123:98, the 25-point difference also means that the score between the Wizards and the Celtics came to 3:1, the Wizards took the lead in winning the match point, and the Celtics once again stepped into the cliff in the playoff game with the Wizards after last season.

At the post-game press conference, as the former three-point king and the league's most famous three-point shooter, Ray Murray. Aaron sighed heartily in an interview.

"Curry is an all-time shooter, his three-point shooting ability is unparalleled, I've never seen a player who can use the three-point shot as a conventional weapon like he does, and what's even more terrifying is that he's only 24 years old now, and it's hard to imagine what the league's three-point shooting will look like in the future under his guidance."

As the all-time three-point leader, Curry's previous single-season three-point shooting record holder can make Ray Ray. Allen exclaimed that Curry's three-point shot was indeed strong to a certain extent.

Garnett, on the other hand, focused on praising Paul. George's play.

"The tenacious spirit of this sophomore who stepped up and shouldered the team's offensive banner when the team's main offensive point was not well felt was something every professional player should learn from. George is a good player and if he continues to do so, he will be a superstar in the future. ”

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Although the series is not over yet, and the Celtics and the Wizards are still in a hostile relationship and facing elimination, the Celtics players have positive comments about the Wizards.

There is no way, in the face of a group of young people whose average age is not even 25 years old, if you want to say something provocative or unconvinced at this time, it will be a loss of grace.

The Big Three are all veterans who are nearly 40 years old, and they are all like people, and it is impossible to make such low-level mistakes.

However, even so, when asked if they were confident of overtaking the score, the Big Three all gave a positive answer.

"Of course, we're going to do our best to win every game."

Praising juniors is the demeanor that seniors should have, and as a leader, it is absolutely impossible to be frightened before the game, if even they admit that they have no confidence, then what do other Celtics players do to fight to the death?

Game 5 between the two sides returned to Washington, the home of the Wizards, and it was a game that was far more difficult than anyone could have imagined.

Already in a desperate situation, the whole Celtic team played very hard, even to the point where every ball must be fought.

The Wizards were caught off guard and were directly beaten in the first quarter, and were beaten 29-18 in a single quarter, trailing by 11 points at home.

Fortunately, Curry and others are not fledgling rookies, after the initial discomfort, they quickly found their rhythm and began to catch up, Curry Thompson George three blossomed more and gradually caught up with the score.

Pierce played very hard in this game, but Leonard, who was opposite him, had adapted to Pierce's offensive style.

Leonard's progress is amazing, unlike another time and space with many years of experience in the Spurs, he has taken a season in Wang Xiao's team, almost every time he trains, he enjoys the highest standard of training bonuses in the system, plus Wang Xiao has long known Leonard's future technical characteristics, which can be cultivated towards the future template, making his growth very fast.

And in the first round of the playoffs, with Cameron. Anthony's series alignment has allowed Leonard's abilities to evolve again.

Anthony, as one of the league's most offensive small forwards, is a little better than Pierce in terms of scoring ability.

Now against Pierce, Leonard can deal with it with ease, and the kraft candy defense and that terrifying reach make Pierce feel very uncomfortable.

In this game, Pierce's several shots were effectively limited by Leonard, and the shooting rate was just over 40%, which was extremely inefficient.

On the home court of the Wizards, every time Leonard successfully defends Pierce's offense, it will be accompanied by a cheer from the fans.

To be reasonable, as a first-round lottery rookie selected by Wang Xiao this season, Leonard's performance has always made fans not very satisfied, unlike Thompson, who is accurate three-point running, diligent and defensive, and can help Curry pull space, Leonard's performance in the Wizards is not particularly outstanding.

After all, from the perspective of offensive ability, Leonard is really a little bad, especially the three-point shot, and even inferior to Chandler on the bench. Parsons was on target.

Throughout the regular season, Leonard didn't even average double digits in points per game, and was only selected to the All-Rookie Second Team.

This can almost be regarded as the worst performance of the player selected by Wang Xiao in the first round of lotto draws.

But now, in the playoffs, fans are finally starting to realize how tough Leonard is.

Limiting Anthony in the first round and locking Pierce in the second round, Leonard did even better than George last season.

At least in the playoffs last season, when George faced Anthony and Pierce, he couldn't effectively limit the offensive efficiency of the two, and could only explode each other on the offensive end, and the defensive end didn't let the opponent go crazy.

From this point of view, Leonard's defensive ability has even surpassed George, no wonder Wang Xiao will let Leonard play as a small forward, and put George, who performed well in the small forward position last season, to the power forward position.

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But even so, Leonard's excellent defense only helped the team close the score gap, but there was no way to overtake the score.

After all, the Celtics are a Big Three, not Pierce's one-man team.

In the 07 Finals series, Pierce's shooting rate was not high, averaging only 43% per game, but the Celtics still defeated the Lakers to lift the championship trophy, relying on the combined strength of the Big Three and the suffocating defense of the Green Army, they successfully limited Kobe's shooting rate to 40%, and none of the Lakers team except Kobe Bryant averaged more than 15 points per game.

The Celtics may not be as strong defensively as they used to be, but they're still strong, and at least in the regular season, the Celtics are still the second-fewest teams in the league to concede points per game, conceding just 89.3 points per game.

The next game turned into a defensive battle, with the Celtics defending it tightly, and the Wizards showing no weakness.

Since the selection of Thompson and Leonard this season, although Jordan Jr. has gone, the Wizards' defense has gone to the next level, and the defense has not intimidated the Celtics at all.

As a result, both sides scored just over 70 points in the fourth quarter of the game.

The suffocating defense and fierce confrontation of the Wizards fans were a little dumbfounded, they had not seen the Wizards have such a tough game in previous years.

Whether it's the Arenas period or the Curry + Harden two-gun period, the team is an offense-oriented team, focusing on offense rather than defense.

They can't even remember when Wang Xiao transformed the previous Wizards team that ran and ran and didn't care about defense at all into the current all-round team with good offense and defense.