Toughness and tenacity on the court are not hand-to-hand combat with opponents, but the ability to stand up and fight back with a tougher posture after being defeated.

The Charles River flows slowly through Boston, and the qualities of toughness, tenacity, and toughness go deep into the Celtic blood.

On April 27, the Celtics returned to the North Shore Garden Arena to cause huge problems for the 76ers.

At this time, the 76ers, with a two-game winning streak, were like a rainbow, but they didn't expect the Celtics to be so tough, every player pestered the 76ers players like crazy, Tang Wenlong struggled to score points in the tsunami-like booing.

Small moves, trash talk, and tough fronts, the Celtics led by 10 points in the first half.

Tang Wenlong shook his head and asked the staff for a new braces to put in his mouth. The atmosphere at the Celtics' home stadium was enthusiastic, and Tang Wenlong's white towel wiped his sweat, feeling that the Celtics should not maintain such a high intensity in the second half.

After a fifteen-minute break, the second half of the game began.

Tang Wenlong and others walked out of the narrow tunnel of players, the green swaying in their eyes, the screen was full of signs mocking the 76ers, and there were even many headshots holding his headshot, which showed the rich atmosphere of the playoffs.

Tang Wenlong held his knees with both hands, stood outside the 45-degree three-point line in the backcourt, the Celtics served in the frontcourt, and Terry pushed over.

At the top of the arc, Tang Wenlong's defensive Jeff Green began to run in circles, from the top of the arc with the help of two outside screens from Bass and Garnett, to the left corner of the opposite side. After the two insiders blocked Tang Wenlong, they mentioned the upper line and Terry to do the blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, while Pierce spun around again, ready to catch the ball.

Terry had no room for a one-on-one cover and gave it to Pierce.

Pierce misaligned with Iguodala with the help of the screen, and he received the ball with his left hand, while leaning on Iguodala and sticking to it.

Dribble a step, step back and jump shot!

missed, the rebound bounced, and the Celtics' two interior players had just gone out to cover, and the interior was empty, and David West, who occupied the position, easily grabbed the rebound.

The old fritter is very experienced in erecting two elbows, and ten thousand people are not close.

The Celtics stepped back, and West gently rolled the ball to the ground with a flick of his hand, bounced it up, and handed it to Lowry's hands.

With a wave of his hand, Lowry commanded everyone to attack.

The Celtics still maintained the aggressiveness of the first half, Tang Wenlong frowned, Jeff Green, who was leaning on his back, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and put his rough big hands on his waist, his body was like kraft candy, to be seamlessly bonded with Tang Wenlong.

Tang Wenlong pouted his buttocks, stretched out his long arms, and gently jumped forward to catch the ball passed by Lowry.

Elbow zone one-on-one!

Tang Wenlong didn't want to carry the basket, so he turned his face frame to attack, grabbed the ball with both hands, and almost hung to the ground.

Jeff Green was still very tight, with one arm raised high, ready to interfere with Tang's pull-up shot.

Tang Wenlong took the ball with both hands and shook it to the right, and then stepped out with his right foot to the left, and the left heel was the most basic cross step.

The most basic movements have become extremely sharp under his hands!

Jeff Green subconsciously stretched out his right hand to block, Tang Wenlong stretched out his right hand at the same time, and the moment the two people touched, Tang Wenlong's right elbow pushed against Jeff Green's waist. It was so fast that the others didn't notice this small action at all, let alone the referee, and even the camera didn't capture it.

Jeff Green was in pain, his body stiffened, Tang Wenlong sent the ball with his left hand, and his body followed in one step, passing Jeff Green's defense.

One of the few crisp and neat breakthroughs in this game, the Celtics immediately chose to wrap Tang Wenlong, the formation contracted, and there were open opportunities in the bottom corner and outside the 45-degree three-point line.

However, the two players who came in the bag were experienced veterans - Pierce and Terry, who kept their eyes wide and were ready to cut off Tang Wenlong's pass from the outside.

Tang Wenlong flicked the corner of his eyes, suddenly stopped suddenly, and in front of Garnett, who was defending inside, he directly stopped and jumped in one step!

Garnett's long arm covered it, just to cover Tang Wenlong's shot angle, and Tang Wenlong's arm leaned back, raising his shooting arc.

"Bell!"

The crisp sound of striking iron turned into a sigh from the 76ers fans.

However, a big white hand suddenly stretched out under the basket, transcending all obstacles, and with a soft and gentle touch of fingers in the air, the ball was pointed into the basket.

Mark Gasol!

"Good shot!" Tang Wenlong said with a smile and high-fived Gasol.

Offense and defense rotated, and the Celtics attacked.

At this time, the Celtics led the 76ers by 4 points 47-43, and the scoring of both sides was not high, the Celtics had a slow offensive pace, and Terry averaged nearly seven assists per game at the peak of his career.

The Celtics used Terry to play playmaking and only asked him to take on part of the offensive playmaking responsibility.

Most of the time, the ball is in the hands of Pierce or Jeff Green, and whether it is Pierce or Jeff Green, both of them have a lot of mistakes.

For example, in this attack, after Pierce feints to shake Iguodala, he breaks through and chooses to share the ball for Pau in the face of Gasol.

The pass was touched by the returning Iguodala to the fast hand, the basketball changed its trajectory and drilled into West's arms, and the 76ers directly had a fast break opportunity.

David Westgaard passed the ball to Tang Wenlong, who quickly attacked the half.

Jeff Green chased after him again, Tang Wenlong sent the ball forward, strode to follow, and stepped on the three-point line to start the fast attack!

Jeff Green: "Damn, how do you cover this?" ”

Tang Wenlong held the basketball high with one hand, and after gliding in the air for a distance, his waist and abdomen straightened, and he won the one-handed split.

45-47, there was a lot of boos at the scene, and there were some applause in bits and pieces, not all of them were 76ers fans from Philadelphia, but some undetermined Celtics fans, who saw such a wonderful fast-break dunk, and it was inevitable that they would not applaud it in their hearts. It's not about the position, but it's just about how wonderful the goal is.

The closer the score got to the ground, the more nervous Rivers became, and finally couldn't help but get up from the bench, stand on the sidelines, and shout at the Celtics players on the court.

"Tough defense, tough confrontation! Put it on and don't be afraid! ”

Using physical confrontation to create better scoring opportunities and physical confrontation to make opponents uncomfortable is the most common rule in basketball, and Rivers made up his mind to let the Celtics pursue a chance to win under this huge gap. (To be continued.) )