Chapter 90: Find the Green Army Again
After the players came out, Li Zhi and Avril gave a kiss on the sidelines, causing fans to scream again and again, especially female fans, who looked at Avril with jealousy.
The Celtics challenged the Denver Nuggets in their first game after the All-Star break, and the All-Star played the high-spirited Granddo and was extremely uncomfortable with the long journey.
The "Golden Twin Guns" are still sharp, and the Denver Tigers will not give up the opportunity to beat the first in the league, and then Garnett will be injured, and the Golden Twin Guns will score 57 points, giving the old giants a vivid lesson.
The Celtics were not looked down upon by this defeat, although the tiger was bullied by dogs, but the media believes that Garnett is still the most capable team in the league after his return.
This is the biggest difference between a strong team and a bad team, the Warriors also lost the first stop after the All-Star break, but the media shouted that the Warriors were declining, which made Li Zhi scoff.
Garnett returned in this game, and the Celtics' starting lineup remained the same: Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen. Paul Pearce, Kevin Garnett, Kendrick Perkins.
Warriors starters: Byron Davis, Montanelles, Rich, Stephen Jackson, Bitlins.
Standing nearby, Richie reminded Montaellis.
"Use dim sum when defending later, pay attention to Ray Allen's three points, and hand it over to me when he breaks through."
Montaelis nodded gratefully, thinking to himself that he was a good buddy.
Monta Ellis is very active in defense, but his height determines that he is not a piece of defensive material, and Li Zhizhi hopes that he can defend Ray Allen's three points, so that Li Zhi can help defend as much as possible.
After the jump ball, the Celtics took the lead in attacking, and the Warriors contracted their defense, leaving Byron Davis and Monta Ellis on the outside, and the Warriors actually launched a pseudo-joint defense.
The Celtics didn't have a good chance on the first offense, and the time was almost up, and Paul Pierce singled out with his back, and the basketball was out of the way.
"Truth" looked remorseful, obviously Li Zhi's defense made him very annoyed, Li Zhi has experience in back play, and defense back play has his own theory.
If it is said that before he got the Super Saiyan skill, Li Zhi's defense of Pierce's back singles could only interfere, but the great improvement of physical fitness brought Li Zhi's skyrocketing strength.
For people who are similar to his own body shape, Li Zhi will resist him to make him feel full pressure, and at the same time raise his hands to interfere with the line of sight, and defend such people to be relatively close, and the distance between his legs should be wider, in the shape of a half-horse step, which can appropriately reduce his range of movement.
Stand slightly in the opposite direction of his weak-side dribble to avoid him turning around and shaking you away, even if he does, he will feel awkward on the weak-side dribble and cause mistakes.
Li Zhi's brute force defense was very effective, and the basketball popped up from the basket directly in front of Li Zhi, and Li Zhi predicted the position and grabbed the rebound.
Matt Barnes was very powerful, stuck Garnett, and gave Li Zhi a chance to grab the rebound, Garnett didn't seem to have fully recovered from the injury, giving Barnes a chance.
Richie made a quick pass to Byron Davis, who then made a long pass to Monta Ellis in the frontcourt, who missed the layup under Rajon Rondo's defense.
Rajon Rondo once again showed his superb passing skills, with a long pass straight to Patrick Perkins, who had not yet returned to the defence.
Perkins is an important part of the Celtics' interior line, standing only 6-foot-10 but has a very strong body, and he participated in the draft in high school and was an overlooked member of the 03 draft.
Next to Kevin Garnett, Perkins is the perfect blue-collar coolie center, with a lot of small moves and small means, and because of his advantage in the board, Perkins has done a very good job in blocking and covering and making walls.
However, the offensive end is more jerky, mainly based on frontcourt rebounds and occasional flashes of low-post small hooks, and butter hand mistakes under the basket from time to time.
Perkins doesn't have solid interior offensive skills, he's not O'Neal or Howard, so he doesn't dare to move in the face of Bitlins, who is a head taller than him.
The ball looked like Rondo was in a hurry, passing to the basket and ignoring Perkins' offensive threat, who could only pass the ball.
Perkins' pass instantly wasted a fast-break opportunity, and Celtics head coach Doc Rivers yelled at him from the sidelines.
Rivers was paranoid that in the face of a one-on-one opportunity, Perkins should be strong, even if it was a cheating foul, but who knew that Perkins chose to pass.
In Rivers' mind, the Celtics are a well-deserved powerhouse, but the Warriors' half-crippled roster is just right to restrain them.
Being small and running fast is exactly the pain point of the old Celts.
Rivers is a proud man, and the last time out the Celtics were at home, the Celtics almost lost to the Warriors, which left Rivers in a gloomy face.
But in this game, Rivers did not have a targeted layout for the Warriors, subconsciously, Rivers did not regard the Warriors as opponents, but the Warriors did restrain the Celtics.
Rivers is still at a level, has the ability to submit players, and has the ability to develop players, but the adaptability is still a little worse, especially the offense, so the Celtics' tactics are relatively simple.
In this game, Rivers' biggest mistake was to keep Perkins on the court, and with Perkins, the Warriors could drag down the interior.
Ray Allen, who received Perkins' pass, opened his hand on the outside to make a three-pointer, but Montaelis defense was very good, even if it was a lack of height, but further defense still put a lot of pressure on Ray Allen, the basketball was deflected out of the basket, and Li Zhi rushed inside to grab the rebound from Garnett.
This time, Li Zhi confirmed that Garnett's injury had not healed, and Garnett just jumped next to him, but Li Zhi did not scramble after getting the ball, according to the character of the "Wolf King".
Even if the basketball is in the hands of the opponent, Garnett will fight for it.
Li Zhi came by himself this time, directly pushed the ball and attacked quickly, Ray Allen chased after him, and seeing that he attracted the defense, Li Zhi passed the ball to Stephen Jackson, who followed up.
Jackson received a pass, faced an empty basket, and scored two on a skillful layup.
The Warriors opened the game first, 2:0.
The Celtics attacked, and Rondo dropped the ball to Pierce under the basket, which seemed interesting for Pierce to single Rich.
Pierce repeated his old trick, his shoulder shook twice, and seeing that Li Zhi did not react, he passed the ball again, and Ray Allen held the ball again, still facing Monta Ellis.
Ray Allen, who has a high ball IQ, saw Montaellis' strategy to defend the perimeter and turned to a breakthrough, but Ray Allen passed Montaelis and ran into Rich.
Li Zhi has already calculated that his ability to assist in defense is outstanding, and he has the obligation to take on the responsibility of defense, even if he can't form a system like Duncan, but he will also cause interference for the opponent in the middle.
Ray Allen encountered a block, and instead passed the ball out again, Rondo sighed that Ray Allen received the ball behind him, and the space was vacant!
Rondo hesitated, but heard Rivers yell, "Shoot." ”
In a panic, Rondo missed