Chapter 144: Crisis is coming

The Celtics called a timeout in the final period of the first quarter, and the head coach saw that the Knicks were wrapping up Pierce, in this case, Pierce's scoring ability was limited, and in the case that the Celtics were not very comprehensive on the offensive end, and now they also limited a powerful firepower point, and they were unwilling to let the Celtics win the game by relying on Walker's ability alone.

On the Knicks' side, Sprewell was ready to be replaced by Van Gundy, because in the first quarter of the game, the physical consumption of physical energy is very fast, after all, Sprewell is thirty people who are scattered, and Pierce is now in the year of strong physical fitness, Sprewell must be rested, otherwise the ability to step and other aspects will not be able to keep up with the rhythm,

After Sprewell got off the court, Liang Xiao was replaced on the court, and at this time the Knicks also began to make large-scale substitutions, and now the gap in the score is not very big, let the main team rest for a while, and play in the second quarter, Anderson also played, Houston went to rest, and now Liang Xiao is playing point guard, and Anderson is going to defend Pierce,

The main force on the Celtics' side replaced Walker, replaced Elke Williams, Walker rested, on the inside, the Knicks suddenly took the initiative, Pierce still maintained the stability of the Celtics on the court, the scores of the two sides did not change much, there was not much difference between each other's offense and defense, the most important thing is that both sides want to take the lead in the first half, so that they can maintain the last advantage when their physical fitness begins to decline in the second half,

Seeing that after the timeout on both sides ended, the players came on the court, and the host of the court station 5 said: "Now that Liang Xiao is on the court, the Celtics have nothing that can threaten the strength of the guard line, and the Knicks will see if Liang Xiao can make a breakthrough." ”

"Actually, Liang Xiao was playing more than six minutes in the first quarter in the previous playing time, and Liang Xiao's playing time was compressed today, mainly because the offensive pressure on Pierce on the Celtics' side made the Knicks need to find a little balance, and Houston, as the first scorer, must keep playing time, and in point guard, Easley also did a better job, so Liang Xiao's playing time is limited, but let's see if Liang Xiao will have more time in the first half." Sun Zhengping looked at Liang Xiao and said that he still had some doubts about whether Liang Xiao could get more points in this game.

Bremmer, who defends Liang Xiao, is also a young player, only 22 years old, but he is still older than Liang Xiao, but this does not mean that he can be better than Liang Xiao in attack and defense, after the Celtics kicked off, they advanced to the frontcourt, and the opponent's Decker faced Easley's defense, the two were half a catty, and they didn't get a chance to shoot, and the ball was distributed to Pierce's hands,

After Pierce received the ball, he immediately broke through, Anderson couldn't defend at all, the Knicks still had to implement the final defensive policy when they were suspended, and double-packed Pierce, at this time, Thomas on the inside came out to double the truth, Thomas was much easier without Walker, Pierce didn't make any achievements under the bag, and there was no way to score in the three-second zone, so he had to pass to the inside, but the inside line made a mistake and the ball knocked out of the frame,

The Knicks' Harrington grabbed the rebound and immediately carried out a fast attack, Liang Xiao and Anderson were both very fast, but the opponent's Pierce and Bremer were not the kind of people who were inflexible and fast, followed by Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao and Anderson and the Celtics formed a two-on-two situation, Anderson dribbled all the way, Pierce was still a beat slower in speed, but Anderson didn't dare to go to the basket, so it was possible to be a big hat by Pierce,

Anderson gave Liang Xiao a point at the three-point line, Liang Xiao protected the ball with a three-step layup, and threw the opponent's Bremer aside, the other party picked up Liang Xiao for a layup, and there was no way to defend the ball, just to pull Liang Xiao, but at this time the referee's whistle thought, Liang Xiao's action still did not stop, and the three-step layup was not so easy to pull down, if the other party gave Liang Xiao a hug, it was still possible, in fact, this was a completely unnecessary foul, As a result, Liang Xiao was given a free throw,

At this point, Pierce walked over and yelled at Bremer, "What are you doing, do you need to foul such a ball?" ”

Anderson shook Liang's smiling ass and said, "Well done, that's it, the next ball will still be like this, I will continue to give you the ball." The fans on the sidelines shouted loudly, and burst into warm applause for Liang Xiao's two plus one.

Liang Xiao stood at the free throw line, all the fans quieted down, as a home court, this is the advantage, the Knicks' diehards are behind the rebounds, if their own players are not necessary to interfere, if the opposing player's free throws, it is definitely a cheering stick ringing non-stop,

Liang Xiao hit steadily, and finally got three points on the court, this game Liang Xiao has been waiting for Van Gundy's call on the bench, and he didn't let himself play until the last few minutes, who called himself still a substitute, and I don't know when I can get a better position in the starting position,

On the Celtics' side, the twin stars are off the court, and now if Pierce goes to the inside, he will be caught by Thomas and Anderson, Pierce learned to be obedient and began to exert strength on the outside, Liang Xiao defended his own people, and now he did not participate in Anderson's bag clamping with Pierce, and the truth was not soft at all, and at the three-point line, he fought back against a big three-point shot by Liang Xiao just now,

"Now that the Celtics are off the court, the Knicks are just the opportunity to chase the score, and if the last three minutes or so are not grasped well, the Knicks will not be able to pull the score away." The moderator said about the current situation,

"It makes a lot of sense, the Knicks have to find a way to strengthen the firepower point and strive to strengthen it when the Celtics' main force is not complete." Sun Zhengping also echoed,

When Liang Xiao is attacking on the Knicks' side, he is either responding on the outside, and the high-position strategy still has a great effect on Liang Xiao, the Knicks are not under much pressure on the inside now, as long as the ball reaches the inside line, the Celtics are not well protected inside, there is no way to put pressure on the Knicks' inside.

But just when the Knicks were repairing on the inside, an unexpected thing happened, Pierce began to stop breaking through the inside, at first the Knicks have been defending Pierce's breakthrough, not to put pressure on the Knicks' defense, but now after the Celtics changed their strategy, there are not many troops scoring on the inside.

Pierce made a mid-to-long shot directly on the outside, Anderson defended, but Pierce's body was too good, and he didn't make a deep breakthrough, just carried out activities at the three-point line, after a mid-range shot, Liang Xiao also returned the color with a mid-range shot that turned around, but Pierce was another mid-range shot, after the Knicks' inside line, Pierce saw that his hand was so good, and now he didn't even choose to shoot a two-point shot, and shot directly outside the three-point line, and the result was hit,

"Now the Knicks really can't defend the opponent's Pierce, you see he has scored several goals in a row." The host of the fifth station of the imperial court couldn't help but be a little worried when he saw Pierce constantly hitting,

Sun Zhengping looked at Pierce's shooting and said next to him: "If the Knicks can keep the score, it's not a problem, it's nothing to worry about, after all, Pierce is not an iron man, and now there is no rest in the first quarter, and the shooting rate will definitely drop in the next time." ”

There is some truth in this analysis, but Director Sun is a little unexpected this time, because Pierce seems to be in surprisingly good shape tonight, and in the next game, he is still constantly exerting force on the medium and long range of shots, Van Gundy looks at this situation, and keeps shouting on the sidelines on the field, carrying out the bag, Liang Xiao has no choice, so he has to start paying attention to Pierce when he arrives in the front court, as long as he wants to shoot, Liang Xiao will run over and take a step to interfere, but this effect is not very good,

Liang Xiao can only maintain the score, Anderson and Liang Xiao cooperate with the implementation of the inside line, or Harrington pulls out for a mid-range shot can stabilize the existing score a little, now there is 1 minute and 43 seconds left in the first quarter of the game, and the score between the two sides has become 23-25, if Pierce has not been in shape, the Knicks' backward score will become bigger and bigger,

The Knicks attacked, after Easley gave the ball to Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao dribbled through the opponent's Bremer, but when it came to the edge of the three-second zone, Pierce divided his energy to interfere with Liang Xiao, and the opponent was a little worse than Liang Xiao in scoring guards.

As a result, Liang Xiao didn't get the ball in, Pierce grabbed the rebounding ball directly in the back, Pierce is now not only in scoring, but also in rebounding and defense.

Pierce grabbed the rebound and immediately went down, and under Anderson's interference, he simply ignored it as if he was nothing, and directly sat on the ground at the three-point line, hitting three-point shots, Pierce's unreasonable goal is a crisis for the Knicks,

After the Knicks' interior offense was successful, Pierce still used mid-range shooting, and in the last minute, Pierce directly hit two three-pointers, two mid-range, and two assists, the Knicks didn't know if they didn't grasp the mentality or had other thoughts in the pressure of Pierce, and as a result, at the end of the first quarter, the score became 29-35, six points behind,

When the break came, the Knicks sensed the coming crisis under Pierce's good hand tonight.