Although it is an away game, the Celtics are clearly not willing to lose, and their only goal in forming the Big Three is to win the championship, and if they fall in the Eastern Conference Finals, the three superstars will be a year older next year, so it will be even more difficult to compete for the championship. In order to win this series, the whole Celtics team will want to get off to a good start, even if it's in Charlotte rather than Boston.

As a coach with a lot more experience than Jackson, Rivers changed lineup in the fourth quarter in time to put Garnett on the No. 5 spot and then put James Posey on top of the No. 4 spot. It may seem like a bobcat, but Rivers has a lot to do with Posey at the No. 4 spot, he's the Celtics' best three-point shooter this season, shooting even 0.3 percentage points higher than Ray Allen, and he's averaging fewer three-pointers than Ray Allen at the same time.

Posey is the Celtics' best sixth man, but he hasn't been convincing in the rotation before, and at 31 years old, at least Jackson never saw him as a threat.

However, Posey quickly changed the Celtics' style of play after he came on the court, adding a new scoring point to the perimeter, and more importantly, his success rate under the basket was not low, so that the inside and outside guys helped the Celtics open up space. He hit a corner three-pointer as soon as he came up, followed by a steal and a transition offense, and the difference quickly turned into a three-pointer, and his physicality and skill made the Bobcats' one-four lineup look completely restrained by the Celtics.

However, the Bobcats also don't want to lose their first home game, home field advantage is very important for them, and it may be that home advantage in the end that will help them beat their opponents and advance to the finals. So Roy stood up and hit a three-pointer with Posey, the only difference between the two is that Roy is much more difficult to shoot three-pointers than Posey.

The Celtics may not know that Roy is going to shoot three points, but he is the Bobcats' leading scorer and has always been the focus of the Celtics' defense, and what's worse is that Roy is still difficult to pass the ball to others, and even if it is passed, the basketball will eventually return to his hands, in fact, Allen and Ariza are not reliable ball-holding points in this lineup on the court.

Every three-point shot Roy takes a lot of shaky and a lot of feints to find a shot open under Rondo or Ray Allen. Fortunately, Roy's shooting skills are very good, he can make good use of even the smallest space, and he is not worried about being blocked by his opponent, after all, his bounce is also the best in the league, and his shooting speed is not slow.

Of course, the other Bobcats players are not soy sauce on the court, and they try hard to chase their defensive targets, causing them a lot of pressure. Two of the Bobcats' best perimeter defenders are on the court right now, and while Allen is going to play against Garnett, Ariza can still use his long arms to sweep wide-ranging from the outside. Ray Allen, in particular, was Ariza's main caretaker, and he may have been able to fly well when he was younger, but now he is old.

At this time, the Bobcats showed their greatest advantage for the Celtics, which was their stamina, and even in the final quarter, their shooting percentage did not decline due to physical exhaustion. But the old Celtics guys still haven't given up, and their defensive intensity hasn't dropped much, it's just that the frequency of running has become less.

As the Bobcats struggled to maintain their lead, the importance of the Celtics recruiting three superstars who could change the course of the game with their singles was on display. When teammates don't know what to do, just give them the ball, and they can use their individual ability to put the ball in the damn basket and continue to help the team stay alive.

The two sides were entangled until the last minute, with the two teams alternating leads, with the Bobcats leading more than the Celtics, but Jackson and Chang Wei were always expressionless on the sidelines, which was the last thing they wanted to see. How to withstand the pressure and shoot in the final moments of the division finals is a schoolboy question for the Celtics, but for the Bobcats players it is more complicated than a college thesis, and they have hardly experienced anything like this.

Sure enough, when the game entered the last 1 minute, the Celtics took the lead in the attack, Pierce received the ball in the elbow area, opened the way with his ass, and chiseled to the basket to turn around and hit a jumper to help the Celtics extend their lead to 4 points.

This time it took 18 seconds to attack the Celtics, which did a good job of limiting the remaining time. In fact, Pierce originally planned to shoot until the last second, but he had already squeezed into the three-second zone, and if he didn't make a shot, he would be caught in the bag.

Four points is not a big deal, and in retrospect, Roy moved the ball to the bottom corner in the process of blocking and dismantling Gasol Jr., and Jack appeared in the right position with Ariza's cover, and he didn't make any extra moves, and hit a three-pointer directly to narrow the gap to 1 point, and there were 34.7 seconds left in the game.

Celtic are now chasing success and keep pressing the clock, with Rondo unhurriedly controlling the ball near the halfway line and not at all afraid to be squeezed into the corner. With eight seconds left on the offensive clock, Garnett came to the three-point line and gave him a solid cover, and Rondo slipped past Jack, got to the basket in one go, and leaned on Gasol Jr. for a layup.

This time the 24 seconds were exploited by the Celtics, who left the Bobcats with less than 12 seconds to spare, and Jackson quickly called a timeout so that he could get a halfway point serve. After a tense tactical set-up, the game restarted, and Roy went around two screens in a row to catch the ball in one step outside the three-point line, and he dodged Rondo's interception to hit another three-pointer.

The long-range three-pointer helped the Bobcats level the score, and now the pressure is all on the Celtics, who must play the next wave of offense. However, the Bobcats believed in their offense more, and Jack fouled Rondo immediately after the Celtics kicked off and sent him to the free-throw line, a strategy that left Rivers dumbfounded, and it stands to reason that the Bobcats should try to defend against this offense.

Rondo has a good mental quality, but his free throws are not very good, no matter how calm he is, he only hit one of two free throws at the free throw line, and in the chaos of the basket, Gasol Jr. struggled to grab the rebound and threw it to the other half in the first time. Roy was not involved in grabbing the rebound, he had already started early, just in time to receive a long pass from Gasol Jr. across the court. Roy made a lightweight three-step layup that dropped the basket to the basket when the clock was ticking, and it was probably the easiest stunner of the season.