Chapter 286: Alliance First

I don't know if it's an illusion, Huang Xiang always felt that West's eyes were full of flames, and he glanced at the direct line of his eyes, Williams.

"This guy really holds a grudge." At the end of the third quarter, Huang Xiang glanced at West in the Celtics rest area and said to Williams beside him.

"What can I do, this guy, if I had known, I wouldn't have said much." I know the consequences of being remembered by someone, but Williams really doesn't care, West? Hmph, look at how arrogant you are in two years.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers are now 68:63 Celtics, the gap in the score is not very large, the score is not very high, both sides are strong defensive teams, and the intensity of the game in the third quarter also revolves around the defensive battle.

However, if the Celtics want to win in the fourth quarter, they will have to change their tactics, because Huang Xiang and Howard have a long rest in the second half of the third quarter, and these two guys are very energetic.

If the Celtics have a gorgeous roster, there's nothing to say, even if the starters are all All-Star level players, no one will object, but their bench depth is not very good.

This is also a problem that has always been a headache for Rivers, the Celtics bench was also very strong when they won the championship in 08, but at this time they basically left the Celtics, why? For money, of course.

After picking up a player, will he still ask for one or two million from before? Obviously impossible, the current NBA, whether it is a player or a team, as long as the financial interests are not in harmony, 98% of them will choose to part ways, of course, Odom is like Odom who can accept a voluntary salary cut, of course, Odom's starting point is to win the championship.

It's the same way, in addition to spending a lot of money to buy superstars, many teams that aspire to the championship are looking for something that can be played, and former superstars play as substitutes.

These old guys can't help but bring luck to the team, and in terms of experience and mentality, they are also a big help for new players and the team.

However, these old guys may also put the team in a situation where no one is available, after all, although they were more in charge of the past in the past, after all, they are just taking the veteran contract at this time.

Just like last year's Miami, getting James and Bosh, signing Bibby in the second half of the year, and later "second center in the West" Dampier, their lineup is also perfect, but what else?

In addition to this, the Heat team did not have a backup that they really felt comfortable with, so they were so passive in the Finals.

In contrast, the championship Mavericks, the main lineup is not weaker than the Heat's perfection, and the bench lineup Terry is a super scoring machine that even James has a headache, such a team is perfect.

The current Cavaliers are very similar to and not like last year's Heat, they have a perfect main lineup, and the bench lineup is also led by veterans, but their veteran lineup is not impossible to play, but is excluded.

Let's not talk about others, just Carter, after the Nets, he was slowly forgotten, not that this guy's strength is not as good as before, although there is a lot of regression, but there are still 60% of the peak period, and even when the hand is good, 80% is not an exaggeration, but it is such a person, who was excluded by people and tossed several teams.

The Cavaliers got him, because they valued his energy, his strength, although it has regressed compared to before, but Carter, who holds the veteran's base salary, is still not weaker than the scoring guard of the average team, besides, this guy has countless experience, and the playing time is only less than twenty minutes per game, such a time, Carter can even break out with all his strength.

And Williams, a dark horse rookie, plus other Cavaliers' lineup can be said to be quite perfect, while their opponent Celtics is full of crisis behind the gorgeous surface, so when they face the same bench lineup of the Cavaliers, passivity does not only explain everything.

In the first half of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers' bench completely disintegrated the Celtics' offense, Carter and Williams completely disrupted the Celtics' offense and defense inside and out, and the Cavaliers laid the foundation for a 13-point lead before Pierce and other main players came on the court.

At 5 minutes and 23 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Celtics' five main players all returned to the court, and the game needed them to save.

"Huh" Pierce received a pass from Ray Allen in the high post, and with the help of West, he hit a three-pointer with his hand, which was quite valuable for the Celtics.

The difference of 10 points, but this did not shake Scott's position, Howard and Huang Xiang on the court fought for just over a minute, and off the court, Garnett and Iverson were ready to play, and the game will not change anything.

After passing the ball, the Cavaliers completed the substitution by the way, Huang Xiang took the ball over the half court and handed it to Iverson, who had just come on the court, and ran to the side to respond.

Iverson looked at Pierce and Ray Allen and the others moving back and forth in the field, and smiled to himself, he hadn't found this feeling for a long time.

Jones ran over to make a block for Iverson, Iverson rushed through, and then handed the basketball to Huang Xiang before Ray Allen forced over, Huang Xiang squatted down instantly after receiving the ball, this speed, to be honest, is much faster than Ray Allen's three-point shot, but for Huang Xiang, he still doesn't have the confidence to hit this speed, but Pierce in front of him doesn't know Huang Xiang's shooting rate, Huang Xiang's three points today made the Celtics tremble, and saw Huang Xiang squatting down Pierce stopped without hesitation.

Bye bye-bye, Huang Xiang burst out and then handed the basketball to Jones on the side, at this time Jones did not have a person in front of him to defend, Jones as the NCAA No. 1 three-point king must have his reasons, the most important of which is that this guy shoots slowly, but steadily.

The basketball crossed the Celtics' half-court basket and fell steadily into the basket, this ball, although a little intrigued, but still beautiful.

After the "haha" goal, Jones clenched his fists and looked at the basket in disbelief, knowing that he was still a little nervous at the beginning, but at this time, ...... Would it be nice to have another one?

Beautiful tactics, beautiful coordination, Rivers couldn't help nodding secretly, the cooperation of the Cavaliers just now can really be compiled into a textbook.

"It seems that today's game still needs to work hard." Rivers exhaled lightly and then made a tactical gesture at Rondo in the field, today's game, the Celtics can't afford to lose, the first in the league, although it may not be long, but it is also an honor.

Rondo in the field looked at Rivers' gesture, first startled, and then frowned, let me impact the opponent's inside? But will Pierce be angry like this?

No matter, if you want to stop Rondo with the ball and rush across the half court and go straight to the inside line of the Cavaliers, Pierce who stretched out his hand on the sidelines was full of astonishment, what is this guy doing?

But then Pierce glanced at Rivers on the sidelines, and saw that the latter nodded at him, and he understood, the secret core of the field was exchanged, and it seemed that the coach had lost confidence in himself again

Although the nominal boss of the Celtics at this time is Pierce, there is no doubt that an indispensable engine for the team is Rondo.

Rondo's weakest estimate is his physique, and although he doesn't usually score much, it doesn't mean that he can't score.

Rondo, who rushed into the interior, made his own trick with his super long arm span, and made a layup with his big arm trembling, rushed to the basket and jumped up without hesitation to Howard, in the air, he did not wait for Howard's block, as one of the top point guards of the new generation, Rondo successfully completed the turn in the air, and shook the basketball with a shake of his big arm.

The basketball fell steadily into the basket.

After landing, Rondo glanced at Pierce, and saw that this guy was sweeping his eyes in confusion, knowing that it must have hurt his heart with the tactics just now, but he really had no choice, the team has made a lot of moves recently, not only has Garnett been exchanged, but even the use of Ray Allen has been compressed recently, which is not something he can control.

I felt the atmosphere of the Celtics in many games, and Scott laughed all over his face under the court, so good, infighting, my favorite.

"Give it to Huang Xiang and hit the basket." Scott shouted loudly into the court, this time period is my favorite, today's game, it's basically decided.

After listening to Scott's words, Rivers sat down in the chair completely, it's over, today's game is completely over, it seems that the Celtics' lineup still needs to be changed, and at a critical time, the outside line still lacks reassurance, although Pierce is still strong, but old age makes his body still a lot slower.

Indeed, after listening to Scott's words, the Cavaliers' offense is obviously much sharper than before, and in the face of the Celtics' interior line, Huang Xiang's impact is still very impressive.

Huang Xiang rushed under the basket to bounce Yao Ming's defense into an aerial hook, and the pace was interspersed with overlapping, which was Iverson's hallmark of passing and wearing a butterfly step.

Seeing that his trick was used by his juniors again, Iverson didn't feel much anymore, but from the curvature of the corner of his eye, many people with a heart still found a trace of happiness symbol.

"Hmm" Huang Xiang successfully scored the basketball, and with this goal, the Cavaliers' offense completely suppressed the Celtics, after all, the opponent's outside firepower at this time Pierce has been dumb, and Ray Allen has no touch, so he can only rely on Rondo alone.

The fourth quarter went to 11 minutes and 55 seconds, when the score was 98:93, the Celtics trailed by 5 points, the Celtics attacked, Rondo quickly took the ball across the half court, Ray Allen ran over to take the basketball and instantly took off and threw the basketball out.

With the end of the game, the basketball fell to the net, although the whistle ball went in, but the game was still lost, and at the home of the Celtics, the Cavaliers took away a victory, 98:96, the Cavaliers defeated the Celtics.