Garnett's help defense is historic, and despite his age, he remains the biggest barrier for the Celtics' defense.

After he was beaten, the Celtics' defensive rotation slowed down significantly.

Don't underestimate this, if it's slow, it means that there is a time difference in offense and defense, and the Cavaliers' interior line will be opened up with a combination.

Paul and Yao Ming continued to burst with the ball, Green and Carter fired continuously from the outside, and Artest's rush, the defensive system that the Celtics relied on to survive finally began to collapse.

Unlike previous matches, the morale of this unstoppable attack was devastating, and even the offense with the Celtics began to crumble, and Rondo's organization eventually turned into Pierce's individual singles.

17 to 10.

23 to 11.

32 to 16.

By the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers' lead had reached as much as 16 points, the largest margin of the first quarter in the series.

"Come on! Boston! ”

The fans at the scene were unwilling to accept this result, and after the start of the second quarter, they took the initiative to cheer for the home team.

In the midst of this cheering, the Celtics launched a Jedi counterattack and narrowed the gap to 10 points.

When the main players of the two sides returned, Paul took the ball to the front court and played Garnett, and in the face of the Celtics' contraction, he pulled it outside the three-point line and began to play.

The mid-range after two throws, and the kill of one breakthrough.

Garnett was beaten again before the second quarter was finished.

The two fouls in the first quarter were snowballing, and the Cavaliers were getting bigger and bigger with that.

In the end, Garnett made 6 fouls in less than half of the fourth quarter of the series, and the Cavaliers always maintained the initiative on the court, and finally defeated the Celtics 103-79, stretching the series to 3-1.

On the Cavaliers' side, Paul hit 26 points and 16 assists in super luxury data, Yao Ming also scored 24 points and 10 boards, three-pointers, Green 3, Carter 3, Battier 2, the Cavaliers made 12 three-pointers in the whole game, which is not much, but a total of 17 shots and 12 shots, it is not an exaggeration to say that it was completely shot.

On the Celtics side, Pierce scored 31 points, and Garnett only played 23 minutes, scoring 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 6 fouls on 5-of-7 shooting.

The Cavaliers' strategy worked perfectly.

Breaking the Celtics' interior barrier, the Green Shirts' defensive system and their tenacity were all broken.

"Incredible adjustment, Tang Tian is worthy of the name of god-level coach!"

"Refresh the cognition, Tang Tian proved that the role of a coach can be as great as a superstar!"

"It's not a joke, whoever wins Tang Tian wins the championship!"

……

The anxious matchup situation, because the tactical adjustment once again turned into a one-sided game, and the media's praise of Tang Tian came to a peak.

"The Green Shirts never knew what a loss was." On the verge of elimination, Rondo stood up in front of the media to speak out.

Just two days after the end of the competition, a very interesting scene happened.

The Celtics had a 2-day fully closed training session.

The series seems to have become a turn-based game, with the Cavaliers finishing their ultimate, and the Celtics starting to accumulate CDs.

The fifth leg of the series returned to Cleveland, and the score of 3-1 also brought the game to match point.

“…… Coach, are you worried? "During pre-game training, a reporter talked about the Celtics' closed training and then asked such questions.

"Worried? No, I'm not worried, not at all. Tang Tian said very indifferently, he seemed to have slowly adapted to this feeling of pretending to be forced now.

In the previous life, in fact, the Warriors also used this style of play, superstars broke through, and then various three-pointers on the outside were ambushed, and suddenly you had to wrap or shrink, and you doubted life when you shot quickly.

In a way, this style of play is insolvable except for the defensive rotation of teams of the same level.

The Celtics, who were not on the court, were clearly not in that range.

That night, Game 5 between the Cavaliers and Celtics officially kicked off in Cleveland.

Reeves showed his tweaks by removing Stiensma and putting Bass back into the starting line-up, which was to hide Garnett in the No. 5 position and leave Bass to face more of the impact.

However, Tang Tian was obviously not stupid, he asked Yao Ming to pull out to block and continue to let Paul against Garnett.

Bath is only 2.03m tall and while moving better than Steensma, he has much less defensive coverage and interior barrier.

And the bigger problem is Yao Ming, Yao Ming has an advantage over Garnett, and playing Bass in a misplaced position is the same as playing a defender.

As a result, Garnett fouled less, but the Celtics' interior defense collapsed faster.

In addition, Garnett did not dare to foul easily, and the original copper wall was directly beaten into a sieve.

121-92, the Cavaliers played a hearty offense, beating the Celtics by 29 points, and thus eliminated the opponent 4-1 and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.

Yao Ming had 30 points and 12 rebounds, Paul contributed 22 points and 15 assists, Carter hit six three-pointers to finish with 21 points and six rebounds, and the Cavaliers shot 18 of 30 three-pointers.

On the Celtics side, Pierce had 23 points and 5 boards, Garnett had 24 points and 6 boards, Ray Allen had 16 points, and the three elders also fought until the last minute.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers players and fans were celebrating wildly.

And several cores of the Celtics also reacted fiercely.

Rondo didn't attend the handshake with the Cavaliers and left the game angrily as soon as the game was over.

Garnett and Pierce had some red circles under their eyes, especially the elder Garnett, who was still standing on the edge of the court after the handshake, staring blankly at the scoreboard above his head.

From the league's No. 1 forward, the "Wolf King" to the Boston Big Three, to the likely disintegration this summer, he has spent his entire career working hard for the championship and doing everything for the championship.

But now it seems that he, like many historical legends, is destined to miss out on the championship.

After Tang Tian and his teammates hugged, they saw Garnett still standing there in a daze, and there was some feeling in his heart.

Like the four quarterbacks, legendary power forwards such as Garnett and Nowitzki have accompanied him for a lot of time in his previous life.

He took the initiative to walk over and tapped Garnett on the shoulder.

"There's next season, isn't it? You've done your best, and as an opponent, I'll give you full marks for your performance. Tang Tian smiled and encouraged Garnett.

"Thank you." Garnett took a deep breath and hugged Tang Tian.

"I also believe in the coach, you will win another championship." After hugging, Garnett also said from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, between him and Tang Tian, they were rivals who cherished each other.

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