Chapter 47: The Soul and the Leader

There were 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter. With Ray Allen shaking off Korver's outside 3-pointer, the two sides were tied at 90:90.

The best player in the game was Ray Allen, who had shot 10-of-17 so far, including 6-of-11 three-pointers and 3-of-4 free throws, scoring a game-high 29 points. Korver is a good height, but he doesn't move fast.

Although Lei Allen is not young, his physical fitness has not declined, his speed is still the same as before, and he will often play the scene of fast attack and violent dunk. So Korver is always more out of Ray Allen's footsteps, and although Ruhrdeng and Ross make up for it, they always take care of one or the other.

If it weren't for Chen Shu's running awareness not as good as Korver, he would have played double point guards a long time ago, saying that he was a double point guard, but the ball was still concentrated in Rose's hands.

The game has been very anxious, the score has risen alternately, and no side has ever led by a big score, but this has nothing to do with Chen Shu, because in the second half of the game, although both teams have made several substitutions, Chen Shu has been sitting on the bench.

In this game, Thibodeau attaches great importance to it, and he trusts Rose more than Chen Shu. And neither side has found a way to effectively restrain the other, and Thibodeau does not want to take any chances.

With 3 minutes left in the game, Thibodeau called a timeout and replaced Korver with Chen Shu, although he suffered a little in height, at least he could keep up with Ray Allen's footsteps and not let him receive the ball easily, let alone easily qualify for the point guard.

"Chen, what you have to do now is to stick to Ray Allen tightly and not let him easily get an open 3-point opportunity. Pair up with Rose on the offensive end and play to your advantage in outside shooting. "Before going on the field, Thibodeau admonished.

In the last 3 minutes, in the round of the Green Army, Rondo controlled the ball and looked for opportunities, and the Green Shirts began to cooperate tactically, Pierce came to make a block for Rondo, and the Bulls immediately changed defenses.

After the pick-and-roll, Rondo dribbled and broke through in an attempt to disrupt the Bulls' release. At this point, Pierce retreated to outside the 3-point line, attracting the outside defense, Garnett moved to the high post, and the interior was pulled by Rondo. Chen Shu kept chasing Ray Allen, the opportunity was not very good, Rondo pretended to make a layup, and decisively stuffed the ball to Garnett. The latter hit a mid-range jumper.

90:92。

The Celtics, who have the Big Three, have a lot of tactics, and Pierce can play alone, be good at mid-range, and shoot accurately from the outside. Ray Allen, fast break, top outside shooting. Garnett is also good at mid-range, inside offense, and has good footwork, and can even dribble from the outside to the basket with agility. Trying to limit 3 people at the same time is obviously futile.

Switching offense, Rose dribbled the ball non-stop, did not stop the ball, took advantage of the chaos to pass Rondo, relied on Bath by inertia to turn around, threw directly and hit.

92:92。

Yibian fought again, the Green Army was very high, Ray Allen took Chen Shu to rush the defense, Noah was also taken away from the penalty area by Garnett, Rondo stood and hoisted the ball directly to Garnett, Garnett held the ball to attract the Bulls, and quickly transferred the ball to Bass at the free throw line.

At this time, the Bulls' defense was already a bit chaotic, many people crossed, Bass did not stop the ball, immediately passed, to the outside Pierce, Pierce raised his hand to make a three-point shot, and Ruer Deng next to him hurriedly interfered. That's when Pierce retracted his hand and broke through the defense.

At this time, the basket was already empty, and Pierce burst into 3 big steps, facing the empty penalty area, and directly split the dunk with one hand.

92:94。

Jumping off the basket, Pierce looked at the bulls who had just arrived under the basket with a blank face, and made a pose to show off his pectorals. Although his face was expressionless, his eyes had already expressed his inner thoughts.

See, I'm not old yet, I can still play my own energy.

Thibodeau, who was on the sidelines, yelled at everyone on the field

"Pay attention to defense, change defense after blocking and dismantling, and pay attention to co-defense"

The home crowd gave their own cheers and screams.

In the audience, a bearded fan who had just returned from going to the toilet looked at the excited crowd and asked his 13- or 4-year-old son next to him

"Tatum, what I'm missing"

"Oh my God, Dad, let you hold on, just now the leather team staged a scene of breaking through the defense and splitting the dunk with one hand, haha, Dad, look at Pierce's cool expression,"

"Haha, you're going to be so cool in the future."

"Of course, I'm going to get into the NBA and I'm going to be like Pierce."

"Eun, come on, I'm sure that day will come"

Chen Shu looked at the domineering Pierce, his heart was full of envy, thinking about when he could become the core of the team, have unlimited ball possession, and play his own game.

The game was still 2 minutes, Rose came with the ball, the old tactics, played to their advantages, and continued to break through, but this time the Celtics learned a lesson, after Rose broke through, quickly 2 people wrapped up, tight defense, Rose lost his passing vision, almost missed, fortunately Lu Erdeng came to support, picked up the basketball.

There was no defense around him, a mid-range jumper, a little shorter, and the basketball was bounced above Rondo and Rose, and Rondo grabbed the basketball first with a pair of big hands.

Ruhrdeng is the Bulls' longest-averaging player, averaging nearly 40 minutes this season, which is also Thibodeau's penchant for using a dead starter. In this game, Ruhrdeng has been playing for more than 39 minutes, and his physical strength is indeed a little unsustainable, and he did not hit the empty mid-distance.

After Rondo got the basketball, he organized the offense and passed the ball to Ray Allen, as soon as the ball was in hand, Chen Shu had already put on a defensive posture, and Ray Allen jumped to look at Chen Shu, these two Chen Shu have been sticking to him like kraft candy, if he is full of physical strength, it will not be like this. He also played 38 minutes in this game.

The experienced Ray Allen did not shoot a direct jumper, after all, it is the last 1 minute and 40 seconds, and every shot is crucial.

"Aaron, you are my idol, I like your big heart and precise three points the most" Chen Shu delusionally interfered with Lei Allen. However, there was no response.

Lei Allen raised his hand and shook it, and immediately broke through, Chen Shu was still a little worse in strength, and was squeezed away by Lei Allen with his arm in concealment, and broke through with Chen Shu on his head. It was too late to estimate that the chest that was a little painful to be pushed up, Chen Shu used the defensive sliding step and kept half of his body sticking to Lei Allen.

Seeing Chen Shu who was working hard in front of him, he found that this kid's defensive skills didn't seem to be lost to himself. Suppress the appreciation, pass the ball to me outside the 3-point line, and reorganize.

There are 10 seconds left on the offensive clock and 1 minute and 26 seconds left in the game. As the clock ticked by, Rondo didn't find a good opportunity. This is Pierce's request, there is not much time left at this time, and it is given directly to Pierce.

There was no time left to attack, and Pierce stepped up to take responsibility. Ruhrdeng played with a 12-point spirit, and he also knew that in the final seconds, Pierce would definitely attack on his own.

The outside line crosses and shakes, and in the last 2 seconds, move a big step to the right, pull up and throw. And the interference of Ruhr Deng is also in place. It stands to reason that the timing of this shot is not good, it is just a strong shot without time.

But that's the beauty of the NBA, and anything magical happens.

The 3-pointer hit the whistle and hit the board.

92:97。 There is 1 minute and 16 seconds left.

The audience at the "Truth, Truth, Truth" scene went crazy, and for two consecutive rounds, Pierce shot inside and out, and at the critical moment, scored 5 points in a row. If Garnett's passion is the soul of the Celtics, then Pierce is the true leader who can take responsibility in key moments.

At this time, the arena is like a flat boat, rising and falling in the sound waves created by the audience. Pierce, on the other hand, is the helmsman who controls the direction of the race.