Chapter 296: A flash in the pan
In fact, even the media and experts did not expect the Trail Blazers to burst out so strong at home that even the Celtics collapsed at the Rose Garden Arena. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe major media outlets have been noisy about the process of this game.
However, most people still think that the Trail Blazers' victory in Game 3 was just a sudden outburst, and the overall strength is still below the Celtics. But they also admit that this is a team with a bright future, and to think about it, to make it to the Finals without Roy and Oden, this talent is among the best in the entire league, and no one is going to question their future.
In other words, the Trail Blazers' desire to win the championship now is just a dream.
As expected, the Celtics suppressed the Trail Blazers as soon as Game 4 began, even though the fans still made a lot of noise in the stands. It's true that the Celtics are mostly veterans, and the young players are either young or crazy, and after adjusting to the atmosphere of the Rose Garden Arena, they quickly played to a normal level, which made the Trail Blazers very uncomfortable.
In fact, for the Celtics, it is right to do their best now, 3-1 and 2-2 are two completely different concepts, basically a 3-1 lead means that this series can be won without accidents, but if it is 2-2, if nothing else, the morale of the Trail Blazers will definitely rise, then the fifth game will be much more difficult, even if that game is still held at the North Shore Garden Arena.
However, in order to balance the rest and the strength of the bench, Rivers made changes to the starting lineup, replacing Ray Allen with Tony Allen, and then Wallace replacing Perkins. In fact, Rivers still has a few good cards in his hand, and there is still "Big Baby" Glenn Davis among the interior rotation players, but he doesn't dare to let Davis play too much time when facing the Trail Blazers, and the opponent's speed is enough to drag this big fat man down.
As can be seen from the lineup, Rivers still decided to follow the team's tactical style, defend first, and then think about offense after tightening the fence. In fact, this lineup is arguably the Celtics' strongest defensive lineup, playing an important role in the first two games of the series. Of course, Rivers didn't send this lineup in the last game, but he couldn't stand the Trail Blazers' whole team like a variety of goals, and when they were on the court at the same time, they only slightly curbed the opponent's offensive firepower, and it was still a little difficult for the Trail Blazers players to keep playing iron as they do now.
And this time they adopted the strategy of blocking the passing route, forcing Ye Feng to keep holding the ball and playing alone. You have to score, you can, but your teammates have to score, sorry, it's still a question of whether they can catch the ball, and even if they do, they will be stared at it, not just throw!
Ye Feng didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Let's say happy, the team is now in a backward situation, and he can't save the game by scoring alone; Let's say it's sad, the Celtics are obviously superstar treatment for him, only scorers of Kobe's level are qualified to be targeted, from this aspect, even if the Trail Blazers lose this game in the end, or even lose the championship, Ye Feng should be regarded as "smiling Jiuquan".
In the first quarter, Ye Feng personally scored 20 points, but the rest of the Trail Blazers only scored 5 points, and the 25-point single quarter score can only be said to be average. In contrast, the Celtics scored 32 points in a single quarter and were very scattered, with all four starters scoring except for Tony Allen, and Ray Allen, Perkins and Nate Robinson also contributing on the offensive end off the bench.
In fact, the statistics can be seen from the strong defense of the Celtics, the Trail Blazers only handed out two assists in the first quarter, which is completely inconsistent with their average number of assists of more than 20 per game, in other words, most of the time they are playing inefficient individual singles. And Ye Feng's shooting rate is not high, he took 15 shots to score 20 points, which is a very rare situation for him.
In the second quarter, Ye Feng consciously strengthened the pass, but the Celtics were very experienced in blocking the passing route, and Ye Feng made two mistakes before the half quarter, both of which were directly intercepted by the opponent when transferring the ball. In fact, it is very common to be tackled when the ball is transferred in a wide area, but Ye Feng's two mistakes are not large-scale long-distance passes, but they are normal breakthrough points, but the Celtic players can always accurately judge his passing route, and then the ball is directly broken.
In fact, this is determined by their experience. Although the head coach did not instruct, they still consciously made loopholes according to the team's defensive tactics to lure Ye Feng to pass, so as to improve the probability of breaking the ball. Ye Feng couldn't see it the first time, thinking that it was just a coincidence, but after being robbed for the second time, he raised his vigilance, he had never encountered a similar situation before, but he subconsciously thought that it was a trap, so there would be no third time.
But what if you don't pass the ball? Still not want to hold the ball and play alone? Ye Feng didn't distrust his ability, but he couldn't hold on to four consecutive quarters of the game alone. He suddenly thought of the Lakers who were eliminated by the Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals, and Kobe Bryant was like this most of the time, gritting his teeth and resisting the entire team's offense on his shoulders, but in the end? Isn't the Lakers still eliminated? Ye Feng really didn't expect the same thing to happen to him.
Ye Feng scored 32 points in the entire first half, which was the highest halftime score in his career, but it was useless, the Trail Blazers were still 12 points behind at halftime, after all, the other players of the Trail Blazers combined only scored 14 points, and the shooting rate did not even exceed 35%. When an attack-focused team plays like this, do you want them to be ahead of the opposition? You can really only expect your opponent to feel worse than theirs.
But the Celtics clearly played at their normal level in the first half, everyone on the court scored, and the team shot over 40 percent from the field, and with Ray Allen and Pierce leading the way from three-point range to over 35 percent, it's not surprising to lead by double digits. Looking at his teammates with a heavy mood, Ye Feng was very uncomfortable, but there was no way to solve it for a while, and his tactical literacy was not so high.