Chapter 335: Fighting the Celts (3)

Murray suffered a big loss in both defense and offense, and the old man Bobo hurriedly called Lei Shui and Murray to the sidelines to explain a few words.

After Smart hit a free throw, the Spurs attacked again, this time Murray pushed in, and Gasol slowly followed to the side to cover, so that Smart could not directly confront Murray, and Murray handed the ball to Thunderwater after halftime.

Lei Shui has already gotten the tacit permission of the old man Bobo, and he can attack directly, and after getting the ball, he first observed the defense, and then stretched out two hands to indicate: No. 2 singles.

Bradley's height wants to defend Lei Shui is a big problem, so Bradley simply lowered the center of gravity, just waited for Lei Shui to dribble and then find an opportunity to steal, Lei Shui shook back and forth a few times, and saw that Bradley was unmoved and directly pulled out a three-point shot, Bradley jumped desperately and couldn't interfere with Lei Shui's shooting.

Smart and Thunder Water are the team's main attackers, and because they are both strong points against weak points, they both have their own scores, but Thunder Water's scoring ability is slightly stronger, so they helped the Spurs widen the difference a little bit, and it came to 8 points.

When it came to the rotation time in the third quarter, when the old man Bobo replaced the game with Thunder Water, Coach Stevens quickly turned around and pulled Thomas's arm and dragged him up from the bench.

Sure enough, Thomas was like a fish in water on the bench and quickly chased six points.

Bobo's old man hurriedly signaled to pinch Thomas, but he suffered a loss that was too deep and restricted, and Thomas also had a heart, passed the ball out before the pinch was formed, and created several three-point opportunities on the outside, and before the end of the third quarter, he actually overtook the score.

Old man Bobo not only did not feel displeased, but nodded slightly when the Celtics overtook him, admiring Coach Stevens very much, the team he coached, the tactical success rate was really high.

After several arrangements, at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, the Spurs did not pinch Thomas, and only used Mills to stick to him and shoot him.

Although Thomas can indeed score, it is mostly a two-point shot that relies on his own ability, which is much better than a shot that bursts out to give an open position.

Celtic played quite aggressively, in order to save up some more advantages and have more leeway when the main team returned.

With a three-point advantage, the main force began to return, and the Celtics' backcourt rose to height, becoming Smart and Brown.

And the old man Bobo didn't dare to let Murray go up and take risks, Green scored, Thunder played point guard, before going on the court, Old Man Bobo specially instructed Thunder Water: "Ray, Smart's rhythm is to stabilize and play half the court, don't let him play according to his rhythm, now you have the opportunity to play speed and play to your advantage." ”

Lei Shui nodded: "Okay, don't worry!" ”

As soon as he returned to the court, the two sides were still playing step by step, Lei Shui squinted his eyes to find opportunities, and wanted to steal several times, but was blocked by Smart with his thick arms, and Coach Stevens also reminded the players many times to play steadily, because he knew that a quick offensive and defensive transition was not good for him, and the more rounds he played, the more points he would lose, and he was now ahead, slowing down and reducing the number of rounds was the most beneficial to himself.

Although Smart did not break through and his long-range shooting was unstable, he had a big butt on top of it, and he was very stable in protecting the ball, but he dribbled with his back to the defender, and his vision was not very good, so he could only transfer the ball to the two wings, and then drop the ball from the two wings to the inside.

A few rounds later, Thunder Shui also figured out Smart's routine, and discussed with Green and Leonard how to defend...

Smart leaned on Thunder Water to dribble again, looking for an opportunity to transfer the ball, Green hurried to prevent Brown's receiving line, Smart could only transfer to Crowder's side, which was Leonard's defense, when passing, Thunder Water tried his best to interfere with Smart's vision, resulting in a soft and slow pass, Leonard rushed forward with an arrow step and broke the ball off with his long arm...

At this time, Lei Shui flashed around Smart and rushed to the front court, and when Smart reacted, Lei Shui had already run out three meters away, and he didn't even have a chance to catch it, Leonard found the right time to make a long pass that crossed the half, and Lei Shui directly reflexively dunked in the air.

After a counterattack, the Spurs continued to pressure the Celtics' passes, making the Celtics play very awkwardly, and it didn't take long for the score to tie.

Stevens didn't want to give up this lineup, so he wanted to continue to try, Smart was also a little impatient after several passes were blocked, and he made a mistake when he was impatient, gave up the flank, and retreated directly to the high hanging pass, Lei Shui waited for the time to come, and jumped up and grabbed the ball directly.

Smart immediately defended on the spot and wanted to counterattack, Thunder Water quickly turned to avoid the steal, then turned on the spot again, and then turned on the spot again, and then spun the back pass to Leonard who was fast to dunk and score.

As soon as he overtook him, Stevens saw that the momentum was not right, so he hurriedly paused and adjusted, and finally he decided to let Thomas come back to control the ball, after all, the problem that needs to be solved urgently now is the transmission of the ball, and no more mistakes are allowed.

After the pause, the game continued, Thomas's return made the Celtics immediately stabilized, and the passing was reasonable, after all, Thomas is also very experienced, knowing that Thunder Water's air defense is strong, so he specializes in passing the earth, which is his strength.

However, after the pass is solved, the rest is the problem of scoring, the more critical the moment is the more the star is tested, Thomas's tandem, organization and containment ability is there, but under the Thunder Water defense, it is very difficult to shoot, and it is all up to Horford at this time.

Horford probably also knew that if he didn't attack at this time, others would definitely be choked enough, and he shot decisively and had a high shooting percentage, first with a three-point shot without warning, and then another feint to break through Gasol and hit a layup.

The Spurs also took the lead, that is, let Thunder Water use his height to beat Thomas and firmly hold the 1-point advantage.

The clock is in the last 3 minutes, and it's up to who misses the ball first.

Horford took the ball outside the three-point line, tried to confuse Gasol with several tentative steps, and when Gasol took a step back, he immediately made a three-point shot, the ball failed to hit, and Thunder Water collected the rebound and counterattacked.

Rushed through the half, the Celtics' defense had retreated, Lei Shui saw that Thomas in front of him had put on a defensive posture, and thought, anyway, it must be me to hit him, don't go around, today's three-point hand feels good, shoot directly!

Lei Shui stepped forward, stood still in front of Thomas, ignored Thomas's defense, pulled up and shot, and with the sound of 'swish', he hit a three-point shot.

At this time, the Celtics attacked, and Stevens yelled at Horford on the sidelines: "Hit inside!" Hit it inside! ”

Lei Shui knows that they are seeking stability, and when they hit the basket, they have the opportunity to make fouls and go to the free throw line.

Gasol obviously knew their intentions, and the two exchanged a look and nodded, tacitly.

When Horford began to break through the inside, Gasol withstood the first two shots, and the last shot, Gasol suddenly stopped and retreated, Horford saw that he was bound to get a layup, and suddenly Lei Shui rushed out obliquely, and a big hat was sent, and the Spurs once again mastered the ball, and the fast attack counterattacked, and Lei Shui caused a foul, two free throws and two hits.

With less than two minutes to play, the Spurs had an eight-point advantage and began to guard against the Celtics' three-pointers.

Under the strict defense of the Spurs, the Celtics failed to score two three-point tactics, while their side continued to lose points, looking at the 12-point gap, less than a minute, the Celtics gave up the game.

When the final whistle blew, Thomas stepped forward and hugged Lei Shui: "Good job, you have the talent I envy, I wish you a wonderful career!" ”

Lei Shui also said: "I'm sorry today, don't mind." ”

Thomas was very open-minded and smiled: "You are not the first to do this, and you will not be the last to do this." ”