Chapter 180: The Bird God Dances Solo

(Today, I want to go to my mother-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings, and the new community where my mother-in-law's family lives has no Internet!) Therefore, the first update of the guarantee will be posted first, and when the time comes, I will try to find a place to surf the Internet for the last two changes. )

"The Celtics have to turn things around in this quarter, and we know that in this season's game, when the Trail Blazers take the lead in the first half, they have a 100 percent win rate! They were adept at capitalizing on their advantage, extending their gains in the third quarter and eventually knocking out their opponents hard. So, it's going to be a huge test for Celtic and Bird, but I believe in their ability. ”

Johnny Mhost expressed his concern about the game in the commentary box, as the Trail Blazers maintained a clean win in the first half of the season, which means that any team that was suppressed by the Trail Blazers did not turn around after that.

First, thanks to the overall tactical thinking of the Trail Blazers, Ramsey's pursuit is to break the opponent in the second and third quarters, establish the advantage in the second quarter, maintain the advantage in the third quarter, and finally drag the opponent to death, which is an easy and labor-saving way to win.

The second is that the Trail Blazers are an offensive-oriented team, but where the team is overturned, the firepower is often not able to continue when it is hard, and the Trail Blazers have many offensive points, the team is more capable, and it can be fast or slow, and it is really difficult to lock the Trail Blazers.

Therefore, if you want to beat the Trail Blazers, the best thing is to suppress the Trail Blazers' offense in the first half, maintain the advantage, and then continue to keep the pressure high in the second half.

Although the Trail Blazers have not been overturned, they have not turned over other people's plates, because the Trail Blazers lack a strong oppressive defense, which is very fatal when chasing points.

So this season's Trail Blazers are such a team that is good at playing "tailwind", and the key is that the Trail Blazers have the ability to play the situation of the game as "tailwind".

But as soon as the second half of the game at Boston Garden began, Ramsay sensed that the momentum did not seem to be quite right, and that the wind was changing rapidly.

The Celtics took the lead in the second half, Dennis Johnson quickly dribbled across the half, and Bird lifted the ball from the right baseline to the right 45-degree catch.

Dennis Johnson immediately distributed the ball to Bird, and Valentin, who defended Johnson, immediately joined Van Dewey to cover Bird.

At halftime, Ramsey told him that he must defend Bird well and must not let Bird play.

But Ramsey's worries still came true, and Bird faced the two people who pounced on him outside the three-point line, adjusted slightly, and shot directly!

"Bird, 23 feet out straight jumper, hit! He made this three-pointer! 62:72! The gap has narrowed to 10 points! ”

Three-point shots, after Gan Guoyang entered the NBA League, he basically saw no more than 5 shots per game, and some games didn't have a three-point shot at all.

The three-point line, which was introduced only in 1980, seemed to most players and coaches to be little more than a way to score for fun, or a shooting option when forced to do so.

In the eyes of many basketball professionals, it is as flashy as a dunk, just a form of commercial performance, and it is simply a dream to use it to win.

But Gan Guoyang knows that the three-point shot will one day become a scoring weapon for NBA teams, and it will also completely change the concept of space tactics in basketball.

Therefore, as a center, Gan Guoyang never underestimated the three-point shot, but seized a lot of free time to practice three-pointers, which often made Ramsey feel that he was not doing his job, but Gan Guoyang was very insistent on this.

At this time, the Celtics faced by the Trail Blazers have the league's No. 1 three-point shooter - Larry Bird, although his average shots per game is only 1.6, 0.7 per game, and a shooting rate of 42.7 percent, he is already the best in the league.

“run,run,run! (Run!) Run! Run! Don't slow down! Ramsey shouted from the sidelines, as if they were behind now.

Unlike coaches who slow down the pace and play success when they are ahead, Ramsey just likes to take advantage of the hot iron, likes to chase the poor, and must find ways to expand the advantage when he is ahead.

At Ramsey's urging, Valentine dribbled forward like his ass was on fire.

In the second half, Celtic's defensive strategy was to strictly enforce man-marking, with Danny Angie, an old fritter sticking to Valentine like a hyena following a wildebeest, while the others kept their eyes on the opposing player.

In this case, it is difficult for Valentine to divide the ball, and his best option is to go straight to the basket by himself!

This choice is not wrong, Valentine has an advantage in the face of Anji physically, and Gan Guoyang under the basket attracts Parish away, so Valentin takes the ball and shakes off Anji's breakthrough and goes straight to the basket.

However, the most common method used by hyenas in hunting wildebeest is not to bite the throat, but to bite the wildebeest's anus until the intestines are dragged out.

Angie's hyena started behind Valentine's back, he gently pushed him behind his back when Valentin made a layup, Valentin's whole person rushed forward a little more, his body lost his balance, and the layup was naturally unstable, the ball hit the rebound, and then hit the basket and bounced out.

The rebound was easily picked up by Parish, who was following up.

"Foul! It's a foul! Didn't you see the referee? Gan Guoyang was unusually angry, and he was very close to the three-second zone, and he could see Anji's movements clearly.

But such a small action is on the verge of being blown or not, plus this is the home court of the Celtics, and the offensive and defensive transitions are too fast, and the referee hesitates and does not blow.

"Quickly return to defense, quickly return to defense!" Ramsey didn't have time to argue with the referee, he first yelled at Gan Guoyang to go back to defend quickly.

By this point, the Celtics had launched a full-line fast attack, with Larry Bird going straight to the front from the left and Danny Ange dribbling down the middle to make a quick move.

"Angie, pass, Bird, catch the ball from beyond the three-point line, shoot! The ball is in again! Another three! Another three! Moster's voice was almost hoarse.

After Larry Bird stopped outside the three-point line on the left side, he didn't hesitate to make another three-point shot as soon as he received a pass from Angie.

Bird's shot was not fast, but his shot was very deep, and his shooting posture was like an old trebuchet, and Vanderwich tried his best to come up to make up for it, but there was still no way to interfere with Bird's shot.

The ball hollowed into the net, Boston Garden Square entered the carnival in less than a minute, two three-pointers, the score became 65:72, Bird's two three-pointers, has completed the average three-point shooting per game in advance, and his shooting rate is 100 percent.

"65 to 72, a seven-point difference! Bird, two three-pointers, the Celtics played an exciting start to the second half! ”

On the other side, Ramsey did not call a timeout, he felt that the Trail Blazers could still hold on, and as long as this attack could be scored, they would be able to stabilize the situation.

At the beginning of the first half, the Trail Blazers' main two points of Gan Guoyang and Valentin had a miraculous effect, but in the second half, the Celtics realized this and began to strengthen the defense of Valentine, while enforcing harsh traps on Gan Guoyang.

"Gan catches the ball in the low post, Bird comes forward to wrap it up! Gan, the ball can't be passed! ”

After Gan Guoyang got the ball in the low post on the right side, Bird immediately stepped forward to wrap Gan Guoyang, and unlike the bag that was gently harassed in the first half, Gan Guoyang clearly felt that the opponent's bag was like two bulldozers, sandwiching him in the middle and crushing him desperately.

Gan Guoyang desperately protected the ball, and he had no way to shoot.

But then he had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he used his spare eyes to observe Valentine, who cut in from the middle of the arc, and he struggled to avoid the harassment of Parrish and Bird, and a one-handed pass from the back of the head stuffed the ball into the middle!

Valentin just cut into the middle, squeezed out of Anji's defense, received Gan Guoyang's magic pass, and went straight to the basket.

At this time, there was a crowd under the basket, almost forming a circle, and in this case, Anji, the bad boy, used a black hand behind Valentine's back!

He followed Valentine, and after Valentine jumped, the whole person was under Valentine, who was knocked in the air, lost his balance again, and went to the basket again.

"Beep!" This time, the referee did not hesitate and decisively blew for a foul on Danny Angie.

Valentine landed in the air and fell heavily to the ground, but Angie still looked at the referee with an innocent face, meaning that he didn't do anything but stand there for a while.

Gan Guoyang finally got angry, he saw Danny Angie, a bad boy, twice make a bad mess when Valentine made a layup, and he could no longer control his emotions.

"You bitch little man!" Gan Guoyang roared angrily, and then pushed Anji hard with one hand.

Gan Guoyang's strength is amazing, Anji's body is much thinner, and at the same time, out of the quality of professional acting, Anji fell in response.

"Gan pushed down Angie! Angie is lying on the ground! Players from both sides came around, what was going on, it looked like a fight was inevitable! Both sides vented their anger in the game, where is the referee, where is the referee! ”

The other players of the Trail Blazers were still relatively calm, and Sampson immediately stepped forward to pull Gan Guoyang to prevent Gan Guoyang from continuing to act more impulsively, Gan Guoyang has a good temper on the court in recent times, and for some reason he broke out in the face of the Celtics tonight.

And the Celtic players seem to be unforgiving, and they have gathered around to ask the referee for an explanation.

“basketball-is-basketball。 (Basketball to basketball)" At this time, Bird spoke on the side, and the brave and fierce white man seemed unusually calm at this time.

At the same time, as the referee intervened, both sides also calmed down, Gan Guoyang received a technical foul, and the Celtics executed a free throw.

Bird stepped to the free-throw line and hit the free-throw line safely, shooting 88 percent from the field for the season.

At the same time, Valentin also stood on the free throw line to make two free throws, but Valentin did not score the first free throw, probably because he fell not lightly just now, and the person was still confused, and the second free throw was adjusted and still scored.

66:73, the difference between the two sides is still 7 points, and the Trail Blazers' offense is in vain.

The Celtics continued to attack, and with less than two minutes of the second half played, Bird had already scored seven points and his pace was frightening.

But Bird's performance was just beginning, and he didn't talk much after the start of the second half, not yelling at his teammates, and not swearing at his opponents.

In fact, trash talk is a way for Bird to adjust to his form, and when he feels that the team's morale is low, or that his condition is average, he will use out of trash talk to cheer himself and his teammates on while suppressing opponents.

And now, he didn't really need them, because his hands were hot.

"Dennis has the ball, he's looking for Bird, who has a good hand, but the Trail Blazers are very tight on him. Bird is on the baseline, Parish comes up to block and dismantle, and Bird goes around the right side 45 degrees outside the three-point line! DJ passes, here is Bird's favorite shooting position, three-point shot! he-got-it! (He threw it!) "All of Most's first half passion didn't add up to those two minutes, as Bird hit three three-pointers in a row and in two minutes, he scored 10 points alone.

Boston Garden Square entered the best game so far because of Bird's wonderful performance, and many spectators brought out the engraving they brought with them, which depicted an eagle with wings outstretched, symbolizing their hero Larry Bird.

"Beep!" Ramsey had to call a timeout, and if it continued like this, within minutes, the Trail Blazers' first-half advantage would be eroded.

Gan's main content in the two minutes was to turn back and run, relying on a technical foul to brush up on his presence, and in other areas, he did nothing because they were struggling to get the ball and Celtic were trying to cut him off from his teammates.

Bird was still expressionless, and when he passed by Gan Guoyang on the end, he asked softly, "Here-are-you, Gump?" (Where are you, Gan?) )”