Chapter Eighty-Seven: The General Trend Has Gone

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Timberwolves launched defensive counterattacks again and again, with Li Shihao and Cory Brewer continuously playing high-intensity pressing defense on the outside, putting pressure on the Celtics' outside line and forcing the opponent to make mistakes.

This tactic proved to be effective, and after this trick was sacrificed on the field, the Celtics' offense suddenly fell into a quagmire, the formation rotated, and the offensive organization became obscure and hesitant.

Many have said that the Celtics are strong and one of the title contenders, but now it seems that this team needs more testing on the outside, and they have become hesitant and monotonous offensively when they encounter an outside lockdown team like the Timberwolves.

Rajon Rondo's eyes watched the field around him vigilantly, always paying attention to the wind and grass around him, as long as the slightest change in air flow would cause him to react instantly.

He has been cut off three times, and the Timberwolves' outside line in the third quarter was suffocating, with Cory Brewer as the main and Li Shihao as the auxiliary outside defense directly filling the Celtics' outside line with a defensive net covering the entire half court.

Suffocate! It makes people feel that it is very difficult to catch the ball!

This is the feeling of the Timberwolves' outside twins, a fierce defensive style, a fast and accurate steal style, can catch all your mistakes on the court, complete steals in an instant, and score quickly.

This tactic is a widespread tactic of the Timberwolves this season, and after honing against multiple teams, the gist of this tactic is even more familiar to the young Timberwolves players, and they are extremely skilled in each other's tactics.

After a long period of hard work, more strong teams have honed, making this tactic of the Timberwolves more undefensible and difficult to parry!

Rondo didn't dare to hold the ball for a long time, and when he saw Paul Pierce coming out to ask for the ball, Rondo immediately handed over the ball in his hand and handed the ball to Paul Pierce to deal with.

In the third quarter, Rajon Rondo couldn't remember how many times he had done this, seven, or eight?

The outside blockade formed by Li Shihao and Brewer made him on high alert all the time, and even his always calm and composed temperament was a little unbearable.

Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves!

Now that La Janerondo saw the expressionless appearance of the Chinese kid in front of him, he felt a little hated in his heart, and put so much pressure on himself, but he still looked indifferent, which was really annoying!

Paul Pierce dribbled quickly and tried to break through Brewer, but Brewer found an open space, grabbed the basketball from the state of extreme speed with his long arm, and completed a beautiful steal.

Hunting geese all day long, there is also a day when I am pecked by geese!

After Brewer completed the steal from Paul Pierce, he didn't stop, and rushed towards the front court in one breath, and the Celtics fans on the court only held their breath, their eyes moving with Brewer's pace, not daring to miss a wonderful action.

For the young Timberwolves players, the old Celtics fans have long had no heart to ridicule, this young team still maintains a high morale in the old North Shore Garden Arena, even if the team is behind by a large score, even if the opponent is a top team like the Celtics, they still have not given up the belief in winning!

Perhaps it is this fighting spirit that makes these old Celtic fans feel very much, once upon a time, in the glory days of the Celtics, they also fought for every ball like this, and did not miss a chance to win!

If not, where does the legend of the Victory Cigar, the Cardinal, come from?

Brewer's body is muscular and strong, but his speed is not bad at all, and he can match the sprinting speed of some of the league's No. 1 players, and that's when Paul Pierce's disadvantage is revealed.

Pierce, who is over 30 years old, has gained weight this summer, and his speed has decreased a lot, in the face of Brewer's strong fast attack, Pierce can't make an effective target, in a blink of an eye, Pierce was left behind by Brewer, and he can't run with the ball without the ball!

Brewer threw away the Celtics who were defending behind him with a unique attitude, and the weakness of the aging Celtics' slow defense speed was exposed at a glance, and Brewer ended the battle with a tomahawk-style slam dunk, leaving no suspense.

There was an exclamation in the North Shore Garden Arena, and even a number of young Celtics fans stood up and froze the scene on camera.

The figure was like a full iron bow, full of strength, and his right arm was like a giant axe, slamming it on the basket, and a loud bang came, and the basket was trembling with great force.

The perfect combination of violence and aesthetics!

Celtics fans were stunned by this amazing dunk, and everyone looked at the imposing blue No. 13 on the court, shining incomparably!

The Timberwolves were cheering on the bench, everyone was delighted with this wonderful one-arm slam dunk, and Brewer showed his unique talent and proved his strength!

"Wonderful Buckle!" Reggie Miller couldn't help but admire, Rao is that he has always hated those jumping men who show off a dunk at every turn, and at this moment he can't help but be amazed by Brewer's fast and thunderous one-dragon dunk, no one will refuse a dunk full of violence and beauty, even if it is a projection player like him!

"It's really good, Brewer can even try the slam dunk contest this year!" Bill Walton also agreed, and even spoke out the thoughts of many fans in front of the TV.

The Timberwolves continued to create opportunities to counterattack in the third quarter, playing steadily, making good use of every offensive opportunity, and successfully narrowed the score to 82-78 in the third quarter, leaving only a narrow gap of 4 points, and the situation of the Celtics was gradually critical.

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At this time, the Celtics are really tired!

Garnett, the offensive and defensive pillar of the interior line, is really tired, and he has been contributing to the team's offensive and defensive ends for three quarters, and he can already feel the exhaustion coming from the depths of his body, and he can't hide the exhaustion at all.

Blocking, stealing, passing, defense, interior singles, you can see Garnett in the Celtics' offensive and defensive transitions all the time, for a big man who has gradually withdrawn from his prime, it is difficult to play three quarters for him, let alone ask him to work together on both offensive and defensive ends, which is too much physical exertion for an interior player.

Inside players are no better than outside players! You can see an outside player running all over the court in a game and still be able to sustain four quarters of play, while it's normal for an interior player to run into a physical crisis after playing three quarters.

Being tall means that every step you take on the field requires your body to bear more load, which is a test for your body.

Paul Pierce, who was panting on the field with his hands on his hips, and Rajon Rondo, who was standing on the spot with the ball, even revealed confusion in his eyes, running all over the field, but being marked by him all the time, and the shooter Ray Allen, who couldn't find a few shots, was also tired, not only physically, but also tired.

There was even a sense of powerlessness in the hearts of the Celtics players on the field, yes, a sense of powerlessness!

At this point in the game, there is even a feeling that the momentum is gone.

In the third quarter, the Celtics did not seize the opportunity and did not defeat the young Timberwolves in one fell swoop, but were surrounded by this group of bloodthirsty wolves and eaten away little by little.

If nothing else, the Celtics have no strength to fight anymore, and falling into a physical crisis is their biggest failure in this game!