After the start of the second half, Rick Pitino unhurriedly replaced Jonny Lee and Ben Wallace, while letting Mark Bront Di Brown and Dana Barros continue to play, and the semi-main force played in the first quarter, in fact, this is also a reflection of the Celtics' self-confidence after the last game.

As long as Jonny can play, the Celtics won't be afraid of offensive disadvantage, and as long as Ben Wallace plays, the Celtics' basket is safe.

In the first quarter, Jonny re-played, the Celtics must have played tactics around Jonny, and the Hornets saw Jonny replay, and they quickly replaced Bobby Fils, although Bobby Fils couldn't prevent Jony at all, but such a full-time defender was always reassuring.

The first offense of the first quarter was an offensive opportunity for the Celtics, and after Jonny got the ball, he faced Bobby Fils.

Now Bobby Fils has been a little stunned by Jonny, in the last game, he was scored 45 points by Jonny, this game, Jonny has already scored 19 points, and now the first quarter has just begun, it is foreseeable that in this game, Jonny will definitely score another high score.

As a member of the league's best defensive second team, he has been beaten by Jonny Lee for ≦ ♂ consecutive years, which is obviously a very bad feeling for Bobby Fils. A player like him can survive in the NBA and get a 10 million contract, relying on defense, but now the defense has been blown up, and for Bobby Fils, this is completely equivalent to what he relied on to survive.

In this case, Bobby Fils must be desperate, so he is also desperate.

But it didn't turn out very well. Jonny seems to have completely ignored this desperate style of defense.

In the first ball of the first quarter, although Bobby Fils couldn't see hope, he was still very hard, and when Jonny took the ball and took two steps past him, Bobby Fils still turned his head and chased after him, and he didn't mean to give up at all.

But apparently Jonny was a bit faster. After passing Bobby Fils in two steps, Jonny wasted no time, and after dribbling one step again, he made a pull-up jump shot and the basketball went into the basket.

Then, it's time to switch to the Hornets attack.

In fact, the Hornets have been beaten by the Celtics like this, not only because they can't prevent Jonny's offense, but also because they can't defend against the Celtics' offense. What's more, they don't have a consistent scoring point anymore.

Glen Les played poorly in the last game. He was defended by Jonny on 6-of-22 shooting, and this game was still Jonny's defense of Glen Les, and Glen Les's performance was still very bad.

In this ball, when he couldn't completely pass Jonny, Glen Les chose an emergency stop jump shot, rushed two steps into the line in a row, and made a direct shot.

But then I heard a "pop" sound. Jonny covered the ball.

Glen Les was helpless, and Dave Cowens off the court was even more helpless. Jonny returned to the court, and the Hornets fell into the back of the pack again, which meant the Hornets really didn't have a chance.

Looking at the Celtics' bench, Bruce Bow has not played in this game, and Derrick Coleman, who is a little rampage, has not played, and Chauncee Billups, who is relatively younger and in better shape, has not played, relying on the attack and defense of Jonny Lee and Big Ben. The Celtics turned the tide in an instant.

The Hornets' 8-man rotation policy also forced them to let two of the main players rest off the court, and seeing that the Celtics were going to open up the point difference again, Dave Cowens reluctantly replaced Anthony Mason, who was resting off the court.

Rick Pitino did the same, with Derrick Coleman also playing again after Anthony Mason returned. As for Bruce Bow. It seems that the Celtics don't need him now, and Di Brom, who has a better offense, is better suited to play now. Because on the defensive end, Jonny can defend Glen Les, so what the Celtics need to strengthen more is the offensive end.

At least Di Brown can fire from anywhere on the pitch, while Bruce Bow can only be in the bottom corner.

The first quarter was fast, and Jonny followed up with a couple of mid-range jumpers and break-ups to help the Celtics pull away. It seemed easy, because Jonny didn't even get into the box, casually shot a few baskets outside, and then defended a few waves of Hornets offense, and in the blink of an eye, the Celtics went from leading by 2 points to leading by 17 points.

Then, after the end of the first quarter, Rick Pitino replaced Jonny Lee to rest, and let Derrick Coleman, who had rested for more than a quarter, replay, and as a result, Derrick Coleman was in a very good state in this game, he continued Jonny's offensive firepower, and scored 9 points again in the fourth quarter, which allowed Jonny to rest for a whole quarter in the fourth quarter, and watched his teammates slowly maintain a 20-point difference.

In the end, the Celtics beat the Hornets by 20 points again at home, leading the series by 20 points, winning by an average of 25 points per game, it can be said that this round of the series has ended early, and in the next game, the Celtics will go to Charlotte, but looking at the current state of the Celtics, in the next game, the Celtics can end the entire series.

With two big wins, Celtic booked a ticket to the next round. On the same day in the East, the Pacers vs. Cavaliers ended up winning with the Pacers.

A little later, two games on the Western Conference were also decided, and the Jazz beat the Rockets at home, and there was only one game away. And the Lakers also beat the Trail Blazers by 10 points, also a two-game winning streak.

The teams in the top half of the league were all strong, but the second day of the game finally made a difference. The Bulls beat the Knicks again, which is nothing to blame, but the Hawks beat the Heat again, so that the experts did not expect that the Heat actually showed no power to fight back in this round of the series! And in the West, the Timberwolves' defeat of the SuperSonics was also a surprise, and the Yang beat the Spurs.

It seems that the next day's game turned into a counterattack by the weak.

Of course, a win in the second game of the series is not indicative of which side the whole series will turn towards, and it can only be said that the teams in the bottom half have some advantages, because they have grabbed an away win, which is precious.

For the Celtics, in these two games, the victory is not the most critical, the most important thing is that they feel that their defense is getting better again, and after the second game with the Hornets, Doug Rivers came to the locker room and said something about the defense of this game.

Although the Celtics are not yet able to practice new defensive tactics, it is still possible to improve some defensive details. (To be continued......)