Chapter 104: The Third Game of the Eastern Conference Finals
readx; The first quarter of the third game between the two sides was very tense and stalemate. Pen ~ fun ~ Cabinet www.biquge.info Garnett became the main offense of the Celtics, scoring thirteen points for the Celtics in a single quarter, and Asik on the inside couldn't prevent Garnett at all. In this game, Asik and Battier switched defenses, letting Battier defend the flesh Dun Perkins on the inside, while Asik was Garnett.
On the Cavaliers' side, it was not James who scored the most, but Huang Jun. Huang Jun also played very well in this game, playing the entire first quarter of the game for the Cavaliers with eleven points and three assists. James had five points, three rebounds and three assists, and the Cavaliers trailed the Celtics by two points at 25-27 on the road.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Iverson held the ball, continued * dribbles, and then made a quick change of direction to pass the defense of Ray Allen on the opposite side. Accelerated straight to the inside, followed by a layup in the air to score the first point of the second quarter for the Cavaliers. With Iverson's layup, the Cavaliers also managed to tie the score, and the two sides regained their feet on the starting line.
Came back to Ray Allen and successfully threw off Iverson's defense, which was already very bad. In the face of a player like Ray Allen, who is very good at counterrunning, there are not so many solutions he can give. Now his speed is not so fast. So it's really very difficult to prevent Ray Allen's movement.
Ray Allen, who successfully ran back, directly received a pass from Eddie House, and without any hesitation, he directly made a three-point shot. Brush, hit again, it was Ray Allen's second three-pointer of the game. And it was two shots and two hits, but the number of shots in the first quarter was too small, and the number of books published was mainly concentrated in the hands of Paul Pierce and Garnett.
Then Iverson once again held the ball and went inside, and Ray Allen was also very difficult to defend Iverson, because he was not that defensive type of player. He's the kind of shooter type and his poor defense is also his weakness. However, although the defense is not good, he is very serious about defending and sticking to the opponent as much as possible. It's just that he is still very helpless in the face of Iverson's breakthrough, and he really doesn't know how to defend such a good Iverson.
He hadn't seen such an Iverson for a long time, and he hadn't seen such a resolute Iverson. Iverson, who hit the basket, completed another dally in the air. At this time, Iverson gave everyone a feeling of returning to his prime, and the reason why Iverson has such abundant energy now is entirely because he didn't play much at all in the first quarter. After only five minutes on the pitch, he was replaced by Brown.
When the second quarter began, Brown brought him on again and let him lead the bench players on the court. And in the second lineup, Iverson has absolute possession. Can he have that kind of ball in the starters? Therefore, Brown's arrangement is undoubtedly the best arrangement, so that the second lineup has enough firepower points, so that the main lineup will not be blinded by the opponent when the main team is at the end of the break. Iverson had no problem with such an arrangement.
From the moment he joined the Cavaliers, he knew that both Huang Jun and James needed the ball. If he had asked for the ball in his possession, the Cavaliers would never have traded him to the team. Because that will not only not help the Cavaliers, but will also drag the Cavaliers back. And Iverson himself understands, so when he found the Cavaliers, he directly admitted that he didn't need the ball, and everything was arranged by the coach. It is precisely because of this that the Cavaliers traded, although Iverson is now old, but the Cavaliers know that Iverson can still bring a lot of help to the team.
came back Eddie House faced Jason Williams' defense and went directly to the basket, and then faced Kwame Brown's defense and passed the ball directly to the outside Ray Allen's hands, at this time Ray Allen was a complete point guard, received the ball, and then hit a three-point shot in one go. In the second quarter, Ray Allen had hit two consecutive three-pointers, and it was Iverson who defended him.
"It's still very difficult for Iverson to prevent Ray Allen, so let's continue to see." Brown watched from the sidelines and thought to himself, for him he knew all this, he had expected it a long time ago. It's just that I really didn't expect Ray Allen's three-point shooting to be so good today. He definitely didn't expect this, if he hit it again, he would have to make some changes, otherwise the score difference would get bigger and bigger.
Then the ball was given to Iverson again, this time Iverson did not choose to play alone, but watched four ways in the process of breaking through, and successfully passed the ball to the outside line, which was also in the hands of point guard Szzebiak. The latter also threw the basketball in his hand without any hesitation, and also hit the three-point shot. In this way, it is equivalent to returning the three points of Ray Allen just now, and the score is still one point behind the Cavaliers.
"Ray Allen hit again, and he hasn't missed a three-point shot in this game, making four of four shots and three three-pointers in a single quarter. The second quarter had only been played for four minutes. It seems that this Ray Allen is about to break out today, and the current situation of the team also makes the Big Three very annoyed. So this game has to be won no matter what, otherwise they will face an embarrassing score of 3-0. At this time, the narrator at the scene spoke.
Today's triumvirate also made him very happy, but the current score on the court was 40-42, which made him still very worried. With the Big Three playing so well, the Celtics only led by two points and had already given their opponents a 40-point lead with eight minutes left in the second quarter. It's another high-scoring game, is this playing against the offense or on defense?
At this time, the Cavaliers directly asked for a timeout, and they had to do some defense against Ray Allen. In this game, Ray Allen's outside touch is really good, and if he doesn't make some changes and let him pitch, then the Cavaliers are likely to fall at the feet of the Celtics in this game. So Brown called a timeout just in time.
The reason why the Cavaliers were able to successfully hold the score was entirely because of Iverson's excellent performance, although his performance on the defensive end was not so good, but he was very good on the offensive side. If it weren't for the fact that Ray Allen's hand was so good in this game, then it would definitely be the Cavaliers who are leading the score now, not the Celtics. However, Brown is still very happy with his current performance, after all, he is only two points behind, and the difference is the same as at the end of the first quarter. In other words, during this period of the second quarter, the second lineup successfully held the difference.
did not overtake the score, and the opponent did not widen the difference, and Brown was really satisfied with such a situation. However, he didn't want to be behind all the time, so when he came back from a timeout in the second quarter, he changed his main players to the court. Iverson, who had performed well, was not substituted. Because Iverson is also a threat to the Celtics, he and Huang Jun James will be more threatening on the court, and there will be a lot of space to shoot.
Sure enough, in the next few minutes, the backcourt combination of Iverson and Huang Jun washed away the Celtics' interior line. Whenever they had the chance, both of them chose to rush towards the Celtics' inside line. The effect is also very obvious, that is, the opponent will not only foul but watch the pair score right under their noses. You don't dare to wrap up the two of them at all, because Huang Jun is a master passer. Not only that, but Iverson has also learned to share the ball.
In this way, as long as the Celtic side dares to wrap up, the two defenders will immediately successfully pass the ball to the hands of the open player in the first time, or keep passing the ball until the opportunity arises. And the current Cavaliers are also very fast in passing the ball, and everyone is playing very selflessly. As the boss of the team, James is originally an all-rounder, a selfless and alasa pass player, and the whole team is very selfless under the leadership of James and Huang Jun.
In this way, in the remaining eight minutes of the second quarter, the Cavaliers played every ball very reasonably and selflessly, and the score was gradually pulled away by the Cavaliers. By halftime, the Cavaliers had an eight-point lead over the Celtics. Eight points is not much, but it makes the Cavaliers' players play very hard. If it weren't for the Celtics' equally good form, the Cavaliers would have been able to lead the Celtics by about 15 points in the first half.
In the end, the score of the first half was fixed at 58-50, and the Celtics allowed the Cavaliers to score 58 points in the first half. This is rare in the Celts, but what can be done? The facts are in front of you, what can they do but accept them? The Cavaliers' offense this season is the best of the 30 teams in the entire league. So against this team, no matter how good the defender is, he can find an opportunity to attack. That's why the Celtics are so good defensively and keep the Cavaliers scoring so high.
However, the eight-point difference is actually not much, although it is not much, but the Celtics fans at the scene are very dissatisfied. Now they are very unhappy with the situation of Celtic, and they really don't understand why the team didn't give the ball all the way to Ray Allen when he was so good. You must know that Ray Allen hit four three-pointers in a single quarter, a 100% shooting rate.