Chapter 113: A long-distance runner
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Nets still did the same.
At this time, the Celtics have adjusted, although they are also mentally prepared, but this group of old guys did not dare to compare with the Nets in the first half.
If you start fighting in the first half, the Celtics don't have that kind of physical strength, and in the second quarter, the Celtics are still dormant, waiting, and the Nets successfully took a small lead when the Knights were dormant.
At halftime, the Nets actually led the Celtics by 8 points, 56:48.
At this time, Mike Trick, who was in the commentary box, said keenly: "The Celtics didn't seem to play too hard in the first half. This is not a complete Celtic state, is Celtic going to give up today's game! It's also fighting with the Nets, the Celtics are too cost-effective! ”
Mike Trick interpreted the situation on the court this way, but Hubby Brown said at this time: "The Celtics are like a long-distance runner, they don't give 100% strength in the first half, only in the second half they will sprint with all their strength. I estimate that the third quarter is the key point of today's game, and the Celtics will habitually exert their strength in the third quarter! ”
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Celtics really exerted their strength in the third quarter, and their intensity in the third quarter suddenly increased by two notches, and the cooperation was more tacit.
At the beginning, Garnett immediately played a strategy with Pierce, and Pierce got in and beat Wallace.
In the first half, Pierce looked soft and now, once he is desperate, he is also very hard to come up, and he squeezed away Wallace for a layup and scored two points.
The Celtics didn't have a lot of hardness in the second half, and now it's the Nets' turn to adapt, and there was a mistake on the Nets' side.
The Nets made a mistake, the Celtics are not the Nets, and their counterattack is very sharp.
Rondo came with the ball and suddenly passed to Ray Allen, who raised his hand for a three-pointer.
The Celtics came back to chase back 5 points in an instant, once the Nets began to strengthen, they played more tacitly, in the end, they were the champion team, the Nets were still a fish belly team in the final analysis, the gap was too big for a while, and the Celtics caught up with the score, and after a while, the Celtics took the lead and completely suppressed the Nets.
At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led the Nets by 10 points, 82:72, and the Nets only scored 16 points in the third quarter.
The Nets look like they've been beaten back to square one, and it looks like the Nets' efforts are going to be in vain, after all, they've been good enough against a championship team so far.
Although the little general is unwilling, but the team has played like this, the little general knows that this is close to the limit, according to the real strength, his team wants to win against the Celtics, that is to be lucky.
In the fourth quarter, the two teams returned to the court, and the Celtics finally pressed the Nets down, and a bunch of old things got angry, and the Nets also gave the Celtics a look, and the Nets were not so aggressive.
But at this time, there is still a person on the court who is unwilling, and Horn's heart is still burning at this time, and his goal is not only today's game.
He needs to use competition to train himself, to make himself stronger, to conquer the world, and to achieve a more perfect version of himself in his career as an athlete.
Horn's willingness on the court is very sufficient, at this time everyone plays peaceball, Horn is so strong, the basketball naturally passed to Horn's hands.
Horn took the ball, and the Celtics thought they were defending a joint defense, and the outside were all small men. This reduced the defensive pressure on Horn a lot, and without pressure, Horn glanced up at the basket.
He's a little apprehensive about shooting right now, but that doesn't affect Horn's confidence.
He knew he had to shoot, he had to shoot, and he had to shoot, and there was no way back.
Horn took the ball and looked at the basket, and Ray Allen looked at Horn looking at the basket, and he smiled unconsciously.
Horn missed all 4 shots from distance in the first half, and 2 were three-pointers, and Ray Allen didn't bother to defend at all with Horn's projection level.
Horn also saw Ray Allen's sarcastic smile, but at this time Horn did not have any psychological fluctuations, he took advantage of Ray Allen's relaxation, raised his hand, shook his waist and wrists, and shot steadily.
"Brush!"
Horn has now finally hit one after missing 4 shots, and Horn has hit this shot, and the psychological advantage has come back a little bit.
At this time, Horn knew that he needed space, as long as he had space to let himself shoot two more, the feeling would definitely be returned.
Horn ran back at a fast speed, and Hubby Brown said at this time: "Horn finally shot, this is the second long-range shot he has shot this season, Horn's mid-range shot last season was outrageous, this season is laughable!" ”
The Celtics didn't take it seriously when they were shot by Horn, they just thought it was Horn's shit luck.
The Celtics were fought by the Nets in the first half, and they fought hard in the third quarter, and their physical strength began to run out in the fourth quarter.
The Celtics had this problem for the next few years, and once the physical strength began to decline in the fourth quarter, and this season began to show that their weakness was still not exposed, but this shortcoming was already there.
Many strong teams die of old age on their own, and the only team in the world that is not old is called Spurs and not Celtics.
The Celtics' offensive efficiency also began to decline this round, and the Celtics did not score.
Although the Nets' morale is not high, but the game is still the energy basketball quickly advanced, Horn quickly ran to the bottom line, Williams passed, at this time Garnett was still behind, Buss did not defend it, Horn faced Rondo.
Rondo couldn't guard Horn's face, and Horn posed again in front of Rondo, fully adjusted, and then shot steadily.
"Brush!"
It's in again! Horn's second shot was also hit, Horn's previous shot was not good, but that was in a defensive situation, and if there was no defense, Horn's shooting percentage was also very high.
Rondo defended in front of Horn, which was equivalent to no defense, allowing Horn to shoot this mid-range like practice.
Horn hit two mid-range shots in a row, and his confidence came back a little bit, his rhythm came back a little bit, and his self-confidence came back a little bit.
More critically, the Celtics didn't adjust in time at this time, and Doug Rivers felt that Horn's small mid-range shot was unlikely to change the pace of the game. Doug Rivers also doesn't know what his team will face this season.