Chapter 135: Change
Boston, North Shore Gardens.
The second game between the 76ers and the Celtics was still full of people, still full of voices, and the noisy decibel sound was called out to the slightly uneven cheers of the audience.
"Toot ~"
There was a timeout, and the sweaty players walked off the field.
"What's wrong with these 76ers players today, so fierce!" Pierce touched his aching chest, which had collided with the young man I don't know how many times, and felt a little numb.
Garnett also looked depressed, and spewed out expletives, "Damn Speights has too many small movements, I really want to hack him to death with a knife." ”
The 76ers led the Celtics by three points 67-64 and took the initiative after the second quarter. And in the third quarter, there are still 2 minutes and 12 seconds left in the game.
"Coach, we can't continue to wrap Tang Wenlong, the other players of the 76ers today can also feel okay!" On the Celtics bench, Ray Allen communicates with head coach Doc Rivers.
"yes, yes," Pierce chimed in, "and this rookie is also very good at passing, and I don't know how many times he's made a pass that breaks through our defenses." ”
Rivers pondered for a moment and said in a low voice: "But have you ever thought that once Tang Wenlong's bag is released, he is likely to attack on his own, and his offensive efficiency has been seen in the regular season." ”
"Why don't you just use Jordan's Rule!" Garnett suggested.
"Jordan's Rule?" Everyone was surprised, wasn't this the most famous way the Pistons dealt with Michael Jordan back then? At the core, there are two aspects. Or defend Jordan to the death. Do whatever it takes. Desperately cut off his connection with his teammates, or defend Jordan's four teammates, Jordan can't win the game even if he scores more points.
How to deal with a rookie in such a way? Is this crazy, Rondo thought unconvinced.
Rivers' eyes lit up, rookie, score, physical strength, a flash of inspiration instantly crossed his mind, and he seemed to grasp something important!
"He's not Jordan after all. And the 76ers are only a single-core team! Garnett hit the nail on the head.
"That's right, that's it!" Rivers slapped his thigh, and his head exploded, "I don't believe that he can be strong as a rookie, so we will guard against him alone and choke others to death!" “
Rivers and Garnett teamed up to convince the others, but the Celtics have always felt that it was too cheap to deal with a rookie and constantly wrap up, even if he has a good scoring ability, but how much influence can he have on the game? After all, the playoffs are about defense
Tang Wenlong and his teammates are back on the field. He tilted his neck and watched as Rondo took Garnett's baseline serve. Slowly and leisurely advance to the front court.
In this game, the 76ers recovered, and he got a double-double of 13 points and 11 assists in less than three quarters, and looked like he was going to steal Lowry's job.
Rondo and Garnett played a block and broke the score to Ray Allen, who burst in and hit a forward jump shot! 67 to 66.
"Tactic No. 3!"
Lowry dribbled the ball with three fingers stretched out in his right hand, and the 76ers' No. 3 tactic was Tang Wenlong and Iguodala's flank blocking, and the two of them worked together many times today.
But this time, Tang Wenlongqiu found a difference as soon as he got his hands.
"Huh?"
He sneered lightly and looked ahead with the ball, but Ray Allen didn't mean to grab the bag.
Iguodala's cover was already in place, and Tang Wenlong couldn't care so much, with a flip of his wrist, after a dashing sliding step, he easily wiped Iguodala's side, leaving almost no gap.
Pierce bypassed Iguodala and set up a defensive line from inside the three-point line, while Ray Allen brushed aside Pierce and made a dribble interference with Tang Wenlong. Tang Wenlong's eyes glanced at Iguodala, who had already evacuated, the position of the two people was very bad, if this point was Lei Allen's speed and arm span, eighty percent would be broken.
At this time, Pierce rotated the defense in place, and the blocking and pick-and-roll tactics of the two men did not work at all, and ten seconds of offensive time were wasted.
Seeing this, Tang Wenlong quickly dribbled the ball under his crotch, stepped out with his right foot, bent the inside of his left foot, and pulled the ball back with his right hand holding the ball, and the whole person quickly completed a change of direction in front of his body.
Ray Allen did not wrap up, facing Pierce one-on-one, Tang Wenlong's rhythm was fast, the amplitude was large, and he completed a breakthrough almost instantly!
Pierce was engrossed, and after adjusting his pace, he followed Tang Wenlong, leaning on the other party, secretly exerting pressure.
The Celtics didn't come to wrap up, Tang Wenlong frowned, suddenly stopped his body, and his right hand approached the left hand holding the ball, as if he was going to make a jump shot!
"Worship Buddha feints!" After Pierce jumped up, he found that Tang Wenlong had jumped at all, and he could even see the hint of banter in the eyes of his juniors!
Pierce fell, Tang Wenlong rose on the spot, leaned back with amplitude, and arrogantly played a time difference.
Hit. 69 to 66.
It's a long story, but it's actually all a momentary thing that happens. What the audience saw was that Tang Wenlong and Iguodala failed to block and dismantle, Tang Wenlong forced Pierce after feintting, shook Pierce in the horn area, and then hit a jump shot.
Tang Wenlong glanced at Pierce, and the Celtics' defense seemed to have changed a little
The Celtics attacked, Garnett missed a high jumper, and after two rebounds in the air, he was grabbed by Iguodala who rushed to grab the rebound.
Attacking and defending in turn, Tang Wenlong received the ball from Iguodala.
As soon as he reached the three-point line and put the ball behind his back with one hand, Pierce bullied him, his arms outstretched, and stuck to him like kraft candy.
"Bang!" Tang Wenlong exerted his back and leaned his back against Pierce.
Suddenly, a huge rebound force came, and Tang Wenlong's right hand controlling the ball shook, almost missing the ball. Pierce was also uncomfortable over there, and he was knocked into the air and moved half a step back, giving Tang Wenlong space.
Tang Wenlong didn't say a word, took the ball and turned around, and broke through to the left side of Pierce with a step.
"It's too fast!"
His breakthrough of turning around was extremely fast, and before Pierce could react from that back-to-back, Tang Wenlong was running a small motor again, and it was at the level of his shoulders in the blink of an eye!
The commentators broadcast by the imperial court station today are Yu Jia and Yang Yi, and seeing Tang Wenlong's wonderful performance, Yu Jia couldn't help but shout, "Tang Wenlong has been playing aggressively this time!" Let's take a look at his breakthrough, when he passes, he does it in one go, which is really amazing. ”
Yang Yi sighed, "It's really a pleasure to watch Tang Wenlong's breakthrough, there is a domineering aura that swallows thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the momentum, and Pierce can't prevent it at all!" (To be continued.) )