Chapter 146: Internal and External Dual-Core Display
Tyrek faced Bradley, Bradley has a good core strength, good defensive options, although it is only the second year of his career, and the first season of his career did not get many opportunities, but this season Bradley has done everything he can in his playing time, and he can play the first and second positions to fill the vacancy of Rondo and Allen's absence.
However, against Tyrek, Bradley obviously needs a long time to grow, Tyreck's height and reach have obvious advantages, coupled with his unsolvable dribbling, whether it is a breakthrough or hitting Bradley with his body back, it is a piece of cake. Although Bradley worked hard enough on the court, he was inexperienced after all, and Tyreck's physical talent was too perverted on the back line, and Bradley was beaten continuously.
After all, the Celtics are a seasoned team, seeing that Bradley's single defense Tyreic is completely at a disadvantage, he immediately arranged a targeted defensive strategy, if Terrick chooses to shoot from a medium and long distance, Bradley can interfere with it, once Tyrek chooses to break through, Pietrus, who comes on as a substitute for Pierce, will inevitably step forward to help defend, which is exactly the same as defending Tyreic in the first half.
However, the Celtics' second team is not good for Tyreck's defense, without the sense of pressure in the second quarter, on the one hand, the ability of the bench players is poor, on the other hand, although Garnett, the core of the Celtics' defense, is still on the court, but perhaps for physical reasons, his obvious defense is not as good as in the first half, coupled with Tyreek's determination on the offensive end, which makes Tyrek cause a lot of trouble for the Celtics.
During this time, with Tyrek as the offensive starting point, the Kings beat the Celtics 12-5, Tyrek scored 7 points in 2 minutes, narrowing the score gap to close to single digits in one fell swoop. Rivers hurriedly called a timeout.
Tyrek walked off the court, and the players on the bench excitedly stepped forward to high-five him, Tyrek sat down to take a big sip of water, and Coach Westafal stood in front of everyone with a tactical board.
"Playing very well, the Celtics' second lineup is obviously a lot worse than the main force in terms of hard power, and then they will inevitably replace the main force again, everyone will continue to perform before, after the opponent's main force comes up, the defensive end will inevitably suffer more pressure, strengthen the man marking, and at the same time actively run on the offensive end to create space for Terek!"
At the same time, Heinsohn and German on the commentary stage were also talking fiercely.
"Tom, in the past two or three minutes, the Kings have suddenly pulled the score closer, and the team's second team has obviously not withstood the Kings' offensive ......"
As a legendary figure in the history of the Green Army, Heinsohn's face was obviously not very good at this time, but the old man still pretended to be calm and said: "No way, you also know Terek. Evans' individual ability, his breakthrough is also a rare opponent in the league, but Avery has tried his best, and his single defense ability is still not enough to limit Terek. Evans, however, also has to do with the team's lack of energy on the offensive end, allowing the Kings to focus most of their energy on offense, and after this timeout, the starting lineup should be back on the court......
As everyone expected, Allen and Pierce returned to the court one after another, but Garnett, who has only rested for 2 minutes so far, was replaced, and the current lineup of the Celtics is Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Bass, Greg. Stiensma.
After Garnett went off the court, the Celtics focused on the outside defense, using Rondo as the defensive arrow, using three-two defense to limit Tyreck, and at this time, Cousins, the Kings' number one offensive point on the inside, finally recovered!
Cousins took the initiative to ask Tyrek for the ball in the low post, and the Celtics' defensive attention was all focused on Tyreck, Cousins played two consecutive sluggish games, and Cousins also did not play a good performance in the first half of the game, and the Celtics did not put much defensive energy into Cousins.
Tyrek is well aware of Cousins' strength, the player's sluggish state is inevitable, not to mention the return from injury, this time requires self-adjustment and self-testing on the field, Cousins took the initiative to ask for the ball, which shows his attitude on the field, Tyrek did not hesitate to give the ball to Cousins.
Cousins faced the undrafted Stiensma in 08, held the ball with his back, and after holding his waist a little, he directly used his left foot as the axis, turned his back and threw a jumper!
Cousins' size and height, as long as he can maintain a good balance, his lean is basically impossible to be disturbed, not to mention that it is Steensma who is defending him, a lonely and unknown person, Stiensma barely reacted, Cousins has already completed the shot!
Hit! Cousins played his first individual singles of the tournament!
Tyrek and Cousins high-fived each other, and from Cousins' fierce eyes, Tyrek could tell that Cousins' state was back!
Then Cousins continued to ask for the ball to look for single opportunities, with height and weight, interior skills and mid-to-long distance, once Cousins found his offensive state, he was a real inside killer! Against an interior defender, Cousins has a thousand ways to put the ball in the basket!
At this time, Cousins on the field was like air in front of Cousins, completely blown up, Bass changed defenses, and the strength was enough, but the height disadvantage made him a background board under Cousins's offensive skills!
Cousins scored 6 points in a row with a back-to-back and two face-frame singles, which made the Celtics have to pay attention to it, realizing that they can't give Cousins an easy chance to play alone, and when Cousins asks for a single again, the Celtics' help defense begins to increase, and that's what the Kings want, because they still have Tyreck!
Cousins held the ball in a high position, posing three threats while observing the situation on the field, Tyrek slipped the bottom line without the ball and ran position, standing between Cousins and Tyrek Rondo chased Tyrek while focusing part of his attention on Cousins, he knew that once Cousins forced Stiensma, Stiensma would definitely not be able to prevent Cousins, and at this moment Cousins also made a breakthrough feint to the left, Rondo hurriedly stepped forward to wrap up, Cousins made a hidden ground pass to give the ball to Tyreck, The unmarked Tyrek made an easy layup!
By this time, the Kings had narrowed the gap to just 4 points! The Celtics were forced to call a timeout again!
"Tom, there are four minutes left until the end of the third quarter, and the team's 17-point advantage is chased to only four points......" German said anxiously.
Heinsohn looked equally serious, "Hmm...... Tyrek. Evans and DeMarcus. Cousins, both of which can attract the internal and external implosion points of the bag, and the two of them firing at the same time is indeed a loss for the other...... Evans, who has been in the league for three years, can already be regarded as a first-list star, and Cousins has also shown the potential of a super all-round center, and the future of this young combination is limitless......