Chapter 130: Rhythm
In the game against the Nuggets, Garnett didn't do much to help the team, and he only scored four points and grabbed eight rebounds in the whole game. www.biquge.info But his block against Anthony under the basket became a turning point in the game.
The momentum of the Nuggets has plummeted, and the Celtics' tight defense has made every attack of the Nuggets extremely difficult.
Halfway through the third quarter, the Celtics opened up a 13-point deficit in one fell swoop.
In the end, 124-118, the Celtics won the first victory of this wave of road trips on the road.
After the game, the Celtics spent the night in Denver, and the next morning, they flew to another city, the Golden State Warriors.
In the NBA, the status and qualifications of players are very clearly established. Just like Shi Lei and Posey, although they got on the plane together, the seats had to be separated.
Pierce, Garnett, Ray. Allen, Shi Lei, then Rondo, and then James. Posey. At the back of the seat is Glenn. Davis and Bryant, two first-year rookies.
As soon as they got off the plane, the players were taken to their hotel, where they had to cherish every second of rest after an intensive and terrifying road trip of five games in seven days.
The Golden State Warriors are a team that focuses on offense and borders on pathology, but unlike the Phoenix Suns, another team known for their offense, the Warriors' offense does not have too clear routines, and it seems that as long as the interest is up, any position can be the place to shoot.
After a game of adaptation, Garnett finally found the feeling of losing in this game. But Rondo was in trouble, facing Byron, the biggest tonnage in the point guard position. Davis, Rondo was rather embarrassed.
At the end of the first quarter, Rondo, who played well, let the Celtics, who played well, trail by three points in a single quarter.
Yesterday the Celtics won on defense, and today their defense is still sharp, in the second quarter they defended the Warriors from shooting only 5 of 19, and the Celtics won 28-18 in the first quarter and led 57-50 in the first half.
Tight defense is sometimes not the root cause of this Warriors' loss, compared to the poor hand, or the opponent's better hand, accounting for a larger proportion.
In the third quarter, the Celtics' defense was still the same, but the Warriors' shooters suddenly exploded, and the scores of the two sides were firmly torn apart.
The Warriors rallied several times in the final quarter, leading 96-94 with 7:35 left in the game.
However, the nonsensical thing is that at this time, the Warriors' hand suddenly cooled down, and the Warriors failed to shoot in the next two minutes, and the Celtics played a wave of 10:2 and overtook 104:98.
Byron. Davis finished with 29 points, six rebounds and six assists. Ellis also had 26 points and nine assists, Biedrins had 21 points and 13 rebounds, and Al Brown. Harrington had 22 points and 12 rebounds. Brilliant stats, but that didn't help the Warriors win this game.
Thunder. Allen scored 32 points, and Paul scored 32 points. Pierce 23 points, Kevin. Garnett had 17 points and 15 rebounds, Shi Lei had 18 points and 7 rebounds, and James had 18 points and 7 rebounds. Posey 14 points.
The Celtics, who had five players in double figures, defeated the Warriors by four points, who scored twenty points.
The Celtics' next game will be against the Phoenix Suns, who are also known for their offensive sharpness.
In the past two years, the Suns have set off a terrifying offensive frenzy in the NBA called "Bombardment". Nash was even named the Most Valuable Player of the regular season.
It was O'Neal's first home game since arriving with the Suns.
"Big Sharks" returned to the West and lost his first game to the Lakers, but he did well. In today's game, O'Neal still doesn't look like a 36-year-old veteran, and although there are not many scoring opportunities, he is still agile and dominant under the basket.
The Celtics' defense was very tenacious, and the Suns' offense was sharp, and the two sides were tied at 26-27 in the first seven minutes of the second quarter.
O'Neal was substituted, and Nash's performance really began.
In this Suns, no matter how many points O'Neal scores, how many rebounds he protected, his fame, his threat under the basket, and his body is bigger, more often, he actually plays the role of a team's "burden". His presence has seriously slowed down the team's operation.
Rondo isn't a good tempo controller, and the Celtics don't have what it takes to play fast with the Suns. But under Nash's control, the tempo of the game was repeatedly accelerated, and all of a sudden, the Celtics' offense was completely out of order.
The Suns, who returned to normal, ended the first half with a 43:30 after playing a wave of 16:4. The Celtics scored just 30 points in the first half, a season-low low.
In the third quarter, O'Neal continued to sit on the sidelines to rest, and Stoudemire was fully activated and kept hitting jump shots, and he scored 11 points in the third quarter, and the Suns led by 16 points at one point, entering the final quarter with 63:49.
After several adjustments to no avail, realizing that the team lacked a rhythm controller, Rivers simply replaced Perkins and once again pushed Shi Lei to the power forward position.
Shi Lei's speed is indeed much faster than Perkins, although in offense, the Celtics still can't form a good organization, but at least in defense, they run a lot more smoothly.
With 7 minutes and 37 seconds left in the game, Ray. Allen hit a three-pointer and the Celtics tied the score at 59-68.
However, Stoudemire's dunk was still in color, and Nash hit two three-pointers after that, and the Suns opened up 79-63 with 3:36 left in the game.
After this game, the Suns returned to the top of the Pacific Division with a record of 38:17. Amal. Stoudemire had 28 points and six rebounds. Nash had 18 points and five assists, and Grant. Hill had 14 points and 13 rebounds, Shaquille. O'Neal grabbed 14 rebounds but scored just four points.
Kevin. Garnett scored 19 points, Shi Lei 12 points, and Ray scored 12 points. Allen 11 points, Paul. Pierce scored just eight points on 2-of-13 shooting.
Facing Nash, Rondo's sloppy organization of the team allowed the team to play the most ugly game of the season.
Through this game, Rivers realized that the team was not only lacking a qualified backup power forward, but also a point guard who could control the rhythm at key moments!