As we all know, the NBA is a league that pays great attention to rules, and the rules here are not the official rules that are clearly stipulated in the NBA game manual, but the unwritten rules of the NBA.

As an ancient game with a history of 70 years, the NBA has long formed a large number of unwritten rules, which we can also call the unspoken rules of the NBA.

These unspoken rules have been passed down through the years and generations, and now they are deeply rooted and unbreakable. For example, the rookie of the team has to run errands for the veteran, for example, the MVP of the finals is usually awarded to the winner, for example, the team's boss will be the last to play in the opening game, for example, if the opponent's star player scores a goal in front of his own star player, then the side will create an anser ball opportunity for its own star player, etc.

There are many unspoken rules and knowledge in the NBA, and there are many unbreakable rules for garbage time. Among them, the most well-known ones are that neither side sends the main players in garbage time, and the lagging side will go to the bench first to show that they admit defeat; Everyone will collect and beat garbage time, and it is not allowed to deliberately brush data or call a pause; The team leading in garbage time won't play the last offense, the team behind won't deliberately foul, and so on.

So, to sum up, Roy's performance in the fourth quarter is actually against the unspoken rules of garbage time, and it is true that Roy is playing a home game in New York today, and if he is switched to the away game, he will be greeted with continuous and overwhelming boos.

Playing at home is so capricious, but the fans tolerate Roy, and it doesn't mean that the away team Celtics will buy it. Stevens was really angry when he saw Roy lead the team to nine consecutive points in one minute and fill half of the 18-point hole.

Why doesn't Roy know the rules? He blatantly killed all sides in garbage time, how can this tone be endured, but as the leading side, it doesn't seem appropriate to take the lead in replacing the main players on the field. After thinking about it, Stevens finally found a way to find a compromise, he decided to put Kyrie Irving on the court again, hoping to rely on Irving to control the game and drag the game to the end.

Owen is back, and Owen is back for the final showdown with Roy.

Previously, the two sides won separately, Roy beat Irving in the first quarter, and Irving also beat Roy in the second quarter, and now, these two super guards are about to really fight it out.

"Rookie, where did you hide just now, were you afraid of fighting me, so you hid? You know you can't beat me, do you? ”

With a second-quarter victory, Irving's confidence in Roy is now unabated.

Roy's response to Owen was nothing but a sneer.

Chasing 9 points in 3 minutes is not an impossible task, but if you are facing a team led by Irving, it may still be a little difficult, of course, that refers to Irving in a normal state.

I'm not sure about this Owen in front of me.

After returning to the court, Irving's competitive spirit was activated again, and his mind is now full of memories of his easy ravage of Roy in the second quarter, and taking Roy is not a problem at all.

Pretending to press down the time for a while, Owen went straight to Roy to kill, in the end he still cared more about defeating Roy, and singles was a thought that Owen couldn't suppress.

It's one-on-one again, and with the experience of the previous few times, Roy has learned to be smart this time, and he didn't stick to Owen right away.

Roy knows that it is unrealistic to completely guard against Irving with his current ability, and in fact, looking at the entire league, players who can defend against "Uncle Drew" one-on-one are almost rare. The best situation for himself and Irving to play alone is to form a mutual explosion, but this is very uneconomical for the lagging Knicks.

So as early as the beginning, Roy thought of a tactic to deal with Irving: let go and defend the break.

Like any other ball game, basketball has its own unique winning rules. "The closer you get to the basket, the higher the shooting percentage" is one of the earliest and most famous laws of basketball. It is precisely because of this law that basketball has been dominated by big men in the long history of history.

If you dominate the basket, you can dominate the game, which is why Olajuwon and Oden can beat Jordan and Durant to become the champions, and this is why everyone chooses to attack the basket when the game is at its closest.

Roy is quite aware of the basic laws on the basketball court, so he would rather give up winning or losing on the court than bet on Irving's hand.

Roy has a certain distance from Irving, and his move has said it all, I can let you Irving shoot, but the breakthrough is definitely not good.

How could Owen not be able to see Roy's thoughts, his pride was manifested in every cell in his body.

"Rookie, are you still afraid of my breakthrough, you finally admit it now, you can't prevent my breakthrough."

Owen was overjoyed, and Roy was silent. Roy chose to show weakness and chose to retreat, and although Irving couldn't hit the basket, he felt like he had won.

Since Roy let me shoot, I've got to show him how good my shooting skills really are.

After a few fancy dribbles in front of him, Irving took a direct shot from the three-point line, and the shot was very soft, Roy's interference was slow, and the ball went into the net, 116:105.

The margin was back to 11 points, and Roy looked up at the timer, and the clock was still 3 minutes.

Time was running out, Roy got the basketball and went straight to the Celtics' basket at full speed, and before the Celtics players were in position, Roy completed a close-to-close layup, 110:101.

"Rookie, do you know what you're doing? It seems that you really don't know the rules of the NBA, and you have to have no friends to play like this in garbage time, so no one on your team teaches you the rules. ”

"Shut up, there's no garbage time in my eyes." Roy finally spoke, his words angered Irving again, Irving took a shot against Roy, this time his shot was farther, and he hit a direct three-pointer, 119:107, the gap widened again to 12 points, and the time was 2 minutes and 43 seconds.

"Rookie, you will regret your words and deeds, you will know how stupid you are right away, today I will teach you a good lesson."

Irving kept chattering all the way, but Roy didn't care about Irving's feelings at all, he still got the ball and ran all the way to the Celtics penalty area, this time Irving was on guard, he stood up directly, but a magical scene happened.

Roy didn't continue to choose to break through, only to see him suddenly lower his center of gravity, send out an arched back, and his ass completely pressed against Owen, which is a standard low-post singles move.

Is Roy ready to eat big and small? In the final 3 minutes of the game, Roy chose to use his physical advantage to single Owen, but can this work? It's a technique that Roy has never used in the NBA.

Roy almost read the seconds to launch the offense, his movements did not drag the mud a little, two dribbles, the skinny Irving was pushed into the paint area, and then Roy directly turned over and shot, 119:109, with 2 minutes and 30 seconds left.

"Roy played the ball beautifully, and it's the standard back-to-back offensive move for an interior player. I remember saying at the beginning of the game that Roy's height and weight could eat Irving hard, and of course I didn't expect Roy to eat Irving hard in a low-post single. What do you think? Patrick (Ewing). ”

"Roy's movements are very standard, this is the standard offensive method of interior players, if I remember correctly, this should be the first time Roy has scored in this way this season, I have to sigh that Roy's learning ability is quite strong, and his future is limitless."

"Patrick (Ewing) said it well, but time is the Knicks' worst enemy right now, is Roy still in time? Oh...... Irving misses the shot, and it's an opportunity. ”

At the time of Fraser's commentary, Irving's three-point shooting missed, and with the experience of the first two successes, Irving's shooting became more and more chic, but it also became more and more casual, and he really missed.

Roy got the ball and launched a fast attack again, almost in the same position, in the same way, Roy won another low single Owen, but this time, the angry Owen also fouled.

The score was 119:111, with 2:02 left in the game, and Roy had a penalty.

"Irving, I really hope you can kill the game with your shot, I know your shot is not very accurate, if you are not afraid of eating hats, then you can come and single me out."

At the time of free throws, Roy did not forget to provoke Irving, he knew very well that with Irving's 44.8% shooting rate and 32.1% three-point shooting rate last season, it would not kill the game, as long as Irving chose to shoot waves, the opportunity would come back to him sooner or later.

Irving was really still wavering, and the angry Irving once again chose to shoot outside the three-point line, this time Roy's defense was quite in place, and his interference allowed Irving to hit the iron again.

The opportunity came, Roy hit the low post again, this time even Jerebko made up for it, but Roy was waiting for this reckless Swedish big man, he first pushed Owen, and then feintmed a little, Jerebko jumped up obediently, Roy took advantage of the situation to drill under the basket and made a layup, and by the way caused Jerebko's foul with body contact.

Another 2+1, the score has been chased to 119:114, there is still 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game time, and Stevens must ask for a timeout......

"If you lose this game, you're going to be nailed to the pillar of shame in Celtics' history, you know? Cheer me up, if you lose today, then you don't want to rest this Christmas holiday! ”

Stevens is on fire, although the current leader is still his Celtics, but an inexplicable embarrassment is coming to him, and this game is naturally very interesting for the Christmas game broadcast in the United States and even around the world. And when his team led by 18 points in the fourth quarter and had already put the game into "garbage time", it suddenly collapsed. This makes Stevens, a top young coach with high ambitions and want to lead the Celtics to win the championship, how can he endure it, if nothing else, if this game cannot be won, or in the end it is just a thrilling victory, then you can imagine how much media doubt he will endure.

So even if it's a little humiliating, even if it's a little helpless, Stevens has to replace the main players on the court. He knew very well that Hornacek on the other side would certainly do the same. In a 90-second game, with a 5-point difference plus 1 penalty, it's no longer clear whether you'll win or lose.

Winning or losing is now unclear, that's the opinion of almost everyone present, the fans are reinvigorated, and this kind of chasing points at a big disadvantage is more adrenaline pumping than a smooth game.

When Roy made a free throw, the audience shouted MVP in unison, and the momentum made all the players on the court couldn't help but be moved.

Roy hit a free throw, and at 119:115, the suspense of the game returned.

The main forces on both sides hurriedly came on the field after witnessing the great change just now, and they were also confused at this time, they actually played again, and they actually had to return to the court to play the last 90 seconds, but how can they return to the game after they have relaxed their bodies and minds?

It is indeed a big problem to tighten the nerves after slackening, and the Celtic team is facing this problem now, and when they were at the break just now, the team's main players have already discussed where to relax at Christmas. After sitting on the pitch for a few minutes, their bodies were cold, and now they are about to get back to the game, which is really difficult for a strong man.

This reluctance was immediately reflected on the court, and the Celtics, who wanted to play a success rate, handed the ball to Al Horford, the core of the interior, but the All-Star center wasted the chance to seal the win with an iron.

Roy grabbed the rebound, and the whole court was already boiling.

The clock was running fast and the hot blood of the fans was tumbling inside him, but Roy was slowing down at this point, and he was now chasing the success rate. There are still 4 points, 1 minute and 10 seconds, enough to play three rounds, as long as this attack is scored and can hold the opponent's attack, then there is a chance.

The Celtics' main players are back, as is the clingy Avery Bradley, and Roy has changed his tactics this time, passing the ball to Rose and then drilling inside with a head inside.

"What kind of play is this? Did Roy really play as an interior player? ”

When Roy leaned on the inside and stretched out his right hand, everyone was stunned, the standard card position asked for the ball, and the standard interior player asked for the ball.

Bradley was already stuck behind Roy, and Derrick Rose comprehended the ball and hoisted the ball inside, and Roy received it steadily.

How so? At this time, Bradley's heart was broken, compared to the body, only 188 cm tall, weighing just over 80 kilograms, how could he be the opponent of Roy, who was tall and strong, Roy actually changed his previous skilled outside offense, and turned to play inside, isn't this a clear bully.

started, Roy began to advance, although Roy's tonnage was not large, but his interior fundamentals looked very solid, and poor Bradley was completely crushed without even resistance. Roy was about to turn around, and Horford over there had already seen the opportunity, and he was holding back his strength to block Roy, but at this time, something unexpected happened again.

I saw that Roy didn't turn his body completely, his body was in a half-turned shape, his left hand was stuck in Horford, who came up to block, and his right hand held the ball lightly and stretched his arm, throwing a wonderful parabola.

It's a hook hand!

Roy actually used a hook shot to shoot, which is another latest technical move that Roy dedicates to everyone.

In front of the hook, Horford's defense was useless, and he stretched out his arms to reach Roy's ball, but instead knocked Roy down because he pressed too forward.

The basketball slowly glides across the sky, and in the eyes of everyone, the hollow passes through the basket and the ball goes in! The referee's whistle blew too! Roy causes another foul! Roy hit a 2+1 for the third time in a row!

"It's incredible, it's incredible, it's incredible." Brin shouted three times in a row, and it seemed that there was no other word to describe his mood at this time, "Oh my God, what did I see? It's a hook, right? Roy actually used a hook hand, I didn't dream it. ”

"That's right, Mike, you're not dreaming, I just pinched myself, it's true, Roy scored a shot with a hook hand, and Roy must have been possessed by Abdul-Jabbar in the fourth quarter. Or did he know that we had Patrick (Ewing) in here today, so he deliberately wanted to perform in front of Ewing? ”

"No, no, no, I don't have that much charisma, but it's great to see the almost extinct hook moves, and I thought that the players in the league now would only shoot brainlessly on the outside, and it's great that this real inside technique hasn't been lost."

There was a heated discussion in the live broadcast room, and Stevens on the court had to call another timeout.

"What the hell are you guys doing!" Stevens was going crazy, no, he was already crazy, and he didn't care that the broadcaster's microphone was on the side, and he just sprayed at several main players.

"You're playing like, tell me, how long has it been since you scored? How many points did you give Roy again? Do you deserve the green jersey on your body? ”

"Boss, I know we're not playing well, but the scouting report doesn't say that Roy will play inside offense, and he will hook hands." Poor Bradley told the truth, but he immediately got a bad scold for himself.

"Avery (Bradley), tell me, are you a robot? Won't you be able to improvise? That ball just now, you should go around the front and defend, don't give Roy a chance to catch the ball, do you think you can carry Roy with your body? ”

Stevens spent almost half of the timeout venting his anger, and it wasn't until the timeout was running out that he laid out the offensive tactics for the next ball, "handing the ball to Kyrie [Irving]."

Giving the ball to Irving, this is the last tactic of the Celtics, and it is not a tactic, and there is an unwritten rule for any team: when the game is deadlocked, let the team's boss solve the problem.

Stevens' words are both a trust in Irving's ability and a frustration to the current team. When it comes to key shots, no one in the Celtics can play Irving's right, he is a real big heart, the league's top key ball man.

Irving loves that feeling of being in control of the game, of the team's life and death, and it makes him look great, like the game-winning three-pointer that won the championship last season, which made Irving the biggest topic of conversation this summer.

"Rookie, have you ever heard a proverb? The best laugh is the one who can laugh last, and I'm going to end you now. ”

When Roy made free throws, Irving also used his mouth cannon to cheer himself up.

Roy's free throw hit a solid shot, and with 50 seconds left in the game, the Knicks chased the score to just one point!

The next ball was the winner, and Irving was ready, and to the boos of the New York fans in the stadium, he counted the time and began to dribble. Attack the basket when you have a chance, make a foul if you don't have a chance, and plan for the worst to make a mid-range shot.

Irving got on the move, his trademark cross-step dribble, dazzling footwork, and Irving was sure to attack on his own, and Roy knew that quite well. He had to thank Dr. Carter, at least for now, his physical strength had remained at a normal level, which gave him a chance to fight Owen to the death, but what about Owen? Wouldn't Irving, who had been playing for 36 minutes, feel tired?

Physical strength is the key to determining the final outcome of the game.

Owen was really tired, and now he and Roy were in the opposite direction of the second quarter, with Roy being physically strong and Owen being at the bottom. But Irving has never been the kind of player who will use fatigue as an excuse, he still chooses to attack on his own, and in the face of Roy's all-out defense, Irving's two breakthrough attempts were unsuccessful.

With no time left, Owen saw that the number on the timer was about to change from 2 to 1, so he had to take a step back and barely make a move.

"Rebounding!" As soon as Owen made a shot, he shouted, the ball was short.

Standard iron, the Knicks were in a panic in the restricted area, the basketball flew sideways in the air, and after a few plucks, he was finally held in the arms of Porzingis.

The Knicks immediately called a timeout, and with 24 seconds left on the game time, it was a standard shut-out opportunity.

"Roy, I need you to kill the game."

"Yes, I will."

There wasn't much tactical set-up, and Hornacek was well aware that Roy must have had an idea himself, and playing key shots was not only Irving's forte, but also Roy's specialty, and he had a big heart like Irving. Hornacek didn't say much more than to constantly encourage his players and remind them of the tactical arrangements for scoring and not scoring.

Roy will dominate the game, that's everyone's belief.

The final confrontation was for every inch of land, and the Celtics' interference began when Roy received the ball, Bradley frantically pestered Roy, and Noah and Porzingis made two covers in a row to let Roy barely get the basketball.

Then it's a matter of waiting, the players on the court seem to be still, and everyone is looking at the timer, 20 seconds, 19 seconds, 18 seconds......

Nervousness was written all over the faces of all the players in the stadium, and the crowd chanted "MVP", which was both a relief and a belief that the MVP would lead them to win the game.

There was also silence in the live broadcast room, until the timer reached 6 seconds, and Roy's footsteps moved.

Victory or defeat in one move, when Roy was just about to take a step, Irving suddenly launched a pinch attack, this is the defensive tactics that Coach Stevens has just arranged, even if he lets Rose go, he must prevent Roy, and Roy must not be given a chance to attack, anyone in the Knicks can attack, but Roy can't.

But Roy was also prepared for this situation, he took a step back and half turned around to deceive Owen, and then turned back sharply, breaking through in the direction of Owen, and Owen, who was rushing forward with his center of gravity, did not have time to brake, and was rushed by Roy from his side.

With only 4 seconds left, Bradley was still chasing after him, Amir Johnson on the inside also made up for it, and Roy quickly sank his shoulders and accelerated past the bearded man again.

Roy has one foot in the paint, and the Celtics' two big interior linemen, Olynyk and Horford, pounce together, this is their turf, and Roy will never be allowed to go wild here.

As soon as the two big men on the left and the right stood forward and closed the door, all Roy's forward routes disappeared, but Roy didn't seem to be ready to kill under the basket, only to see him move sideways in two steps, facing the basket sideways, still with his left hand in front of him, and his right hand from the back of his head.

It's still a hook hand, or a hook hand that people can't defend.

In the encirclement of Bradley, Johnson, Olynyk, and Horford, Roy's hook shot was shot.

The time on the timer went up to 1 second, and the basketball in Roy's hand flew into the air, which would be a life-or-death ball.

"Nice arcs." Ewing in the live broadcast room sighed, the fans on the scene jumped up, the referee blew a whistle, the ball went into the net, and the game died suddenly......