Chapter 184: Seventh Defeat
Dunleavy Sr. changed the lineup again, with David Lee and Milicic on the inside, but David Lee played center, Milicic played up front, and guarded Garnett. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The elder Dunleavy wanted to use David Lee to strengthen the attack, but Carman was sick, so he could only rely on David Lee to strengthen the interior attack. The other three inside lines are not very offensive and strong. Whether it's Brera Xia, or Milicic, they're just good role players, and Noah is just a rookie.
Liu Su returned to the second position and began to play with David Lee. He spent a lot of energy in the first half, so if he wants to save energy, he may not have time to play in the second half, and he must save his energy.
When it comes to blocking, the Clippers' offensive efficiency has improved a lot. However, there were still holes in the defense, and Garnett broke out in the second half, playing Milicic in a row, and the success rate was scary.
And Perkins actually played at a high level, cooperating with Garnett Nene to block for Garnett, block Milicic away, and let Garnett beat David Lee.
The most important thing is that he pulled out to block Liu Su or Artest, liberated Ray Allen or Pierce, and the big three began to get angry, and the score was caught up little by little.
David Lee hit a mid-range shot to stabilize the score to a three-point lead. The Celtics called a timeout, then adjusted the lineup, and replaced Perkins with Garnett at the No. 5 position and Pierce at the No. 4 position and Posey, giving the offensive player one more.
The elder Dunleavy began to make trouble and thought about how to change the lineup. Just thinking about the lineup in the two minutes, Garnett broke David Lee and successfully overtook the score.
The elder Dunleavy quickly called a timeout, and any began to adjust the lineup. Milicic went to the number five, Artest to the number four, and Rose to the third.
The game continued, Milicic continued to defend Garnett, Artest continued to defend Pierce, and Rose watched Posey, and the lineup was balanced.
The Celtics immediately changed their tactics, and Garnett and Pierce began to constantly block and dismantle Ray Allen, who rushed inside to create damage. In the eighth minute, Milicic made five fouls, was replaced by Dunleavy Sr., and then replaced by Noah.
Noah has too little defensive experience, and Garnett used his experience to show Noah what it means to dominate the interior. Back play turned to shoot, one move was played by Garnett, Noah was fouled by Garnett as soon as he stretched out his hand, and after three fouls, Noah didn't dare to reach out.
But don't you dare to reach out and call it defense? Dunleavy Sr. shouted loudly from the sidelines, telling Noah to continue defending. Liu Su ran to Noah's side and said: "Don't worry about defending, don't be afraid of fouls, as long as you can improve when you play against Garnett, it's worth losing this game."
Noah nodded vigorously, let go of his anxious emotions, and began to seriously align with Garnett, learning from his failures.
No matter how serious Noah is, his experience is still not enough to take on Garnett, and by the end of the third quarter, he had already committed four fouls.
In the third minute of the fourth quarter, Noah Glorious's six fouls were played, because Garnett made too many free throws, and several times it was 2+1, and the Celtics already led by 5 points.
The elder Dunleavy was ruthless and sent Milicic directly, but Milicic did not complete the task, and in the fifth minute, he was once again fouled by Ray Allen, and also committed six fouls.
Losing two interior lines that were better defensively, Dunleavy Sr. weighed in between David Lee and Brera Xia, and then let David Lee play. Although Webber was also activated from the injury list, Dunleavy Sr. did not let him play, and Webber's injury was not suitable for such a fierce game.
Although David Lee is not very good defensively, he can make up for it offensively. If Brera is allowed to play, the speed is too slow, as long as the Celtics fast break is basically five to four in the frontcourt.
Taking advantage of the pause, Liu Su drank Gatorade to replenish his physical strength, and he did not go down on the field in the second half, and the loss of physical strength was a bit serious.
When he played again, the elder Dunleavy replaced Rajon Rondo with Cassel, and now he needs Kassel's shot, Rajon Rondo has no shooting ability and has little effect on the court.
After coming on the field, Liu Su took over the ball, and now he needs to take the lead. Faced with Tony Allen's defense, Ray Allen went to defend Kassel.
Liu Su beckoned David Lee to come over to block the demolition, directly attached to Garnett to hit the inside, and scored the ball with a pick-and-roll.
Garnett's eyes were full of murder when he looked at Liu Su, the biggest enemy of the Celtics this year is the Clippers. The Eastern Celtics are basically on their own, and it depends on the results of the Western Conference Finals. There are many strong teams in the West, but only the Clippers, Lakers and Spurs can enter the Western Conference Finals, and among the three teams, the Clippers are the strongest, and the Celtics naturally attach the most importance to the Clippers.
Later, when Liu Su broke through, Garnett's defense became tighter, and in the last three minutes, when Liu Su made a layup, his physical strength suddenly lacked a little, and his speed slowed down, and Garnett was directly covered on the rebound from behind.
Liu Su gasped and looked at Garnett, and there was a fire burning in his eyes. He is very good at being blocked, after joining the NBA, he has been blocked no more than five times, and the others are brushed by his fingertips, and he has never been directly chased by the board like today.
The Celtics' offense was scored again, Liu Su came back to complete the block with David Lee, and then deliberately turned around to attract Pierce's attention, Artest immediately cut the basket, Liu Su's ball was delivered immediately, and Artest scored a layup.
Both teams played very seriously in attack, and the game was deadlocked until the last minute, with Celtic still leading by three points.
After Liu Su made a layup, he immediately shouted at his teammates: "Foul."
The Celtics sent the ball, Pierce received the ball, and Artest immediately went up to foul him. Pierce hit both free throws, and the score was once again stretched to five points.
After Liu Su received the pass, he immediately kept thinking about the front court, and Artest came to a cross run, another emergency stop, and ran backwards behind Artest, Ray Allen was on Artest, Liu Su immediately stopped and jumped and hit a three-point shot.
Ray Allen hit two free throws, Liu Su assisted Artest, and Artest hit a three-point shot.
With six seconds left in the game, there was one more chance to attack, and Pierce hit both free throws. The Clippers called the last timeout, and then served in the half, Liu Su took a few steps and Artest a counterrun, misled the Celtics, and passed the ball to Cassel, who didn't have time to adjust and immediately jumped and shot.
The ball went in, but the technical desk gave two points and Celtic won the game with a one-point lead.
Everyone in the Clippers was stunned, they didn't know what was going on, Cassel was shooting three points!
At this time, the big screen gave a replay, and when Kassel jumped, he stepped on the line.