It's hard.

It's really hard.

At the North Shore Garden Arena, Duncan was holding his increasingly heavy knees, sweat sliding down his cheeks......

In this G3 battle, there have been countless times when I want to give up.

59 to 41.

At halftime, the score between the Raptors and the Celtics was like a thousand pounds of burden, pressing on Duncan, who was only 23 years old.

For a basketball game, 18 points is not a score that cannot be caught up.

However, if you are also a member of the Celtics team tonight, then you can appreciate how desperate the Celtics players are at this moment.

In the Celtics' locker room, at halftime, "stunned young man" Marbury didn't even have the mood to listen to a few RAPs to relax.

Because at this moment, what keeps replaying in his mind is the image of Steve Nash shooting those unreasonable three-pointers in front of him.

And as the Celtics' outside firepower guarantee......

In these two and a half games, Ray Allen, who seemed to be missing, covered his head with a towel.

Hung down, depressed.

Incompetence, rage.

"Tim, can I talk to you for a moment?"

And just when the Celtics players were all autistic, the 82-year-old Auerbach sat next to Duncan with his signature smile and an unlit cigar in his mouth.

"Hmm."

Duncan nodded.

"It turns out that so far, I'm the only bad old man, do you still believe that we can turn the tables?"

Looking at Duncan's eyes, which were gradually losing color, Auerbach asked in a calm tone.

Listening to the words of "Cardinal", at this moment, Duncan was stunned.

"Tim, the NBA is like a marathon, and a momentary lead doesn't mean anything.

Only when you reach the finish line will you know if you have beaten the players of this era and your contemporaries.

If you lose this season, win it back next season.

If you can't win it back next season, then go for it next season. ”

Patting Duncan on the shoulder, Auerbach spoke earnestly.

"Of course, I'm not trying to comfort you in advance.

Because in my opinion, basketball games, as long as you don't give up, the suspense of the game will always exist. After a pause, Auerbach then said to Duncan.

And after a long silence, Duncan said to Auerbach seriously:

"But...... Even if we had mastered gravity and acceleration, we wouldn't seem to be able to take on monsters like Sue and Vince. ”

Burst!

Listening to Duncan's classic jokes, Auerbach knew that this child's ability to self-adjust was far beyond his imagination.

"So, Tim, we're going to have to use basketball to solve this fight."

Looking at Duncan, who was gradually recovering from his despair, Auerbach said.

"That'...... How will basketball answer this question? Duncan asked.

"First of all, Tim, you think about how the Raptors pulled the score." Auerbach said.

"Uh......

In front of Bruce, Sue made a three-pointer that didn't make the slightest sense. After pondering for a moment, Duncan replied.

"What about us?" Auerbach asked.

"We ......

We're trying to run the tactics according to your layout.

But Ray ...... Continuing his poor run in this series. Duncan continued.

At this time, Ray Allen and Bowen, who were about to get bananas to eat, almost fell into the locker room after hearing the conversation between Duncan and Auerbach.

Hong Kong Zhen, if it weren't for knowing that Duncan was not the kind of leader who threw the pot......

Naray Allen and Bowen will definitely come forward to have a good discussion with Duncan.

"Come back, it's time for us to defend, right?" Auerbach continued.

"Yes...... This time we defended well.

Vince...... Vince's shot was a bit out of shape, and he missed a three-point shot. Duncan replied.

"But ......"

"But what?"

"However, Sue managed to grab the rebound in the frontcourt."

"And what's next?"

"Steve hit another three-pointer from the perimeter."

"That's terrible."

"Yes...... Because in this way, even if we score in the next attack, we can only watch the score get bigger and bigger......"

Is the point difference getting bigger and bigger?

With a little reminder from Auerbach, Duncan felt as if he had found the crux of the problem.

"I'll admit that because of some personal reasons, I misjudged the situation in this game.

But Tim, no matter how accurate a three-point shooter is, can't guarantee that he will shoot 100 percent. Auerbach then reminded Duncan.

And after nodding, Duncan knew what he had to do next.

In this round of the Eastern Conference Finals, because he wanted to carry the team on his shoulders too much, Duncan put his main energy more into singles.

And although in singles, Duncan completely broke the big book, but just like Kenny Smith predicted before the start of this round of the East Conference finals......

Big Ben was blown up, but it wasn't much of a loss for the Raptors.

Because, being abused is being abused, but in terms of rebounding, Da Ben is not ambiguous at all.

To put it simply, in Auerbach's view, Duncan did not fully exert his strength in this round of the Eastern Conference final.

Take Su Feng as an example.

Why was Su Feng able to convince an opponent in this year's playoffs?

Because Su Feng's dazzling is not just as simple as throwing one or two fairy balls in the game.

Defending, running, pulling......

In these details that cannot be described by technical statistics, Su Feng has been silently supporting the entire Raptors.

In fact......

No one knows better than Auerbach that the probability of the Celtics being eliminated by the Raptors is nine in nine percent after the first half of tonight's game.

But, as Auerbach just said to Duncan.

In the NBA, momentary success or failure doesn't determine anything.

Because in the future, when people "close the coffin", they will not just look at your performance in a certain season.

Therefore, rather than saying that Auerbach still believes that the Celtics can turn the tables, it is better to say that Auerbach wants to guide Duncan to a higher level through this small talk with Duncan.

Inspired by Auerbach, Duncan can be considered to have found the right way to open this round of the Eastern Conference final.

In Su Feng's previous life, many people only remembered that Duncan was bald.

But I forgot that this thing once left a terrible statistic of 26,000+ points, 15,000+ rebounds, 4,000+ assists, 3,000+ blocks, and 1,000+ steals in the NBA.

In fact, Duncan, a player, is far more comprehensive than the world thinks.

He didn't have O'Neill's beastly powers.

He doesn't have Jordan's explosive power to flip a switch at any time and take you away in one fell swoop.

But it's a blessing for a team to have a cornerstone like Duncan.

Pick-and-roll, defense, rebounding.

In the third quarter of the game, Duncan became the most beautiful boy in the North Shore Garden Arena.

On the pitch, Celtic began to chase points.

At his peak, Duncan's defensive area was large enough to cover the three-point line.

As a result, the Celtics' perimeter players have found that as long as they have Duncan behind them, even if they lose their position on defense, this defense is not a disaster.

And Duncan, who is willing to be a green leaf for his teammates, helped Ray Allen also fight for the right to breathe in the third quarter through his extremely high-quality cover.

After all, no matter how strong Su Feng's blocking ability was, it was impossible for him to bypass Duncan every time.

And while the Raptors can limit the Celtics' pick-and-roll by switching defenses, for a shooter like Ray Allen, as long as you can get him to about 0.4 seconds, he can make a smooth shot.

As for rebounding......

With the Celtics loosening the rim tonight, it has to be said that it really takes luck to grab a rebound.

And maybe it was Lady Luck who heard Duncan's prayer......

Anyway, in the second half of the game, Duncan's big hands seemed to have an attraction for rebounding.

So, 68 to 54, 68 to 57, 70 to 59, 74 to 64......

At the end of the third quarter, the deafening cheers of the originally desperate North Shore Garden Arena once again resounded throughout the court.

80 to 73.

The Celtics stubbornly caught up!

Before the start of the fourth quarter of the game, during the intermission, looking at the tenacious and unyielding Celtics, Su Feng always felt as if he saw his former self.

Su Feng, who has experience with the Black Eight Bulls, knows very well that as long as the Celtics do not give up, then in this round of the series, no matter how much the Raptors lead, the suspense will always be maintained.

And, just like the Pacers woke up the Raptors before......

Now, the Raptors have also woken up this Celtics team.

In addition, no one knows better than Su Feng where the Raptors' tactical weaknesses are tonight.

That's ......

In the case that the firepower cannot be continued, the three-point shot must not be compared with the two-point shot in terms of scoring stability.

"It's hard to win a championship."

Listening to the cheers of the North Shore Garden Arena that were enough to puncture the eardrums, at this moment, Su Feng thought to himself with emotion.

Even if this Raptors is already as strong, even if Su Feng is too stable to be more stable, but this road to the championship is still full of thorns ahead.

If you are a little careless, the fierce dragon and Su Feng may also fall into the abyss.

In the fourth quarter of the game, as the Celtics gradually regained the momentum of the game, the pressure was now on the Raptors' side.

The biggest advantage of young teams is that once they play well in the game, they will play more and more crazy.

But conversely, being young also means being inexperienced.

Under pressure, it's hard for a young player to be as comfortable as a veteran.

Therefore, in the fourth quarter, when he noticed that the technical movements of the group of young people around him had begun to deform, the "old rascal" knew that it was time for him to stand up and guide them.

However......

Tonight's stage doesn't belong to Jordan.

Because, just when "Boss Qiao" was about to press BKB and take away the game in a wave, a strange man named Su Feng had already taken over the stage one step ahead of him.

At the critical moment, unlike the slightly flustered Carmena and others, the 21-year-old Su Feng, where is the shadow of a young man?

Against the boos of the North Shore Garden Arena, he broke through to make a foul, pulled out on the wing, and turned over in the low post......

Su Feng used his comprehensive offensive skills to successfully withstand the Celtics' counterattack for the Raptors.

For Su Feng, who is familiar with the historical process, he will not make the same mistakes as a certain team.

In the case of the team's consecutive three-point misses, under the premise that the Celtics' scoring momentum is becoming more and more fierce, they still go to waste three-point shooting at this time......

That's not called an excellent completion of the coach's tactical arrangement......

That's called head iron.

And obviously, Su Feng's head is not iron.

Because he knows that Tou Tie has always had no good end.

In the fourth quarter of the game, when he noticed that Su Feng reminded his teammates to play high-low tactics, open up space for himself and him, and let himself and him end the game through singles, in a trance, Jordan always had a feeling in his heart that this was the head coach of this team.

"When I'm 21 years old, can I be as calm as he is?" At this moment, Jordan asked himself with emotion.

Then, after recalling a bunch of "childhood shadows", Jordan shook his head decisively.

……

It's a pity.

Although the Celtics played their best half-time performance in the second half of the series, in the fourth quarter of the game, with Su Feng and Jordan working one after another, the Raptors with "god-level double insurance" still had the last laugh.

105 to 100.

After the game, Duncan, who looked at the scoreboard and had used all his bullets, sat on the bench and was silent for 5 minutes.

Then, after Su Feng finished the interview on the sidelines, Duncan stood up and took the initiative to walk in front of Su Feng.

Then, after staring at Su Feng for a while, taking advantage of the moment when Su Feng was "relaxed", Duncan pressed his big hand on Su Feng's head fiercely.

Su Feng: "......"

Su Feng, who originally thought that Duncan wanted to say something to himself, was suddenly speechless.

Because he never expected that Duncan would be so "naïve"!

Crooked, Tim, you don't think you're going to be able to change the outcome of this series if you succumb to me, do you?

However, Su Feng, who felt that Duncan's big hand was getting heavier and heavier, knew very well that Duncan at this moment must be quite uncomfortable.

Although the 3-0 score does not mean that the Celtics are hopeless, it ......

Again, that's the same sentence.

In the NBA, there is not much difference between being down 0-3 and being eliminated.

In this way, after stabbing Su Feng for a full 5 minutes, Duncan suddenly felt that his mood was much better.

"Tim, don't be too bad, there's nothing to be ashamed of losing to a team with an MVP."

And Su Feng, who was messed up by Duncan's hairstyle, took the initiative to "comfort" Duncan at the moment when Duncan let go of his hand.

"Huh?"

Listening to Su Feng's words, Duncan felt that he had to get this thing for another five minutes.

Very angry!

I have to say that losing is a really uncomfortable thing.

Even if it was an existence with strong psychological qualities like Duncan, he would be uncomfortable.

It's just that, most of the time, Duncan doesn't show it.

So, it looks like Duncan is venting through Su Feng's head.

But in fact, isn't Duncan reminding himself that he must remember this feeling of being like a knife?

In Duncan's opinion, this kind of breathless pain was enough to taste once or twice in his life.

In the days to come, I still have to leave this feeling to others as much as possible......

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PS: Classic one more. On the 26th, I opened a 200 plate Ha~, and I ROLL200 it without 200.