 19-19.
The attack on both sides has encountered problems.
After a short break, the second quarter started again.
Simmons, who suffered a period of injury last season, suddenly had another problem, and he may have suffered a sprained ankle position, and was directly helped back to the locker room by the team doctor. The news cast a gloom over the entire Philadelphia 76ers team.
This indicates that they will all face very tough in the next matches.
For a time, the responsibility of the team's operation was shouldered by Ye Lunyu, Okafor and Embiid.
Returning to the court in the second quarter, I don't know if it has a little connection with Simmons' departure due to injury, and the overall operation of the Philadelphia 76ers has problems. Whether it is in projection or passing and receiving, there are frequent mistakes.
This fatal loophole allowed the Celtics to take advantage of the weakness, they took advantage of the 76ers' side of the offense for a short period of time, and frequently launched fierce attacks, and at this time, the Celtics and the Celtics in the first quarter were "like two", they felt hot and it rained three points outside the three-point line, and there were Horford and Crowder as pillars on the inside, and suddenly, the balance of victory was slightly tilted towards the Celtics.
On a 16-1 run, the 76ers fell behind by a double-digit margin all of a sudden.
With five minutes left in the first half, the 76ers trailed the Celtics 28-41.
At this time, the 76ers, who had just fallen into a scoring drought, finally "woke up".
Ye Lunyu used the blocking and dismantling to create a lot of projection opportunities for himself, plus his own hand was also good, and he got a lot of points through the outside.
In addition, taking advantage of the Celtics' temporary interior defensive holes, Okafor and Embiid also showed their skills on the interior and achieved good results. For a while, the 76ers came back and played a wave of offensive climax.
It didn't take long for the Celtics' newly established advantage to be wiped out in the blink of an eye.
At this time, the 76ers, who played with momentum, became more and more active, and in the latter part of the first half, the 76ers completely led the game, and in the last five minutes, they scored 21 points. Despite defensive leaks, they were unable to overtake the scoreline.
With the lights on at halftime, the Philadelphia 76ers trailed the Boston Celtics by three points, 49-52.
If the 76ers can still play such a performance in the second half, then the victory will definitely live up to the 76ers.
……
In the locker room, the 76ers exchanged plans for the second half, but there was bad news — Simmons' absence from the second half was a given.
The 76ers can only rely on teamwork to win the game.
The second half began.
The 76ers continued to maintain their hot hand in the third quarter, attacking the Celtics' basket.
But the Celtics are not weak, and they have also played a lot of wonderful combinations, maintaining an efficient offensive output.
The game was back to the white-hot phase of the first quarter.
You shoot a three-pointer, and I give you a layup. You shoot two free throws, I exchange you for a 2+1, and the 76ers are playing this scene with the Celtics.
Neither side was able to break through the box and rush out to lead the team.
It's just that the 76ers are slightly ahead of the Celtics, but that doesn't mean anything.
At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers relied on the good three-point shooting in this quarter of the game to overtake the Celtics by one point 79-78.
The final quarter was sure to be a big battle, and both sides were ready for a last-ditch fight.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Okafor and Ye Lunyu did not play, and the last half of the game was their performance time.
After all, in terms of the bench lineup, the Celtics were slightly better, and in the first half of the fourth quarter, the 76ers played a little hard.
But Embiid on the 76ers' side played well, and his excellent hook kept the 76ers from falling too far behind on offense.
In the second half of the game, both sides changed their main forces. The score was 94-98. The 76ers trailed the Celtics by four points.
After replacing the main force, the 76ers are like changing blood, and they have a new look.
They made a lot of good passing and receiving combinations, even comparable to the Spurs.
Coupled with Ye Lunyu's hot touch, the 76ers gave the Celtics a dismount when they came up.
The Celtics immediately became anxious, as the saying goes, "You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." "The more and more anxious Celtic were in a mess and made a lot of mistakes that should not have happened. You know, in the fourth quarter, any mistake could have ruined the game.
The 76ers hurriedly seized the opportunity and launched an attack, and the anxious Celtics ended up losing mentally, and although they scored some points in the end, they had already made too many mistakes in front of them. It's too late to make up for it now.
In the end, the Philadelphia 76ers ended their two-game losing streak with a hard-fought 114-110 victory over the Boston Celtics at TD Garden.
Ye Lunyu, who was hot, shot 6 of 9 three-pointers in this game, and scored 31 points and 4 assists. Okafor had a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds, and Embiid also scored 18 points.
But the Philadelphia 76ers who won can only relax for a while, because the teams they will play next are not good bones to gnaw on.
……
;