Chapter 43: Pierce's Fangs
The Celtics' Rajon Rondo single-handedly held the ball outside the three-point line, with extra-long arms and huge palms, which made Rondo look particularly easy to control the ball, and at the same time made it difficult for defender Steve Blake to interfere, so he could only be vigilant and stick to Rondo, playing very uncomfortable! The experience of the competition is extremely poor!
Rondo controlled the ball with one hand and stood there directing his teammates to run. Rondo pointed to the position next to the defender in front of him, wanting a block, to Oden's surprise, the wolf king, who had already made a name for himself and one of the Big Three, actually went over to do a block! Garnett scurried over and stood in Rondo's designated spot, blocking Blake's path.
βNiceοΌβ Rondo shouted, quickly brushed past the side, and stabbed diagonally towards the bottom line!
Webster wanted to shrink back to defense, but he didn't dare to let Pierce ambush at the bottom of the three-point line. While Webster was still hesitating, Aldridge made up for it in time. Unfortunately, Aldridge's traversing speed is too slow! Rondo is like a slippery loach, swooping from the bottom line into the penalty area.
"Huh...... This second-year rookie is so bold! Zhang Weiping said in surprise: "Where do ordinary rookies dare to let the core of the team come over to block and dismantle themselves?" He really dared to do this, the key thing is that he actually went over to block and dismantle him! It seems that the atmosphere of the Celtics team is very harmonious! β
Garnett has an MMP in his heart to say, the ball is in his hands, can he not go?
Seeing Rondo slip into the penalty area, Auden cursed in his heart, squeezed Perkins and watched Rondo's movements!
Rondo entered the penalty area unimpeded, and instantly formed a two-on-one in the penalty area! Rondo was not in a hurry, pretending to break through to the basket, and jumped up to throw the ball to the basket.
It's better to believe what you have than what you don't have! I don't know what Rondo's intentions were, whether he was going to make a layup or trying to cheat a pass? Auden doesn't want to bet! "Hemp eggs! What a hassle! Looking at the chicken thief, Rondo, who was moving realistically, Auden took half a step and jumped up at Rondo. Auden, who was seven feet tall, jumped up like a swarthy iron mountain that suddenly appeared in front of Rondo's eyes.
Seeing Auden move, a smile crossed the corner of Rondo's mouth, I'm not afraid that you will move, I am afraid that you will not move! Rondo dodged Oden in the air and passed the ball from Oden's armpit to Perkins in the back!
Perkins receives a pass from Rondo and throws the ball to the basket!
"Sure enough!" Oden, who didn't jump with all his strength at all, also shook a shot and quickly fell to the ground. After landing, Oden didn't stop, and jumped quickly!
The ball was still flying slowly in the air, and Perkins didn't use much effort thinking about this nine-ten-ten-steady ball. Just when the ball was about to reach its highest point, Oden, who took off for the second time, also caught up! This time, Oden, who jumped with all his might, quickly reached the ball that was still rising! After Oden slapped the ball on the rebound, he began to fall down.
Seeing that he was still defended by Oden, Rondo shook his head in disappointment, but he didn't expect it to be all calculations! At this moment, Rondo moved quickly, it turned out that Oden didn't use too much strength, and the distance of the ball was not too far, Rondo quickly controlled the frontcourt rebound!
At this time, Garnett, who was outside, also came to the side of the penalty area. The afterglow swept to Garnett's position, and Rondo, who was about to go to the basket, pulled the ball behind him with one hand, and it seemed that he was going to hand the ball to Garnett, who was following up!
"Wow! Auden's physical fitness is really fantastic! Like I said before, if Oden doesn't get injured, he can become the most dominant center in the league! Seeing Oden jumping continuously and covering the basketball, Yu Jia said excitedly!
"Rondo, who was not far from the basket, got the rebound, and Oden just landed, so it's a good opportunity!" Zhang Weiping said: "He made a move!" After landing, Oden jumped up again, and the quality was really grabbed, three jumps in a row! β
"No, no, no!" Zhang Weiping shouted excitedly: "We have all been deceived!" It's another fake story! Garnett, the wolf king behind him, scored the ball comfortably! It's amazing! This sophomore rookie is so creative! That strange KG will go to make a block and dismantle for him, it's really creative! β
Auden shook his head helplessly, he was also all calculating!
After playing most of the first quarter, it was obvious that the main force of the Trail Blazers was a little tired, and the running was not as frequent and active as before, and then this opportunity, the Celtics played a wave of 5-0 small climax, leading the Trail Blazers by 8 points at 29:21! McMillan knew it was time to call a timeout!
Five up, five down! McMillan pulled all the main players off the bench and replaced them with Channing Frye, Jarrett Jack, James Jones, Travis Outlaw, Sergio Rodriguez! McMillan has given up the so-called center in the traditional sense and is ready to use speed up to deal with the Celtics, a gang of old guys who are already in their thirties!
Similarly, the Celtics also rotated their lineup, keeping Rondo and Pierce on the court and bringing on James Worthy, Scott Pollard, and Tony Allen.
To McMillan's surprise, his substitute played a different role. James Jones, who had just come on the court, quickly got into the groove and used a three-pointer to help the team stop the decline! After blocking the Celtics' offense, he chased another three-pointer to help the team chase the score to 27:29, only two points behind!
Two three-pointers gave the Celtics a narrow lead, and the score was close, although the team did not get impatient, but the offense was a succession of failures, and successive attacks on the basket failed.
The Celtics suddenly fell into a scoring panic, how could the Trail Blazers give up this opportunity, there was no second team led by the star, the ball moved quickly, and they cooperated with each other, and at the end of the first quarter 35:31, the Trail Blazers actually overtook by four points!
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers did not adjust the lineup, but the Celtics replaced Rajon Rondo and Tony Allen with Eddie Jones and Ray Allen!
The Celtics served from the baseline, and Eddie Jones took the ball across the half court and handed it to Pierce, who held the ball to block Rodriguez and wanted to create a chance for Ray Allen. As Ray Allen ran by, Pierce handed the ball to Ray Allen!
Ray Allen came up behind Pierce, got rid of the defender's interference, and threw the ball with a quick jump! Standard textbook stance, accurate hitting the ball into the basket!
The Trail Blazers' quick counterattack, without waiting for the Celtics to react, Channing Frye shot a three-pointer three meters in front of him without a defender, to the surprise of the Celtics players, the ball actually went in!
Pierce threw the ball to Eddie Jones and slowly ran through the half! Eddie Jones had no good chances with a backward pass from beyond the three-point line, and Pierce took the ball.
Looking at James Jones in front of him, a glimmer of light flashed in Pierce's eyes, and his originally slow movements quickly became faster. Pierce took a shot from beyond the three-point line to startle James Jones, and at that moment, Pierce took a big step to the left. Just as James Jones was screaming in his heart and moving quickly to the left, Pierce retracted his foot and strode to the right.
How can you easily let Pierce attack the basket? Outlaw blocked it, blocking Pierce's path!
"Huh...... That's what you want to stop me? Pierce sneered in his heart, changed direction sharply, instantly bypassed the slow Oterlo, rushed into the empty space in great strides, and poured the ball into the basket heavily!
Uncle Pi, who pretended to be dead for a while, showed his fangs in the second quarter!