Both sides have been limiting their opponents with compression defense, and neither side has scored many goals.

The Warriors led by six points at 25-19 in the first quarter. Zhou Xuan had 6 points and 5 assists in a single quarter, and Rondo only relied on a layup to score 2 points and handed out 3 assists.

With Garnett back this season, the Celtics have the ambition to win the title, which is arguably their last chance, and the Big Three are a year older. Garnett isn't as athletic as he used to be since he returned from injury, and against New York, Harrington was able to single-handedly beat him with a change of footwork, something that simply wouldn't have happened in the past. Garnett's decline in ability has directly led to a decline in the quality of the Celtics' defense, especially in protecting the interior, and the Celtics lost to the Hawks at home, losing 18 rebounds 29-47, which can say a lot.

In the second quarter, both sides came off the bench, Ellis, Jackson, Green, Anthony? Randolph, Turyaf.

The Celtics went up to House, Ray Allen, Daniels, Rashid? Wallace, Sheldon? Williams.

Allen is on the bench, and now the Celtics' lineup is flawed, "Big Baby" Glenn? Davis, defensive expert Tony? Aaron, and violent dunkin Bill? Walker is out injured.

Jackson defended Ray Allen, Green and Ellis launched a fast break, and Randolph Jr. and Turyaf were responsible for grabbing rebounds.

Van Gundy said, "Anthony? Randolph has been playing more and more, and the Warriors have drafted Blair well this season, but he is too short to suffer when defending, and now he is more likely to sit on the bench and wait for opportunities, and he only plays when the opponent plays small-ball tactics or lacks a strong interior line. ”

"Magic" Johnson said: "With Marion gone, the overall strength of the Warriors has dropped slightly, and Randolph Jr. playing this season can reduce the pressure on the interior." Today they defended well. ”

The Warriors are using the Celtics' defensive philosophy. Anti-arrow characters, do not rely on monomers but on the overall situation. The strong side led by Turyav exerts pressure, compresses the space, and locally clamps more and less. The downside, of course, is that the defense tends to the strong side, and the weak side will show space. Fortunately, not everyone at the Celtics is good at shooting, and using the rotation position can also be limited. The opponent is a little slower to play the ball, and the weakness is fleeting.

In order to strengthen the offense, Coach Rivers replaced Garnett early and then Perkins. Rashid? Wallace was old, his movement speed couldn't keep up, and his low force was almost there, and he was beaten by Turyaf.

The Warriors didn't rush to replace Zhou Xuan, let the bench play, or compress the defense, and let Perkins and Daniels shoot. Unexpectedly, Perkins hit the shot right today, and scored two more in a row after coming on the court. He also showed off his biceps when he returned to defense.

Su Qun said: "Look at Perkins, staring at the bull's eye, this is also at home, otherwise the referee will want to give T when he sees him." ”

Then Ellis made a mistake in passing, and was cut off by Perkins, who chased down and hit a three-pointer. At 35-34, Smart asked for a timeout.

The CCTV5 commentator talked about Perkins. On the list of the top 10 active villains in the NBA, Perkins ranks seventh.

In fact, Perkins is the wronged leader on the list of villains, and the reason why he can rank seventh in the ranking has little to do with his style of play, but because of his always puffed up face. Perkins had the third-highest number of technical fouls in the league last season. In the game, Perkins often has a loud voice and an angry and round expression because of some actions under the basket and referee theory, which referee can watch comfortably?

Smart said: "Don't tighten it too tightly when it's misplaced, Perkins felt good today. Zhou, Stephen, Monta, you have to pay attention to the rotation transition, Zach comes on the court, replaces Ronnie, and Zhou controls the rhythm on the offensive end. ”

Zhou Xuan nodded, knowing that Dao couldn't play faster, the Celtics would also change people, and the speed was not slow.

Sure enough, Rondo returned to the field and formed a back two with House, Allen went down to rest, and Daniels remained on the field.

Rondo shouted at Zhou Xuan, "I won't let you score any more." ”

Zhou Xuan really wanted to ask, "Are you so diao, do your parents know the truth?" But I didn't know how to translate it into English, so I had to give up.

At the beginning of the game, Zhou Xuan controlled the ball, and Rondo began to press in the backcourt and let go.

Zhou Xuan didn't fight with Rondo, and Randolph Jr. blocked and avoided Rondo in the backcourt, and Garnett didn't defend himself in the frontcourt, as a veteran, he must allocate his physical strength reasonably, even if he came out, Zhou Xuan was not afraid, it was easier to rely on his skills than the top three scuds in the league.

Randolph pulled to the perimeter to cover again, Rondo just caught up and was blocked, Zhou Xuan broke through from the right side, and at the same time Randolph Jr. made a no-ball cover for Ellis, and Ellis ran out of the three-point line.

If Perkins didn't follow, there would be a gap, and House was blocked. The experience of the first quarter also taught Perkins that he had to go out of the way, and Zhou Xuan could see it when he had the chance.

Zhou Xuan was not in a hurry to protect the basketball on the side, attracting Garnett's defense, Randolph stood in the middle, and the two major interior lines were all withdrawn at once, Randolph Jr. cut inside, Garnett hurriedly followed, and Rondo chased Zhou Xuan.

Zhou Xuan continued to dribble under his crotch and changed direction without breaking through and only protecting the ball, just waiting for this opportunity, as soon as Rondo came up, he passed the ball to the middle, and the Celtics could only rely on the rotation to change positions, and Perkins went to make up for it.

Randolph didn't pass Ellis again, and shot directly without fear of interference from the side, Perkins is not a big man, his blocking ability is average, and the ball goes in. 37 to 34.

Zhou Xuan was expressionless and defended, he and Duncan can now be called the two "facial paralysis" in the league, with rich expressions off the court, and they looked like this as soon as they arrived on the court. Rondo was furious when he saw him like this, and he didn't take his opponent seriously at all, as if everything was taken for granted. And Zhou Xuan is indeed the most hated type of defender in Rondo, it is useless to provoke, hide and play, and can pass good balls.

The Celtics attacked, Zhou Xuan stood on the free throw line and looked at Rondo coldly, and once again put on a "please" posture, the referee wanted to blow the trick and foul, but what reason was used? Nobody says you can't be passive on the field.

"Magic" Johnson sighed: "If I shoot the ball in Rondo, I can practice my feel by throwing more, and if I don't dare to throw, the opponent will shrink more resolutely." ”

"You can pitch in, don't you? However, Zhou Xuan's provocation never stopped, and he didn't need to speak. Van Gundy laughed.

Rondo was ruthless, he made a move outside the three-point line, Zhou Xuan didn't interfere at all, a crisp iron sound came, and the rebound was obtained by Randolph.

Blair passed to Ellis, who quickly advanced to the front court and flicked a high ball to Zhou Xuan. Zhou Xuan was already on the edge of the penalty area, took a step to the middle of the ball after receiving the ball, elbowed his left foot, and shook the ball with both hands, Rondo didn't jump, Zhou Xuan didn't hear the sound behind him, and then jumped forward and forced a shot with one hand.

Rondo didn't jump the first time, there was physical contact in the second time, and he couldn't jump, Zhou Xuan was in the center of the center, relying on his height advantage to force a shot. If someone catches up behind him, his teammates will shout to remind him, which is a secret signal within the Warriors. The strength of the ball was not grasped well, and it popped out of the frame head-on. Zhou Xuan jumped continuously and won the frontcourt rebound. It shook a little under the basket and passed out.

Garnett jumped up from behind and missed it, and Randolph Jr. caught the ball and forced it into the basket from the right. 39 to 34.

Rondo didn't dare to reach out when he got close to Randolph Jr., and he only got fouled when he went up.

The Celtics attacked, Garnett and Perkins covered their teammates together, and the Warriors compressed Garnett, the main defense, and now there is such a super scoring point on the court.

Randolph Jr. followed the perimeter and did not change guards, only with Garnett, and Jackson relied on the characteristics of speed to change guards. The disadvantage of the Warriors now is that the defense under the basket is not particularly strong, but Perkins' scoring ability is limited, and Randolph is not tall or weighty, as long as he resists Perkins outside the box, he can limit his scoring.

After a couple of passes, Daniels catches the ball and misses a jumper and the rebound is picked up by Randolph.

"Daniels had a peak stat with the Pacers last season, 13," Su said. 6 points 4. 6 rebounds 2. 1 assist, 1. 2 steals, but after joining the Celtics, his stats dropped to 5. 6 points, which somewhat disappointed Celtics fans, who thought he could become the best sixth man of the Green Army. ”

Yang Jian said: "Daniels has poor peripheral shooting and is good at breaking through, such a characteristic is not easy to break through the compression defense, the Warriors only need to defend the three-point shooting point of House, I think the Celtics should be replaced." ”

After two more rounds, the Warriors hit a quick counterattack, and Ellis singled House for a basketball. 41 to 34.

The offense couldn't be opened, Rivers asked for another timeout, and he regretted that he shouldn't have replaced Rashid too soon? Wallace, at least multiple shooting points from the outside. He switched to Pierce, added an outside shooting point, and attacked Pierce with the ball far better than Rondo. Now Rondo is already depressed and completely suppressed by Zhou Xuan.

After winning consecutive victories against the Warriors last season, Rondo felt that he was stronger than Zhou Xuan, but this season, Zhou Xuan judged that if he was two people, he was super strong in defense and breakthrough, and people like Rondo who played by talent made little progress, and Zhou Xuan surprised him at this level.

Rondo's self-confidence is waning, and he didn't think he could shoot and become a star guard himself, but there are only a few people in the league who are better than him. Now Zhou Xuan doesn't take him seriously at all, and he really can't break the joint defense, the anti-lob he is good at is useless, and the Warriors don't go around the front defense Garnett.

It looks like we're going to have to practice shooting, and if we can make it to the Finals this season and I'm let go of the Warriors like this, what will the fans think? Rondo thought depressedly. The coach said that the tactics were only half heard, and he was distracted. In the 2008 finals, he was a little embarrassed, and he was let go by Fisher for a long time, and if he still did this after two years, he would be a little embarrassed.

Although many brain-dead fans now love Rondo as the league's No. 1 guard, the reason is that he almost hit a triple-double in the playoffs, which is actually thanks to the opponent's defense, Rondo knows very well in his heart that when he encounters the current Warriors, let alone a triple-double, it is difficult to have two doubles, he can only be beaten by Zhou Xuan.