Chapter 410: Tenacious
"Beat, Beat, Beat......" The Celtics' home stadium of TD North Shore Garden resounded with a neat shout, the Celtics fans cheering on the home team, and their "attack" was the challenger from New York, the Brooklyn Nets.
At present, the Brooklyn Nets are in second place in the East, and the Boston Celtics are in seventh place in the East, and the positions of the two teams are basically solid, but with less than ten games to go before the end of the regular season, any slight mistakes are not acceptable.
Although these two teams are not "feuding", they are also quite related.
In this year's Christmas War, Gao Dazhuang once beat the opponent with a golden three-point shot at home, in that game, Gao Dazhuang shot 42 times and scored 48 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists with a super-large "quasi-triple-double" data.
And some time ago, on the issue of tall and strong complaining about the Bulls' "savage" defense, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge took the initiative to mix in and had a fierce "verbal altercation" with Nets general manager Billy King.
This incident also caused a confrontation between players and fans on both sides on the Internet, and even before this game, the Brooklyn Nets' website was "hacked" by Celtics fans, as long as you type the Brooklyn Nets' official website in the address bar of your computer browser, it will automatically jump to the official homepage of the Boston Celtics.
So for this game, the media is also full of energy, and their main concern is to see how "effective" the Celtics can defend tall and strong.
"I won't let him take another 42 shots" In order to cheer on the team, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge came to the court early in the morning. Join nearly 20,000 fans in attendance to watch the game.
TD's North Shore Garden Arena created an atmosphere of "pressing" for the visiting Brooklyn Nets at the beginning.
"Ha, I'm actually quite envious of the Miami Heat, it seems that it feels good to be a public enemy of the league" Looking at the "green" and the "aggressive" slogans that can be seen everywhere, Gao Dazhuang said with some feelings.
"We beat them in the Christmas game, and today we have a more complete squad, so we don't have any reason to lose this game," said Gao Dazhuang, who was in charge of the pre-battle mobilization today, gathered his teammates around him and shouted confidently: "Beat them." Win eight in a row! ”
The rest of the "eight-game winning streak" Brooklyn players also raised their fists and shouted in agreement.
"A must!" Lance-Stephenson even waved his fist excitedly.
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"Beep" with the referee's whistle. The match between the two sides officially began.
The Brooklyn Nets still have the usual lineup: Marcin Gortat at center, Kenneth Faried and Kawwai Leonard at front, and Tall and Long Williams at the guard.
However, there have been some changes to the Boston Celtics' lineup, with Kevin Garnett as the team's center. Brandon Bass and Jeff Green form the front line. Played a small lineup. In addition to point guard Rajon Rondo, it was Paul Pierce who served as the starting point guard.
The reason why Paul Pierce was the team's starting point guard in this game shows that the Celtics team attaches great importance to the Nets' tall and strong core.
In the Celtics. Paul Pierce is the strongest perimeter defender, he is tall and powerful, and although he is not as fast and agile as his big man, Coach Doug Rivers believes that his extensive game experience will effectively make up for this gap.
After seeing the opening of the game, Paul Pierce quickly approached the tall and strong, and the Celtics general manager Danny Ainge in the stands also showed a smile, he knew that in addition to Paul Pierce, the first task of the team's defensive system today was to lock the tall and strong.
"No matter what, we can't let him play good stats," Celtics general manager Danny Ainge muttered in his mind.
However, he was soon surprised by the realization of Tall Strong, and after the opening game, Tall and Strong showed a strong desire to attack, first after a frontal strong attack on Paul Pierce, he hit a step-back jumper, and then made a layup on a counterattack.
But Paul Pearce, the core of the "Green Army", also launched a counterattack against the tall and strong, and after a series of misses on the defensive end, Pierce showed his offensive talent.
With a "beep", Paul Pierce made a beautiful back-to-back single, creating a defensive foul on the tall and strong.
And at 6 minutes and 55 seconds into the first quarter of the game, Gao Dazhuang was stealed by Paul Pierce in a quick counterattack, and just when Gao Dazhuang was making a counter-attack on the spot, the referee's whistle sounded again, and Gao Dazhuang defended a foul.
After accumulating 2 fouls in a single quarter, Gao Dazhuang had to be replaced by the coach for a "protective" break with 5 minutes left in the first quarter.
18:24
At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics managed to contain the tall and strong with Paul Pearce, while Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo also played their own characteristics, and they took a six-point lead in the first quarter.
However, the temporary deficit stimulated the tall and strong, and he quickly got into the groove as soon as the game came up in the second quarter.
After the tall and strong reappeared, it was like a dog chasing after him, and he frantically attacked the Green Army halfway.
Just 16 seconds into the second quarter, Paul Pierce was forced to foul in order to stop the tall and strong breakaway.
At 1:15, Rajon Rondo invaded Gao Dazhuang from beyond the three-point line, and Gao Dazhuang got three free throw opportunities.
At 2:55, Kevin Garnett also fouled the tall and strong thug.
At 4:34, Paul Pierce fouled again, and he blocked a must-win layup with a pull.
But just over halfway through the second quarter, Gao scored 10 points on free throws alone — during which he also made a layup and hit a three-pointer.
The second quarter of the game lasted 8 minutes and 44 seconds, and the tall and strong old skills were repeated. Hit the best shot: He went one-on-one with Paul Pierce in the high post.
In fact, Paul Pierce is very experienced, he tightly stuck the tall and strong right hand and forced the tall and strong to use the left hand.
But as the league's top scoring guard, how could he be defeated by this little trick, I saw Tall and Strong dribbling sideways, entangled and pushed with Pierce's arm with his right hand, and at the same time kept doing the continuous action of "feint-emergency stop", so that Pierce couldn't get around the defense, and he couldn't retreat.
Then, when Pierce finally couldn't hold it down and stepped up to pounce. The tall and strong suddenly turned sideways and stopped suddenly. Collide with Pierce with his left side of the body, and jump forward with the help of his strength.
With a "brush", the tall and strong leaned over and threw the ball in, and also hit Pierce's foul.
This wonderful 2+1. Tall and strong, like playing tai chi. Wrap around the hook. Indulgent flexion and stretching, with superb tricks and exhaustive psychological speculation, Paul Pierce is played with the palm of his hand. This also made TD North Shore Gardens a few minutes quieter.
After being teased by Gao Dazhuang, Pierce walked directly to the bench, and he chattered in the live camera, expressing his dissatisfaction with the referee, and all three of his fouls in this game were given to Gao Dazhuang.
50:45
At the end of the second quarter, with a tall and strong 17 points in a single quarter, the Brooklyn Nets completed the comeback.
However, in the third quarter of the game, there was a hint of surprise on the court.
At 4 minutes and 15 seconds into the third quarter, Rajon Rondo, who was enraged by the tall and strong breakthrough again and again, ate a technical foul with a very "savage" move.
In the slow-motion replay, when the tall and strong broke through Paul Pierce with the ball head-on, only to be replaced by Rajon Rondo from the side and steal, he directly hit the tall and strong head with his hand.
"Slap", then the tall and strong stumbled a few steps and fell to the floor on his knees, and it took a while to get up.
The tall man who was standing up at the time was even a little unconscious, grinning and rubbing his head and shaking his head constantly, when the Nets team doctor tried to get the tall and strong off the court for treatment.
However, Gao Dazhuang immediately rejected the advice of the team doctor, he glanced at Celtics general manager Danny Ainge in the stands, and then not only scored the penalty himself, but also strengthened his offensive firepower in the next game, scoring consecutive points to help the team take the lead.
And the tall and strong move also infected the rest of the Brooklyn Nets players.
It was also at 8:11 of the third quarter that the Celtics' Kevin Garnett was holding the ball inside, and Kenneth "Orc" Faried was clinging to it.
Kevin Garnett swung his elbow hard and hit Faried in the mouth.
Kenneth Faried was then called off after a round of holding out, when Faried's mouth was red with blood, and the team doctor took emergency measures, and "The Orc" Faried received three stitches on his lip.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Gao Dazhuang continued his strong position, first hitting a free throw from outside the three-point line, hitting all three free throws, and then playing a one-on-one match with Deron Williams at the top of the arc at 2:23, using an exaggerated personal threat to fight Jeff Green's early foul and hit both free throws again.
Amid the shouts of the fans and the angry shouts of Doug Rivers on the sidelines, the Celtics players increased their defensive intensity again and again.
By the 6:11 mark of the fourth quarter, the Nets had taken a 13-point lead, when Deron Williams, who had just scored four straight points, failed to stand up when he fell down in a scramble for rebounds, and then injured his left wrist due to excessive force.
Deron Williams immediately returned to the locker room to check after holding on for a round, but minutes later, Delon reappeared on the pitch and was once again draped in to kill.
Although the Boston Celtics at home are trying to close the gap, the Brooklyn Nets have stepped up to fight back every time, and the Celtics' tough defense has not deterred the Brooklyn Nets.
Now that the Brooklyn Nets have their toughness and tenacity, it's only then that people realize that what really makes this young team tremble is not their devastating offensive ability, but their hunger for victory.
It's that hunger and thirst that has forged the current Brooklyn Nets and made them invincible.
Wounded, bleeding, and returning, the Brooklyn players turned themselves into hammer fighters when facing the iron-blooded defense of the Bulls and Celtics.
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins!
With a "clang", as the tall and strong man made a breakthrough and faced Kevin Garnett's violent dunk, the difference between the two sides on the court also reached 20 points, but the time left for the Celtics was only 2 minutes and 15 seconds, and the enthusiasm of the entire TD North Shore Garden Arena began to extinguish, and Celtics general manager Danny Ainge also disappeared into the stands.
105:87
In the end, the tenacious Brooklyn Nets defeated the Boston Celtics at home by 18 points, winning eight in a row.
Under the Celtics' "tough" defense, the Brookley Nets core Gao Zhuang won an astonishing 18 free throws in the game, and hit 17 of them, and the tall and strong only made 11 shots in the whole game, but scored 42 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists of amazing statistics.
In this game, the tall and strong did not take up too many resources, but he provided the team with the greatest energy to defeat the enemy, and importantly, he gave someone a hard "slap". (To be continued......)