Chapter 257: Ku Ritian's Rebellion Against the Heavens
After Ye Hai's passion dunk, the Celtics, who were inspired to fight, immediately launched a wave of counterattacks at home, and after Ye Hai hit a free throw and Paul and Horford also scored one after another, the Celtics chased the score to a 9-9 draw!
Aamir Johnson, whose performance has declined after the contract extension this season, also gave a big hat to Klay Thompson, who broke through to the basket for a layup, on the defensive end!
The Celtics quickly launched a counterattack, Paul just passed the half, just before Curry grabbed the ball quickly passed to Brandon Rush, who ran to the bottom corner unattended, Rush did not hesitate after receiving the ball, shot directly, and hit three points!
9-12ļ¼ The Celtics put the score back in with a three-pointer! Starting from Ye Hai's dunk 2+1, Boston played a wave of 10-0 climax!
"duang~~" Durant's shot hit the iron for the third time, after Ye Hai dunked, Durant did not score too much, and three consecutive dry shots were missed from the basket under Ye Hai's defensive interference. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"This kid, the defense is quite pestering!"
With 3 shots missed, Durant's shooting percentage has slipped to the normal range of 4-of-7 shooting.
Horford jammed Pachulia and Johnson jammed Green, blocking the Warriors' two interior linemen behind him and preparing to protect the backcourt rebound.
But just as the basketball was falling, a small man suddenly burst out of the gap between the four and quickly grabbed the rebound in his hand! Everyone saw that this player was the Warriors' Stephen Curry!
Curry, who has not scored yet, grabbed this frontcourt rebound, dribbled directly to the baseline, and did not hesitate when he came to the three-point line, and shot the ball directly while turning, and did not seem to aim at the basket!
And when Curry just got the rebound, Paul thought "not good"! Realizing that your relaxation has caused the defense to be out of position!
The ball quickly flew out of Curry's hand, sliced a standard parabola through the air, and hollowed through the net!
12-12 draws!
After scoring the goal, Curry was expressionless and immediately ran to the backcourt, taking out the braces in his mouth while shouting to his teammates to pay attention to the defense.
"This ball is mine!" Paul took the responsibility for the defense.
Blanton Rush was ready to shoot a three-pointer, but the three-pointer hit the iron, and Green, who was not tall, jumped high and won the rebound in the crowd!
Paul immediately stepped up when Curry reached a step beyond the three-point line, because he knew that with Curry's shot, the range could even be as far as near the halfway line, so he didn't dare to be careless.
It seems that his own defense has made an effect, Curry did not try to shoot a second shot after making a shot, but handed the ball selection to Green, who was mentioned on the line!
"He's got three points!" Paul immediately reminded.
Amir Johnson didn't know it, and immediately followed, Green stood at the top of the arc and handed the ball to Durant, who stuck Yahai behind him on the wing.
Durant received the ball with his back to Ye Hai, his body shook from side to side, creating the illusion of turning and breaking through, and then suddenly retreated, Ye Hai immediately defended forward, but Adu suddenly changed his rhythm when he was halfway back, and changed to break forward, deceiving Ye Hai's center of gravity at once!
Paul, who was very close to Yahai and Durant, immediately stepped forward to make a foul, preferring to pay for the foul rather than let Adu score an easy dunk.
But Durant seemed to see through Paul's intentions, and when Paul was just halfway through, he threw the ball outside, and the ball appeared in Curry's hand again!
It was the standard hand-and-knife style again, and Curry's second three-point shot went through the net again!
15-12ļ¼ With 2 consecutive three-pointers in less than 1 minute, the Warriors immediately put the score back in the score!
But Curry's performance was not over, after Horford scored two points to close the score, Curry's defense of Paul, quickly handed the ball to Green who came over to block and pick, and then immediately used Green's block to get rid of Paul, and after only one move, Green put the ball back in Curry's hands.
Although it looked like a small move off the ball, Green not only blocked Paul, but Curry also used this step to leave room for a shot, and after receiving the ball, he shot again and hit his third three-pointer of the first quarter! And at this moment, Johnson has not had time to follow up from the inside.
18-14ļ¼ It looks like Curry is going to be going to be a day again! Even the fans in the VIP seats have already started kneeling on the floor to watch the game!
In this situation, Stevens immediately asked for a timeout without hesitation!
The Warriors are such a headache team, once they launch Willis, it will be a wave of climaxes, and Durant, Curry, and Thompson all have the ability to detonate the scoring stream.
After Durant's opening hot hand, Curry took over the offensive banner with a three-point shot, so that the offensive point was constantly shifted, so that any team's defense could not be prevented!
After the timeout, Stevens made a bold change! Replacing Amir Johnson and Brandon Rush with Jack Crowder and Gerard Green, Yahi pushed to the power forward position.
In this way, the Celtics' lineup has become center Horford, power forward Ye Hai, small forward Crowder, scoring guard Green, and playmaking guard Paul!
This lineup is also the first time that the Celtics have used it this season! But Stevens' change of formation has his own considerations.
As a short power forward, the Warriors' Green defense generally relies on his own low-key bulldozer defense, which generally works wonders against players who are very tall and have a high center of gravity, but not very well against a tall and flexible interior line.
Therefore, put Ye Hai in the position of power forward, although Ye Hai's height has no advantage, but his speed and explosiveness are stronger than Green's, and his scoring methods are also biased to the outside, Green's defense is even far inferior to Durant who is more than 2.10 meters tall and has long arms for Ye Hai.
Jack Crowder is the best outside defensive player of the entire team last season, although the overall ability is weaker than Ye Hai, but he has a lot of experience in defending the opponent's main scorer, in order to completely liberate Ye Hai's offense, he can only use Jack Crowder to deal with Durant, which is also the best defensive card that Stevens can play at present.
Gerard Green's presence not only strengthens the team's rebounding, but also has a better bounce and more flexibility, and he can fully keep up with Thompson's movement, although Thompson is not yet powerful, but if the Warriors' trio are at the same time, then the game will hardly have to be played, no matter who the opponent is. Stevens, who was precautionary, arranged for Green in advance to entangle the Warriors' third pick!
The remaining 2 positions are the 2 points that Celtic are most sure of, and they will naturally not be replaced!
The change of formation really had a certain effect, Ye Hai suddenly felt a lot more relaxed in the face of Green's defense, because Green's defensive ability is biased towards interior players, so when encountering Ye Hai who frequently moves on the outside, Green is like catching a slippery loach, with a feeling of strength but nowhere to focus!
Although Durant started scoring again under Crowder's defense, because Green's performance on the offensive end was not stable, Ye Hai took the initiative to wrap Durant with Crowder from time to time, which also affected many of Adu's shots.
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors, who were playing on the road, ended the quarter with a 30-26 advantage!
After withstanding the Warriors' opening two offensive surges, the Celtics are already brewing a second-quarter counterattack! (To be continued.) )