Chapter 562: The Old Man Talks About Teenage Madness
When the basketball fell into the hoop, the entire Time Warner Center arena was boiling, and the players on the bench were shouting and rushing to the court to celebrate the victory with their teammates. Chang Wei breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines, he knew that it would not be easy to beat Celtic, even if this was their home stadium, but the next game should be even more difficult.
After Chang Wei told Jackson about his concerns, the latter smiled and said, "If we can win one game, can't we win the second game in a row?" This is our territory, and I'm going to make those guys pay! ”
Jackson looked like his team was now 3-0 ahead, leaving Chang Wei speechless. This good friend of mine is doing a good job in many aspects, but his easy expansion is his biggest shortcoming, not even one of them. It's hard for him to imagine how an inflated manager can lead the team to continue to beat this Celtic team, should he be reminded?
Soon Chang Wei found that his reminder basically didn't help, and the whole of Charlotte was crazy about the Bobcats' first division final victory in history, making Chang Wei almost think that the team had won the championship. For such an atmosphere, Chang Wei said that he couldn't help it, and it would be good if he could continue to win, but losing the game might cool down their heads.
In fact, Chang Wei's worries became a reality at the beginning of the second game, but no one expected that the first to break out was actually the old captain of the Celtics, Pierce. Since joining Boston in 1998 as the No. 10 pick, Pierce has quickly become the star of the Celtics, even if the team has become a bullying man.
Pierce's scoring skills aren't flashy, and it's hard to attract fans like Kobe, Iverson, James and Maddy, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have a strong scoring prowess, and he scored 50 points in a single game in 2005-06. Angie's trades for Ray Allen and Garnett did take the pressure off Pierce a lot, but the team still needed him when it mattered.
In order to help the team equalize the score, Pierce played like he was a young man from the first offensive time of the Celtics in the first quarter. Tentative step breakaways, pull-up jumpers, back-to-back singles, and strong three-point shots, Pierce has no match in front of him, and his performance makes it hard to believe that he is past his prime, and he has two superstar teammates around him.
The other four Celtics players were very tacit in their hands on Pierce, with Garnett and Perkins covering him, Ray Allen opening up space for him and Rondo feeding him cannonballs. Pierce didn't disappoint his teammates either, scoring the Celtics' first 10 points of the game and helping the team get off to a perfect 15-5 start.
Ariza was supposed to be in charge of defending Pierce, but the two were too far apart in terms of weight, and Pierce's ass also largely prevented Ariza from stealing the basketball in his hand. So Ariza could only watch as Pierce scored back-to-back points in front of him, and the worst part was that he picked up two fouls just over halfway through the first quarter and had to be substituted off for the break. He was replaced by Chandler, a rookie who could compete with Pierce in terms of physicality, but he was still too inexperienced, and he was not a full-time defender, so he could only let Pierce score easily.
At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats trailed by 12 points, 25-37, and the most critical factor was that Pierce scored 16 points in a single quarter. That's not the Celtics' usual style of play, and they didn't score too much of their own when limiting their opponents' scoring, but because Pierce was on fire, they were able to score nearly 40 points in the first quarter.
Jackson didn't have a good idea of what to do with Pierce, he could only try to cut the connection between this guy and his teammates. Pierce's scoring momentum would have been terrifying, and if he gets his teammates up and running, God knows what will happen. So when arranging the tactics, Jackson emphasized that in the second quarter, he continued to let Pierce hold the ball alone, and only let him play alone, and not let him pass the ball to his teammates, especially Garnett and Ray Allen, which should be able to reduce the scoring efficiency of the Celtics.
It's the easiest way to target a single-core team, and now the Celtics look like a single-core team, with Pierce alone taking over almost half of the team's scores. Jackson's thoughts are normal, but Chang Wei is not very optimistic, and Pierce's physical strength is not enough to survive the first half, even if the Bobcats players are fighting against him anytime and anywhere.
Pierce added another 11 points in the second quarter and didn't score more points mainly because the Bobcats had a hard time severing the connection between him and his teammates. It's true that Pierce is a small forward, but his passing is still of a certain level, and he's not the kind of star who likes to play from start to finish, and he's still willing to pass the ball whenever his teammates are in space.
Pierce's strong play gave the Celtics a 14-point lead over the Bobcats at halftime, 66-52, and the scariest thing was that he didn't look tired yet, and it seemed like he could do it again in the second half. This made Jackson feel very helpless, superstar basketball is like this, if you can't prevent it, then you can only pray to God.
Obviously, the prayers of the Bobcats failed to move God, and in the second half, Pierce's form did not decline significantly, and he himself seemed to be red-eyed, making decisive shots whenever he had the opportunity, as long as he shot most of the time, while Garnett and Perkins were trying to grab rebounds on the inside, trying to get the lost ball back and organize the offense.
By the end of the third quarter, Pierce had scored 42 points and helped the Celtics lead by 15 points, thanks to a couple of three-pointers from the Bobcats late in the third quarter, otherwise the difference would have been more than 20 points. But it also means that Rivers won't let Pierce play soy sauce in the fourth quarter, and it's a certainty that he will score more than 50 points in this game.
Sure enough, in order to ensure the team's victory, Rivers put Pierce back on the line with 2:27 left in the fourth quarter, and did not replace him until 3:41 left in the game, by which time the Celtics had a 20-point lead and the Bobcats had no chance. When Pierce came off the court, his score in the game was fixed at 52 points, which was also his own single-game high in the playoffs. Although the Bobcats hit back-to-back three-pointers in the final moments, it was too late, and they eventually lost the game 100-111, and the big score became 1-1. Still struggling with the latest chapter you can't find? Amway One or search for Hot/Degree/Net/Article "Remember to remove "/"Otherwise you won't be able to search", here is a young lady to help you find books and accompany you to chat!