Chapter 228: Boston Is Not a Blessed Land
The Celtics' offense stalled in the second half of the second quarter.
In the past, Celtic were strong not by their offense, but by their unmatched defense.
In 08, the Celtics' offense was actually not running in well, and Ray Allen was not really integrated into the team's tactical system.
Garnett is not the kind of attacker who can completely support a set of tactical coordination on the offensive end.
He has stronger support stats on offense.
Paul Pierce made up for the lack of attack, but overall, he was only a top striker in Pot 2.
That's why they played so hard in the Eastern Conference playoffs that year, and in the end, they relied on defense.
After 09, the Celtics' offense became more and more smooth, giving full play to the power of Ray Allen.
It's a pity that Garnett was reimbursed for a year due to injury, and then the decline was serious.
They have lost their combat power every year, and they lack quality players to replenish them, and they have survived for another two years by relying on the old roots of the Big Three.
By this year, Ray Allen ran away, and he really couldn't hold on.
Jason Terry can't make up for Ray Allen's versatility and richness in attack.
Rondo's reimbursement was even worse, as Celtic's offense was lackluster, and they had to defend their opponents into a tough positional battle before looking for opportunities to launch a quick counter-attack.
This season, the Celtics are averaging only about 95 points per game, and their opponents are averaging around 95 points per game.
Both are lower than the league's average points scored and conceded per game, which can be said to be a typical defense to win, and it can only be won by defense.
After the timeout, in the final two minutes of the second quarter, the Celtics launched a wave of counterattacks.
First, Pierce held the ball and rushed in with a bag of explosives, causing Howard to foul and go to the free throw line.
Pierce is now Celtic's only efficient assaulter.
Then, the Celtics made some adjustments on the defensive end, and the whole team shrank.
Rivers is betting that the Lakers will not feel good on the outside for the time being.
He can't help it, the Lakers Kobe Bryant and Nash's two-point pass threat is too great.
Howard is not afraid of singles, but his finishing ability is still there.
The most hated thing is the point of Bruce Lee.
Rivers feels that if the Lakers don't have Bruce Lee, their offense isn't something to fear.
Several stars are strong, but either because of style or because of age and status, they all have relatively big flaws.
But this No. 28 kid, as long as he is on the field, he will make up for all kinds of defects.
Nash has a defensive problem, and he can make up for it; Kobitzer should have a problem, he can pass a pass; Howard has a problem with singles, and he can help; Ci Shiping is not allowed to score three points, he is accurate; Gasol has problems everywhere, he can come anywhere, so he directly replaced him as a starter.
And his three-point shot was indeed deadly, and the two three-pointers in the first quarter made Rivers miss Ray Allen very much.
Rivers thinks that if such a player can get to his own team, coupled with the Celtics' full roster, he will still be a strong contender for the championship.
How could such a person be picked up by the Lakers?
Similar questions have been raised countless times by NBA general managers and coaches.
Except that the Lakers owner saved the galaxy and defeated Frieza in his last life, there is basically no other explanation.
Rivers was right, and in the last three minutes of the second quarter, the Lakers' outside shooting percentage was really not high.
Nash's missed three-pointer from an open spot is rare.
The rebound was picked up by Garnett.
Garnett's backcourt rebounding control is still top-notch.
The Celtics fought back, but the Lakers were quick to step back.
Pierce picked up the ball from the outside and Jeff Green quickly dropped to the low post.
Green hit Jamison with his back, and Jamison's back-to-back defense could even blow Garnett.
Green dribbled inside twice, then turned inside and cut inside.
Jamison didn't top it at all, and was easily cut into by Green.
But Li Liang, who was on the line, reached over to help defend, he moved sideways very quickly, and directly took out his hand and pressed it on the ball.
Green couldn't jump and the referee blew for a scrum.
It would have been a good opportunity to quickly form a low single score.
It turned out to be destroyed again.
Li Liang chewed gum in his mouth and stood in the free throw circle and looked at Green.
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Green had a bad premonition in his heart, and felt that this kid seemed to be scolding.
Li Liang didn't scold, but he didn't jump the ball!
The referee tossed the ball into the air and Jeff Green jumped up and flicked it towards Garnett.
As a result, Howard stepped forward and squeezed the ball down!
"Jump XX, do you have XX use for XX jumping? The ball is not ours yet? Blind XX jump! ”
Li Liang's indisputable struggle won the ball again, and he is indeed a player with the talent of a center forward.
The ball was not a small blow to Celtic.
With the last two minutes coming up, the Lakers were able to slow down and play two offenses.
Bryant used Li Liang to cover on the outside and missed a mid-range jumper......
If you don't hit it, you don't get it, but it consumes a lot of time.
Then Garnett singled Li Liang with his back, a standard set of left and right shoulder shakes, turned back, and hit the shot.
"If you shoot, you shoot, add so many XX actions to have a XX use? You call pretending that you haven't lost, and you haven't won a score. ”
Garnett became angry all of a sudden, damn Lao Tzu's ball went in, and you still want to scold me?
So the two of them began to spray each other, and Garnett's spraying was also a must.
But Li Liang, chewing gum and carrying a hair dryer, is something you can resist?
And Li Liang also put his hands behind his back, he was afraid that if he accidentally did it, he would be blown for a technical foul.
There's another technical foul and he's going back to the shower.
The referee stepped forward to stop the two and separated them like a boxing referee.
The fans at the scene were booed, Garnett was after all a totemic figure in Boston for the past two years.
Li Liang thinks this is a good feeling, shhhh
Shh......hh
As a result, it's been a long time, and there is no reaction at all!
What's going on with this?
Are you Boston fans a little bloody?
If you don't scold in your mouth, you don't dare to scold in your heart?
How else to do a keyboard warrior? How to do ball blindness?
Li Liang didn't know that Boston fans thought his behavior was cool.
So although they booed him, they didn't get angry with him, but thought this guy was good, very good.
Li Liang wants to know, he has to be angry to death.
What did you do to James in the first place, why can't you do this to me?
Isn't it just that I'm a little more handsome than James, how can I judge people by their appearance?
In this way, Li Liang gained a lot of anger points in the first half, respectively from Garnett, Pierce, Terry, Bradley and others.
Counting the weighting, there is also a big hundred.
But compared to the more than 18,000 ordinary spectators who can contribute, it is still much less.
At halftime, the Lakers were 51-42, nine points ahead of the Celtics.
Back in the locker room, Li Liang spit out the [Gary Payton's Gum] in his mouth.
I can't chew it anymore, I already got into a lot of trouble in the first half, and the result is still too little.
It seems that Boston is not Li Liang's blessed land, and Li Liang has set his sights on other away games.
Li Liang thought about it seriously, he felt that the NBA is a commercial game after all, and although fans have a strong sense of belonging, many fans still look at the stars rather than the team.
So in the NBA, star worship is a bit more serious than football, as long as you play well, regardless of the home team and the away team, the fans are likely to support you.
Unless it comes to the playoffs, when it is winorgohome, the fans have a strong sense of substitution, and the emotions will come up.
If you really want to gain a lot of rage, it is estimated that it will be in the playoffs, or non-commercial leagues, such as playing for the country......
Li Liang thought about it this way, if he played for the national team, he would play the Korean team.
As far as Koreans are concerned, the anger value is not allowed from the first day of the new year to the 15th of August?
Thinking so in his heart, Li Liang put down his anger and threw himself into the second half of the game.
Mike Brown re-emphasized defense.
He knows that the Celtics really don't have many offensive routines, so the Lakers can maintain their advantage by reducing turnovers, reducing the chance of being counterattacked by opponents, and losing very few backcourt rebounds.
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It's not easy to bring him back to life, let him keep the advantage, Brown can still do it.
In that year, the Cavaliers and the Celtics fought twice without fighting, which directly led to James' departure and the change of the league pattern.
Mike Brown is still very attentive to the Celtics.
After the start of the second half, Celtic played very tenacious.
Paul Pearce hit back-to-back mid-range shots, and Jason Terry and Green both hit three-pointers to close the deficit to just 3 points at one point.
At the critical moment, I still looked at Kobe, he first broke through and then gave Li Liang in the bottom corner a three-point shot.
Then he made a steal on the defensive end and made a fast-break layup to stabilize the situation.
Subsequently, Dwight Howard completely defended the interior and protected the backcourt rebound.
On the offensive end, he doesn't care at all, doesn't hold the ball, doesn't go to the low post, and gives up rebounding in the frontcourt.
The Lakers have maintained an 8-point to 10-point deficit.
Keep this advantage until the end of the game.
Li Liang made 3 of 5 three-pointers and scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
The Lakers played a game of overall basketball, relying on hard power and defense, 103:93, a 10-point advantage to capture the TD North Shore Garden Arena.
Kobe Bryant shot 9-of-15 from the field, shooting an extremely high percentage, and also handed out 5 assists and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Kobe Bryant is going further and further down the path of mutation.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, Garnett still came over to shake hands and hug Li Liang.
On the basketball court, there are no fundamental contradictions between the players.
It's time to be a duel, it's a duel to be a brother, or you can be a brother.
Li Liang has been recognized by the older generation of players with his strength.
He looked at Garnett's head, and he was not interested in touching it at all, it was too light.
"See you at the All-Star Game, boy, I hope you're still so arrogant then." Garnett parted to Li Liangdao.
Although Garnett has declined sharply, his popularity among fans is still very high.
Coupled with the fact that there are no other important stars in the Eastern frontcourt position, Garnett was successfully elected as the Eastern All-Star starter.
Li Liang nodded, and suddenly thought, will the all-star be a good opportunity?