Chapter 142: The Big Three
The Celtics are one of the two top giants in NBA history and the team with the most championships in the NBA.
The Celts have seen countless well-known personalities, Auerbach, Bill Russell, Larry Bird, ....... Like the Lakers, the Celtics are the most important flag in the NBA.
Like the gently flowing Charles River, the Boston Celtics trace back to the '40s, and they have been dormant for 20 years since their last rise, which is too much for a team with 16 championship flags.
So when the Big Three get together, for their own ideals, and for the belief of all the fans here.
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In the evening, the Arena of the Wajovia Center.
Ray Allen, Garnett, and Pierce looked up, and with the opening ceremony, their eyes revealed a sense of determination and confidence.
The fire was shining and the fans were making loud noises.
There are really a lot of fans at the Celtics, and the green is especially noticeable in the sea of white fans, like duckweed.
Wang and Doug Rivers shake hands before the game.
Doug Rivers is a very proud person, even if Wang wins the title of best coach tomorrow, in his eyes, it is not surprising, and even follows his heart and directly speaks ugly words,
"Coach Wang, I really envy your luck, you can become a head coach at a young age, and you have a group of talented young players to help you get the best coach."
When Wang Tomorrow heard this, he was unhappy in his heart, pulled down his face, and snorted, "Doug, I'll see what you have to do, don't waste such a good lineup and years of the Big Three!" ”
"You!"
Rivers glared angrily, he wanted to mention his juniors, how did he know that Wang would be so faceless tomorrow, and he would really think that he was the best coach in the NBA?
The two parted unhappily and returned to the bench to prepare for the final play.
When the coaches are like this, the players are more competitive.
76ers starters: Iverson, Saflosa, Iguodala, Gasol and Delham Porter.
Celtics starters: Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pearce, Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins.
TNT's guest commentators, this one is Hubby Brown and Bill Wharton.
Hubby Brown is a former Grizzlies coach who became the NBA's best coach in 1978 and '04, while Bill Wharton is one of the NBA's top 50 superstars, winning NBA championships in 1977 and 1986, one of the few supergiants in Clippers history.
Although Hubby Brown is in his 70s, he is in good spirits, and when he saw the two teams fighting, he opened his mouth to praise it as the battle of the century.
"Both teams have more than 60 wins in the regular season, both have championship-caliber quality, and the Eastern Conference showdown is destiny."
"It's been a tough game for the Celtics, and they haven't lost the first game of the series at home since Wang took over tomorrow."
Bill Wharton nodded in agreement and turned over the regular season record of the two teams, "The 76ers led 3-1 in the regular season, which is also a change for the psychology of the two teams. But the Celtics are seasoned veterans, and I'm sure they'll be better suited to Philadelphia's away game. ”
With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.
Garnett jumped the ball as a power forward, with an ape-like arm span and bounce, and superman-like reaction speed, beating Durham Porter and jumping to win the kickoff.
Grasping the first wave of active attack, Rajon Rondo took the ball and quickly slapped it on the ground.
Subsequently, the audience resounded with shouts of "defense" and "defense".
Rajon Rondo was a rookie in '06, the 21st pick in the first round at the time, a draft pick from the Suns, and was later traded to the Celtics, now in his second season.
When he first entered the league, Rondo didn't look like a point guard, couldn't shoot, the organization was average, the breakthrough was average, except for the steady ball control and the defensive skills brought by the long arm, there was simply no advantage, and the court often became the object of others' emptying, that is, on the basis of empty shooting, his three-point shooting rate was only 20 percent, which did not meet the NBA standard at all.
As a result, the Celtics reshuffled the cards, and a group of young people with great potential were traded, leaving him as the only young seed among the youngsters, growing up under the three big brothers.
Rondo slowly learned to organize, focus on defense on the court, and although he still doesn't have a basket, he is also very characteristic.
At least this ghost hand dribble, Iverson can't break it.
Rondo stretched out his right hand to command, and soon found Ray Allen who came out of his pocket, and came around from the flank, he measured the pass in advance, and Ray Allen had just had space and immediately received the ball.
Ray Allen was overjoyed, and with the shooter's intuition, he felt that Saflosa was not chasing and was blocked by the covering Perkins.
He catches the ball, turns, jumpers in the air, shoots like a gun, and shoots quickly.
Dalem Potter couldn't pounce, and this momentary hesitation gave Ray Allen a near-empty chance.
"Huh!"
The cold-faced shooter did not change his face, and directly hit a three-pointer that pierced the 76ers' Nets.
Wang Mingming's face changed, the three points of this gentleman's sword were really terrible, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about Saflosa's defense, and it was the hardest to keep an eye on this kind of shooter who ran all over the court.
The Celtics' dismount was powerful, and the momentum in the entire stadium changed.
At this time, Iverson held the ball, at the top of the arc, and beckoned Pau Gasol to block the pick-and-roll.
This is a different change from the previous round, the moment Iverson broke through with the ball, the Celtics decisively pinched Iverson, Garnett and Rondo, four super long arms, waving like an octopus, too scary, even Iverson was also taken aback, leaned down, and lowered his center of gravity to accelerate.
A pass came around and gave it to Pau Gasol.
Gasol catches the ball, turns, rolls over and hooks!
At this time, there was Perkins in front of him, but a black shadow flew from the side, and as soon as the long arm came out, he "snapped" and slapped off the basketball he had just hooked out.
The basketball flew to the wing and was caught just in time by Pierce.
Garnett!
No. 5 showed his cold and deadly fangs, and this help defense, from covering Iverson to blocking Gasol's shot, Garnett's shadow was everywhere, and this pace of footwork was probably not below Iguodala and other outside players at all.
Pierce is a traditional scorer who dribbles quietly across the halfcourt.
Then, dribbling under the crotch, facing Iguodala to poke out his shoulder and pretend to break through, seeing that Iguodala was unmoved, he redistributed it to Rondo, who had just crossed the halfway line.
The Celtics held steady and reorganized the attack.
Between one attack and one defense, it has already shown extremely strong combat power.......