Chapter 255: Sweeping
The day after the Celtics ended Game 2, the Lakers defeated the Spurs again 101-71 at home to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The new "Koo Combination" scored a total of 42 points. Bryant had 22 points, five rebounds and five assists. Odom had 20 points and 12 rebounds. Drake. Fisher scored 11 points, and Jordan. Famar 14 points.
The Spurs shot just 34 percent from the field. Tony. Parker had the highest 13 points, and Tim. Duncan had 12 points and 16 rebounds, and no one else scored in double figures.
"Welcome back buddy, I thought you wouldn't be going with us this time."
When the team gathered, as soon as Shi Lei arrived, he was warmly welcomed by his teammates like heroes.
Shi Lei's injury, the Celtics have been exaggerating to the outside world, on the one hand, it is good for Shi Lei's publicity, and on the other hand, it is to disrupt the tactical arrangement of the Pistons. Internally, not everyone is clear, such as Rondo.
To be precise, only the team's top management, the coaching staff and the "Big Three" know what Shi Lei's specific injury is.
"Why, the Detroit people are still waiting for me."
"But you're not going to get a chance to play, boy, take care of your injuries!"
Letting a "rookie" play with an injury and "save the team" is undoubtedly a humiliation for the "Big Three" who aspire to win the championship, how can they let the same thing happen again? In this regard, each of them has a fire in their hearts.
This fire was lit in Detroit.
The Celtics went on an 11-0 run, with Pierce and Perkins opening the game with dunks, Garnett and Rondo after that, and all five players who started the game scored. The Pistons didn't score until three minutes into the game through Wallace.
After being suppressed by their opponents at the beginning, the Pistons had no home court posture at all, and they only made 6 of 20 shots in the first quarter and fell behind 17-25.
In the second quarter, the Pistons still failed to find their senses, and the second round of the game seemed to overdraw their shooting touch, and the gap between the two sides widened.
With 6:49 left in the quarter, the Pistons tied the score at 27:33 after Maxiel hit a shot, but it was the smallest gap between the two teams since then, the Pistons failed to shoot a shot in four minutes, and the Celtics went on a 12-1 run led by Garnett to take a 17-point advantage at 45:28.
Garnett scored 10 points in this quarter, fulfilling his pre-game promise to Shi Lei, helping the Celtics to take a 50-32 lead at the end of the first half, without giving Shi Lei a chance to "save the team".
But Garnett's performance wasn't over yet, and at the beginning of the third quarter, Garnett hit a shot to give the Celtics a 20-point advantage. Hamilton led the Pistons on a counterattack, closing the gap several times, and with 6:51 left in the quarter, Hamilton made two shots and two hits to tie the score at 43-56. However, Garnett has since won one after another, and the Celtics have reopened the gap after 12-2 and 68-45.
The Celtics led by 24 points at one point and took a 73-55 advantage after three quarters.
When the main team was not performing well, Starkey, who performed well in the last game, became the wonder of the Pistons, and under his impact in the fourth quarter, the Pistons narrowed the gap several times and maintained a glimmer of life.
With 7:45 left in the game, Starkey hit two free throws and the Pistons trailed 67-80. However, the previous sluggish Ray. Allen hit a crucial three-pointer and the Celtics pulled the score away.
In the end, the Celtics defeated the Pistons 94-80 on the road to take a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals.
With a big score advantage of 3:0, it is almost destined that the Celtics will enter the finals, which makes the "Big Three" feel good, and Garnett shouted "sweep" in front of the media.
Although he did not play in this game, as soon as the game ended, Shi Lei still couldn't keep himself out of the matter, and he is still the focus of the media as the hottest person today.
"Yes, winning is never a one-man thing, but with Paul, Kevin and Ray it's a lot easier, and I'm not here because the team needs me, it's because we don't have fans here. You know, the show that no one appreciates is terrible. ”
Soon after the game between the Pistons and the Celtics, the big score of the Western Conference Finals was rewritten again, and the old Spurs, after returning to their home court, defeated the Lakers 103-84, bringing the score of the two sides to 1:2.
In the last round of the playoffs, the Spurs reversed the Hornets after falling behind 0:2, and whether they can reverse this time is as follows Shi Lei and whether the Celtics can sweep has become the main content of the media in the next few days.
As for the Pistons, this civilian team, without the support of victory, no media wants to pay attention to them.
It was an unequal game in itself, both in terms of media attention and squad staffing.
It was in this context that the fourth game of the Pistons, aiming to defend their home honor, began.
At this time, even the vast majority of the Pistons' players no longer think that they still have a chance to enter the Finals, and they are now only fighting for their home honor.
This is the 21-year year, the Celtics are closest to the Finals, others don't say for the time being, Pierce, who has always been the soul of this team, has long been unable to calm the tremors in his heart, before the game started, he issued a "must-kill order", he is no longer willing to save the suspense for the next game, even if it will be on his home court.
One side is angry, the other side is broken, and the intensity of the game is suffocating as soon as it starts.
The Celtics are imposing, and Ray. Allen also found his senses, hitting a three-pointer shortly after opening the game and the Celtics started the game 10-5.
The Pistons felt better from the outside, shooting 4 of 6 three-pointers in the first quarter, including Wallace alone shooting 3, scoring 9 points in a single quarter, well, he wasn't on the outside!
After the first quarter, the Pistons tied the score at 23-23.
The Pistons took a 33-25 lead shortly after the start of the second quarter, and Rivers replaced Shi Lei.
The Pistons arranged strict precautions for Shi Lei, although the injury has almost healed, but once the force is too strong, there is still some discomfort, Shi Lei did not force it, and put his mind on organizing the team's offense.
Under his breakthrough threat, he assisted Rondo and Garnett to score in succession, narrowing the gap to four points.
After that, Garnett's offense found a feeling, hitting frequently, and when the Pistons began to focus on the interior defense, Shi Lei distributed the ball to the outside. With a little more than three minutes left in the quarter, Ray Murray. Allen hit two three-pointers in a row to put the Celtics up 44-42.
The Pistons failed to hit a shot for four minutes, and the Celtics went on a 14-1 run to take a seven-point advantage. The Celtics led 52-46 in the first half, Garnett scored 11 points in the quarter, Shi Lei broke through to score two points, made two free throws, and dished out four assists.
In the third quarter, the Celtics' offense was like a bamboo, constantly widening the gap. The Pistons also changed their norm and got into the attacking rhythm again, but lost their suddenness, which didn't cause as much damage to the Celtics' defense as in Game 2.
With 4:12 left in the quarter, the Celtics took a 17-point lead at 73:56 after Garnett hit a mid-range shot.
The Celtics did not score off the bench in the first three quarters except for Shi Lei, but the starters played well, in addition to the "Big Three", Perkins also emerged, scoring 18 points and 16 rebounds in the first three quarters, as if he was a first-class center.
After three quarters, the Celtics led 84-71.
But the slump of the bench finally became a hidden danger for the Celtics' victory, and at the beginning of the fourth game, the main players rested, and the Pistons began to counterattack.
The Pistons started the fourth quarter with 14-7, and Shi Lei's consecutive breakaway scores did not help the team stabilize the situation, and Billups closed the gap to four points after hitting a three-pointer for the Pistons.
At the critical moment, Rivers called a timeout and replaced the sluggish Kassel and Bryant, replaced the young and durable Rondo, and the mainstay Garnett on the inside.
Coming back from the timeout, Rivers' substitution came into play, Shi Lei first assisted Rondo to score on a breakaway, and then Garnett hit two free throws to regain an eight-point advantage.
With no way out, the Pistons continued their frantic counterattack, and after the Celtics reconfirmed their lead, they replaced Starkey with a three-point shot, kicking off another round of offensive frenzy by the Pistons.
In this series of games, the Pistons' offensive ability is off the charts.
With less than two minutes left in the game, the difference between the two sides was narrowed to three points. Allen hit the most crucial shot of the game as the Celtics regained a six-point advantage.
Billups then missed a layup, and Garnett protected the rebound and passed to Rondo, who hit a layup to completely end the Pistons' hopes of victory.
Yes, the Pistons were swept out of the game by the Celtics 0:4, these players who once created a counterattack legend have not escaped the sanctions imposed on them by the years, they are aging!
After the dust settled in the East, the situation in the Western Conference Finals also became clear, and in San Antonio, the Spurs were unable to resist the Lakers' "triangle attack" and lost the crucial fourth game by a narrow margin of 91-93.
The years, the same sanctions, the NBA's most successful team in the decade, the same downhill, although their glory days are far from over, but they no longer have the kind of dominance they once had.
"Yellow-Green War"! After the end of this game, the media couldn't wait to give such an eye-catching title to the General Bureau Sai'an, which has not yet arrived! (To be continued.) )