After scoring an arrogant shot, Jonny then snatched the basketball from Glen Les and assisted Bruce Pow for a corner.

Then Big Ben blocked Vladivac's layup on the inside, and after the Celtics slowly passed the half, Jonny directly came to a pull-up jump shot, and just like that, the Celtics opened the game with an 80 for the Hornets.

At the beginning of the game, the situation was still as everyone thought, the Celtics dominated the court, and the Hornets could only survive under the Celtics' crazy attack.

After 80, the Hornets finally started to score, and Glen Les hit a two-point shot to get the Hornets' first point. But then, the Celtics began to steadily widen the point difference. After the Celtics found their touch, they began to use constant fast breaks and constantly slammed the basket to ensure their offensive success rate.

Compared with the regular season, the Celtics in the playoffs played more aggressively on the defensive end, Ben Wallace, Bruce Bow, and Jonny Lee's defensive system made the Hornets a little breathless, Glen Rice's shots frequently missed, and Vladivac on the inside also behaved a little abnormally, and he seemed to be uncomfortable with Big Ben's sudden increase in strength and physical confrontation.

And the Hornets who were beaten by the Celtics in the last game, the defense shown on the defensive end at the beginning of this game was even worse than the previous game, in the first quarter of the game, Derrick Coleman actually scored 15 points, plus 7 rebounds, which is really a surprise, after all, the Hornets have a strong power forward like Anthony Mason, according to Derrick Coleman's urine, the normal rhythm of this game should be, after Derrick Coleman encountered Anthony Mason. Completely disoriented.

This has been proven countless times, and once a good thing guy summed it up when Derrick Coleman met another All-Star power forward, he averaged only 13.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and when Derrick Coleman met a team without an All-Star power forward. Derrick Coleman's stats are about to soar to 19.8 points and 11.2 rebounds.

Maybe it's really the defense that pulls Derrick Colemando's energy, so he can only be dumb when facing these powerful power forwards. And in this game, the Hornets didn't put a lot of pressure on the Celtics, so Derrick Coleman broke out.

Derek Coleman erupted, which was clearly not expected. Dave Cowens was a little tearless, originally according to Derrick Coleman's attributes, in this game, Derrick Coleman was also a neglected player, even when those expert reporters discussed this round of the series before the game. Derek Coleman was also not taken into account.

Derrick Coleman's status and attributes are obvious, and now Derrick Coleman is on a rampage, and for the Hornets, the difficulty of defense has risen another notch.

Derrick Coleman scored 15 points and 7 rebounds in the first quarter, and Jonny's task was much easier, but Jonny still scored 11 points in the first quarter, and two people scored double-doubles in the first quarter, and the Celtics undoubtedly took a big lead in the first quarter. They scored 37 points in the first quarter while the Hornets only scored 19 points, and the Celtics led by 18 points in the first quarter! This is a huge difference of points compared to the last battle!

The expert reporters on the sidelines fell silent. This is the rhythm of slaughter again!

At the end of the first quarter, Dave Cowens was a little reluctant to give up, and in the 1978-1979 season, he coached the Boston Celtics, but at that time he created one of the worst Celtics in history. After one season, he was dismissed and spent most of his playing career with the Celtics. At the same time, having the Celtics' No. 18 retired jersey gives Dave Cowens a Celtic complex. Seeing that the team is about to lose to the Celtics again, Dave Cowens has a very complicated heart.

Especially when he saw Johnny and then at Glen Les, Dave Cowens sighed even more.

He has been coaching the Charlotte Hornets since the 1996-1997 season, and it has only been two years so far, and he has a 50-win regular season record in both years, but both were defeated by Jonny Lee. And Dave Cowens deeply felt the gap between Glen Rice and Jonny Lee, and this gap is not just the kind of gap that seems right now.

Dave Cowens knows that Glen Les is already on his downhill slope, even though Glen Les is just over 30 years old as a projection small forward.

From Glen Les' every move, Dave Cowens can see Glen Les' declining state and strength. And what Dave Cowens knows better is that the Hornets uniform team is actually hesitating whether to Glen Les.

So, if not, this season should be the last glory of the Hornets in recent years, as soon as Glen Les leaves, Vladivac, whose contract expires next summer, will definitely not be able to stay, of course, don't forget Anthony Mason Jr., Anthony Mason's form has been fluctuating up and down in the past two seasons, which is also a sign of a significant decline in the level of strength.

Perhaps starting next year, the Hornets will have to rely on the newcomer, David Wesley. Dave Cowens couldn't help but sigh, two seasons of glory are not bad.

In the second quarter of the game, the Celtics played four minutes before switching to the bench, and the Hornets could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

In terms of substitutions, the Celtics are much worse. The Hornets have Dell Curry, J.R. Reid and B.J. Armstrong, super strong bench players, and the Celtics bench can only count one Dana Barros, plus one at most Di Brom.

Therefore, in the second quarter, the Hornets chased some points difference, which is also the reason why the Celtics relaxed, in the last game, Jonny only rested for four minutes in the first quarter, and now, in the second half of the second quarter, Jonny is not ready to play.

After a good half quarter, the game turned into a battle for the Hornets.

Dell Curry is the league's number one scorer, not to mention B.J. Armstrong, the main scorer of the Bulls' former championship, and J.R. Reid, a power forward with starting strength, it can be said that the Hornets' excellent bench is not much, but it is very fine.

And such an elite bench group, coupled with Dave Cowens's rotation policy, 8 people rotate, while the Celtics are 10 people in rotation or even more, so it can be said that the Hornets are a semi-main lineup in the second quarter, playing in the second quarter.

So the Hornets chased the score quickly, and at the end of the second quarter, the Hornets were only 2 points behind!

Trailing by just two points at half-time gave the Hornets hope again, and their confidence was back in the mood as if the game was about to be in suspense again. (To be continued)