Chapter 376: Beat La
Yi Jianlian, who was in good spirits on happy occasions, flew to Boston with the Bucks to prepare for the upcoming third Eastern Conference finals.
According to the rules of the playoffs, the third game is played at the home of the Celtics.
Now it's the Bucks' turn to enjoy the boos of the away fans with Yi Jianlian! Boston fans are also particularly enthusiastic about Yi Jianlian, and before the game starts, the boos are shocking, and the key is that they are still durable enough, and the boos can often last from Yi Jianlian's warm-up shots to the end of the entire game.
In the end, it is a wealthy family with a foundation!
The fans in this audience are all with perseverance in their blood.
I don't know if it was these boos that played a role, but the Bucks started the game very slowly, leading 3-1 at the start of the game, and soon the Celtics overtook the score to 7-3.
The rhythm of the game in the first quarter was mastered by the Celtics!
Yi Jianlian failed to help the team narrow the gap several times before the end of the first quarter, but his hands were as cold as an ice cellar, and he shot 0 of 3 during that time and got nothing.
In the second quarter of the game, Yi Jianlian rested for about two minutes, and then went directly to the court, and as soon as he got on the court, he strengthened his offensive.
Yi Jianlian had two periods of time as his scoring flashpoint, one when he came back from a break in the second quarter, and the other at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
No matter how sluggish the whole game is, as long as it is during these two periods, Yi Jianlian can always burst out of an amazing small universe!
It's a pity...... After a timeout in the second quarter today, the feeling continued to be cold, and Yi Jianlian didn't even score a layup.
"Shh
Damn it!
Yi Jianlian waved his fist and cursed in his heart.
He was really aggrieved today!
Yi Jianlian couldn't play his usual state, and the entire Bucks team was even more passive, and at the end of the second quarter, the Bucks fell behind to a 9-point difference.
The Bucks have not taken the lead in this game except for the opening few rounds. Speaking of which, after entering the playoffs, the Bucks have not been bullied like this.
In the second half of the game, Yi Jianlian continued to strengthen his personal offensive, and the difference between this time and before was that he had significantly more options to kill inside this time.
His scoring has finally picked up.
The Bucks' form during this time has also gradually returned.
Rivers, at the suggestion of Thibodeau, contracted the basket at this time, and it was more difficult for Yi Jianlian to impact the basket, so he could only try outside projection again, but he really didn't feel good today, and he missed a few in a row.
He couldn't continue to score, and the Bucks' momentum suddenly waned, and in the end, the Bucks lost Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals by a margin of 99-109, 10 points, and it was also the first loss of the Bucks since entering the playoffs.
Although Yi Jianlian got 25 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, the data is not too bad, but his rare 8-of-26 shooting was the main reason for the Bucks' loss.
"The curse of the regular season MVP?"
After the game, fans talked about Yi Jianlian's sudden downturn in this game, and some fans even moved out the "regular season MVP curse" that has always existed in the league.
According to statistics, since 2001, among all the players who have been elected as the MVP of the regular season, only 3 have reached the finals, and only 1 has finally become the champion.
"Dumb" was the only player in the past nine years to win the regular season MVP and the final Finals MVP, while others such as Allen Iverson, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have all fallen under the curse.
Now, the Bucks have suddenly lost after ten consecutive playoff wins, and Yi Jianlian, who has been strong for a season until now, has also suddenly slumped, which is obviously the reason for the manifestation of the curse.
A reporter told Yi Jianlian about this, and Yi Jianlian couldn't laugh after hearing it: "To be honest, there are some spells that I want to believe, but I don't believe in some spells, since Tim Duncan broke this spell in 03, it proves that this spell is not as powerful as imagined!" ”
The most powerful spell should be the "Most Improved Player Award", okay!
Look at the guys who won the "Most Improved Player Award" and now have a good mix?
Except, of course, for me!
Hey, if you think about it, does that mean I've broken this spell?
Yi Jianlian didn't talk to the reporter for too long, and soon he re-engaged in training, he really didn't feel that his downturn was related to the regular season MVP curse, every player will suddenly encounter a cold hand on a certain night, which is normal, even if it is the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan, it will also encounter such a thing, practice more shooting, these problems are not a problem!
"Will the Bucks lose three games in a row in the next series and just say goodbye to the playoffs?"
Some fans have too big brains to stop.
But Yi Jianlian told him with practical actions, don't think about it, it's impossible!
The fourth game of the Eastern Conference finals was still at the home of the Celtics, and this time Yi Jianlian changed the slump of the previous game, and entered a state of rage from the beginning, leading the Bucks to a 12-3 start.
Ten of the 12 points were scored by Yi Jianlian alone.
And it took him less than 3 minutes.
However, with the help of their home fans, the Celtics were not so easily pressed, chasing the deficit back to three points before the end of the first quarter.
It's just that what Rivers and Boston diehards didn't expect was that Yi Jianlian actually played from the beginning of the second quarter, and he didn't plan to rest at all.
How much Rivers wants the Big Three to follow suit! But the Big Three are here at this age, and they really can't play the first quarter like Yi Jianlian, and they can continue to play the second quarter.
With Yi Jianlian playing two minutes first, the Bucks ended the first half of the game with a 9-point lead at 58-49.
The second half of the game was more anxious, and the Celtics players were in a particularly good state today, but they were not as hot as Yi Jianlian's state today.
The Bucks held a nine-point advantage until the final 10 seconds of the fourth quarter, and seeing that the tide was gone, a rather unified slogan floated from the audience at TD's North Shore Garden Arena:
& la! ”
& la! ”
& la! ”
After the Bucks won this game, the big score was rewritten by them to 3-1, and the next game is the home court of the Bucks, and the Bucks obviously will not give the Celtics another chance to return to their home court, they will definitely be eliminated.
But the Lakers are likely to reach the Finals!
It's something that breaks the hearts of Celtic fans.
In that case, Celtics fans can only entrust the task of defeating the Lakers to the Bucks!
Anyway, they hate the Lakers more than the Bucks!