Chapter 259: Scene 2
A resilient leader is what every team dreams of, and Pierce's injury has boosted the morale of Celtic, who already have home advantage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But perhaps angered by the media's remarks, Gasol's first quarter of the game was unusually "firm"!
The Celtics' defensive strategy against Kobe Bryant remained unchanged, and after Pierce's injury, Ray Bryant's defensive strategy remained unchanged. Allen became the main player in defending Kobe, but got a series of bonuses to Ray. Allen did a very good job, in the first quarter, under his defense, he made only one of four shots and scored two points without free throws.
However, Gasol, who "stood up", made three of three shots from the basket, played his advantage in shooting accuracy, hit two free throws, and handed out two assists, helping the Lakers end the first quarter 22-20 with a two-point lead.
In the second quarter, Kobe's defender became Shi Lei. No matter how much Pierce persisted, he was no longer fit to fight for long periods of time, and his injury made him have to pay attention to his playing time.
After Shi Lei scored three points with a burst of free throws, the Celtics overtook the score, and Kobe Bryant strengthened his breakthrough, but the effect was not good. Thunder. The defense that Allen can do, Shi Lei will only do better.
Celtic gradually pulled away from the score.
With 7 minutes and 44 seconds left in the quarter, after Shi Lei's tandem opened the inside line, the Celtics' outside line also found a feeling. Allen made a rare shot with two steps from the three-point line, hitting the basket with ease, and 22 seconds later, Ray Ray. Allen scored another three-pointer to give the Celtics a 37-27 lead.
At the critical moment, except for Kobe, no one in the Lakers seemed to be able to harden up, but Kobe was locked by Shi Lei's big lock, and the Celtics became more and more courageous.
After the two sides switched to the bench, Rondo covered Radmanovic from outside the three-point line with 2:04 left in the quarter, turned and ran after landing, and received a pass from his teammates for a fast-break dunk.
Radmanovic then became dumb, this handsome guy's appearance is inversely proportional to his psychological quality.
After the Lakers lost this important bench scoring point of Rademanovic, their offense had serious problems, and the Celtics took the opportunity to extend the score, winning the quarter 34-20 and leading 54-42 at halftime.
The Lakers only made 2 free throws in the entire first half, while the Celtics made 19 free throws, which was one reason for the widening gap between the two sides.
This is not some dark so-called home-court advantage, maybe some, but not big, compared to the "noble" Lakers, more popular with the NBA headquarters.
This statistic can only illustrate one problem, the Lakers don't dare to fight as much as the Celtics. Free throws will not fall from the sky, the Celtics' 19 free throws, 16 of which were obtained by attacking the Lakers' interior, which is usually the easiest area to get free throws, and on the other hand, the Lakers, except for Kobe, the rest are very "floating", Gasol is "floating", Odom is also "floating", Bynum is not "floating", but his problem is that the offensive means are lacking to the point of urgency, and the Lakers' "cultivation plan" has a long way to go.
Kobe Bryant rushed very hard in the second quarter, but look at his opponent, Ray. Allen is a defender with a "gentleman" bonus, and whoever wants to say that he fouls, even Kobe himself doesn't believe it.
Let's talk about Shi Lei, this is a foul, but Shi Lei's "mentor" is the "great" defender Bruce. Bowen, so dark, so "cheap", so dirty, but Bowen is rarely punished, Shi Lei is an excellent disciple, although he has not yet reached the realm of blue out of blue, but he still inherits Bowen's defensive advantages very well, and it is so hidden that it is difficult for the referee to find out.
So Kobe Bryant is not wronged, and the Lakers are not wronged!
Shortly after the start of the third quarter, the Celtics led by 16 points at 64:49 after restarting the main line.
However, after Kobe Bryant assisted Gasol to score consecutive goals and hit a pull-up three-pointer himself, the Lakers chased the score to 59:68 and regained hope.
The Celtics immediately called a timeout, and after the timeout, Pierce scored back-to-back shots, and Ray called a timeout. Allen also hit a three-pointer, and the Celtics went on a 13-0 run to extend the margin to more than 20 points in one fell swoop.
At the critical moment, the Lakers' "aristocratic disease" committed again, and after the Celtics strengthened their defense, they made consecutive mistakes and did not score a point for nearly four minutes.
With 35.3 seconds left in the quarter, the Celtics had a 23-point advantage at 81-59.
Bryant hit a buzzer-beating shot before the end of the quarter, and after three quarters, they trailed 61-83.
The Lakers had lost confidence and their defense was even more ineffective, and with 7:55 left in the fourth quarter, the Celtics led by 24 points at 95-71 after Garnett hit a mid-range shot.
The director shouted "click", Rivers replaced the bench, and the Lakers began to counterattack in a big way..... Unsuccessfully, although in three minutes, the Lakers played a wave of 14:7, but to no avail, the hole dug in front of them was too big, after Shi Lei dunked and caused Bynum's foul, the "KFC grandpa" who woke up raised his hands and announced his surrender!
This game, Paul. Pierce continued to burst into the game, shooting 4-of-4 from three-point range and scoring 28 points. Garnett 17 points and 14 rebounds, Ray Brown. Allen also hit three three-pointers and scored 17 points. Shi Lei scored 17 points off the bench, and Rondo posted his own career playoff assist record with 16 assists.
On the Lakers side, Kobe Bryant. Bryant had 22 points and eight assists on 8-of-23 shooting. Gasol had 17 points and 10 rebounds. The data is also good, but ..... No, there is no back, and the rest of their players are eunuchs who don't have "balls" behind the data!
In this game, Fisher's experience no longer helped him, and he even made Rondo, who was familiar with his game defense, a leak.
The Lakers came with ambition, with a touch of "sadness", with a big score of 0:2, and the "lamentation" played by the media who followed them to Los Angeles.
The Celtics are much more comfortable, and if they win, all the experiences will become legends, with a 2:0 score, Pierce, the key figure in these two games, has once again appeared on the important pages of major media, and even the official website of the NBA headquarters has given Pierce a close-up with a firm look.
"As we get closer to our first championship in 17 years, Pierce said: 'We're not going to stop until we do it again!'
Everything, it seems, is in Celtic's favor. (To be continued.) )