The Celtics' strong offensive power quickly overwhelmed the Nets, who grabbed 5 more frontcourt rebounds and 11 more free throws than the Nets throughout the first half, and constantly used breakouts and inside scoring to tear the Nets' interior line apart in the offense. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 InfoKenyon Martin had three fouls in the first half and had to sit on the sidelines for the second half of the second quarter.

At 63:45, the Celtics led the Nets by 18 points in the first half, but in the third quarter, they were not satisfied with the 18-point advantage, but continued their strategy in the first half, using simple, brutal offensive tactics to break down the Nets.

Kidd could feel his pace getting slower, and he had knee therapy at halftime to ease the pain, but once on the court, as the gap between the two sides widened, he could feel the loss of hope of winning, as the Nets were unable to organize an effective offense and defense to resist the Celtics' advancing pace.

Two years, in just two years, the Nets have gone from beating the Celtics to the Finals, and now watching their opponents become an insurmountable mountain.

Kidd still tries to keep his peace of mind, and although he is a grumpy guy, it is off the basketball court, where he is a calm, intelligent playmaker and defensive master. He knew that this was a series and maybe they would lose badly, but it was only the first game, and in a series, losing by 30 points was the same as winning by just one point.

No NBA superstar will give up until the series is over.

In the final stages of Game 1, Nets head coach Frank replaced the bench and announced the arrival of garbage time, and at 101:81, the Celtics won the first game of the semifinals with a 20-point victory and took the lead. And it looks like the Celtics didn't give it their all in the game.

Two days later, at North Shore Gardens, the second game between the two sides began, but it didn't look like there was much difference between this game and the Nets' opening game was even worse. Because in the Boston hotel, they received the traditional courtesy of Boston fans, and a series of activities such as fire harassment in the middle of the night, firecrackers outside the window, etc., caused the players to suffer a lot.

As a result, on the day of the game, the players' state was a little sluggish, and the Celtics playing at home were in high spirits, and the Nets were on the verge of collapse, falling behind by 20 points again in the first half, and almost had no way to fight back. Such a big hole really can't be filled if you want to, 111:89, another big defeat, the Celtics have a 2-0 lead, and they have taken a powerful step towards the sweep.

However, Kidd said in his post-game press conference: "The series has just begun, and I think we will have a better performance in New Jersey."

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On May 9, Leon traveled to New Jersey with the team, with a 2-0 lead, and this is the third time in three years that they have traveled to New Jersey in May, and Leon is already very familiar with the city just across the river from New York.

The Nets' home court is in East Rutherford County, which is not only part of New Jersey, but also a borough of New York, so the Boston Celtics are playing against New York teams for two consecutive rounds.

Because Boston is relatively close to New York, the whole team took a bus to the game venue, and when the bus entered New York, Leon saw the slogan "Wele-to-New-York, Go-to-Hell-Celtic" on a billboard next to the road.

And when the bus came to East Rutherford, the slogans erected by some fans on the side of the road were even more explicit, and Leon even saw his anime portrait hung on a telephone pole on the side of the road with paint spraying "get-over-yourself" (don't be presumptuous), apparently the idea that the Celtics and Leon wanted to sweep all the way angered fans in the New York area.

Now that the unassuming Knicks have been swept away, the New Jersey Nets will be the last hope to teach the Celtics a lesson. Media outlets across the New York area are hyping up Game 3, as if they look like the Nets will win the entire series as long as they win Game 3.

After arriving at the hotel, Leon issued a grounding order to the players, prohibiting the players from going to New Jersey at night to look for flowers and willows, after all, this is the territory of New York, the nightlife is colorful, Leon does not want the players to waste their physical strength on the belly of the New Jersey girl, and there is no strength to play on the Internet tomorrow.

'No slackness is allowed, we are the strongest team and we have to play at the best. When it's all over, I'll take everyone to Las Vegas for three days and three nights, and I'm the VIP there. ”

Leon told the players that Leon knew that in the long regular season, the players may need an entertainment spice, and when it comes to the sprint playoffs, it is very important to get a bang. He doesn't want the team to get into any lengthy entanglements, and the Celtics don't need such a qualifier to hone themselves, they have enough of them.

On the evening of May 10, match day, Leon and the players arrived early at the Continental Airlines Arena to begin their warm-up training. Before the game, Leon spent a few minutes observing the situation of the Nets players, and from the warm-up, he could feel that the Nets players were still very relaxed, after all, they were back at home, and falling behind 0:2 was not a desperate situation, as long as they won the third game, everything was possible.

As the start of the game got closer and closer, and the number of fans in the arena grew, Leon could sense the deep malice from the New Jersey fans, constantly booing him from behind, and some taunting slogans repeatedly appeared on the big screen in the center of the arena, which was a good show for the live director.

After a few years of hard work, Leon didn't care about it, and he brought the players together and gave the final advice before the game started, which was his habit, and he had to instill his ideas in the players, whether they could listen or not.

The referee for tonight's game is Dan Crawford, a black referee from Chicago, and Leon has not been very impressed with him. Leon's brain is so useful, he has a database of referees in his head, and every referee in every game knows all about Celtic's various decisions Leon, although the vast majority of referees are relatively fair, she is still able to screen out a few teams of Celtic's less friendly referees, and this Crawford is one of them.

Sure enough, after the game started, Arenas was whistled for a foul for the first time in the first quarter with the ball and broke through to the basket, and he pushed Kidd with his arm when he made a layup.

On the Nets' side, once the Celtics' offense isn't as ferocious, Kidd can spare more energy to organize the offense. Nets head coach Frank made an important adjustment tonight, which was to start Rodney Rodgers in place of Gittels, put Jefferson at the shooting guard position against Reed, and let Rodgers strengthen the Nets' backcourt rebounding protection.

It worked well in the first half, as the strong Rodgers effectively fended off the Celtics' outside rebounds, and Collins and Martin were as good as Garnett and Brown if it was a two-man matchup.

In the first half, with smooth ball transmission and good rebounding protection on the offensive end, the Nets, who collapsed in the first two games, bit the score - because on the Celtics' side, Pierce and Reed's offense was still unstoppable.

At 55:57, the Nets trailed the Celtics by two points at halftime, which undoubtedly gave the fans a shot in the arm, obviously the Nets have hope of killing the Celtics at home in this game, and the key is to see the third quarter.

At halftime, Leon looked at the team's stats and thought to himself about what kind of method to use to break down the Nets in the third quarter in order to hurt their self-esteem to the greatest extent. (To be continued.) )