Chapter 423: Battle!

At halftime, the Barclays Center was bustling with activity, and although the home team is currently one point behind the visitors at halftime, the Brooklyn Nets' return to the playoffs after many years has delighted his followers.

And the performance of the Nets in the first half was also acceptable to the fans, despite the many mistakes in the first half, the momentum of the young people still made the fans in the scene keep shouting, talking to each other, watching carefully....... they are all waiting for the Brooklyn Nets to break out in the second half.

However, it was the Boston Celtics who were the first to break out in the second half.

Boston's outburst began with the return of starting center Kevin Garnett in the sixth minute of the third quarter and reappeared after an eight-minute break from late second quarter, but the Brooklyn Nets players didn't anticipate the changes the veteran would bring to their opponents.

"Peng", "Peng" Kevin Garnett received a pass from teammate Rajon Rondo, faced the defense of Brooklyn Nets center Marsin Gortat, squeezed twice in a row, and then took a reflexive spin.

Kevin Garnett's pace was very big, and by the time his 180-degree spin was over, he had gone from near the three-point line to the paint, only to see Garnett make a small throw.

With a "brush", the ball bypassed the block of Nets center Marsin Gortat and passed through the Nets with a crisp sound.

In the next round of offense and defense, Kevin Garnett successfully interfered with a forced layup by Kenneth Faried on the defensive end with his height and reach.

With a "snap", Kevin Garnett jumped high. Two long arms grabbed the ball and quickly tucked it into their arms, "counterattacking", and Garnett, who grabbed the rebound, immediately passed the ball to his own point guard Rajon Rondo.

Rajon Rondo rushed forward quickly with the ball, and when Nets point guard Deron Williams intercepted it, there was a "Peng" sound, and it was Kevin Garnett again, whose quick offensive and defensive transitions cleverly played a blocking and dismantling match for Rajon Rondo, and smoothly helped Rondo enter the Nets interior.

Rondo, who broke into the inside, did not choose to "kill" Kenneth Faried, the "half-orc" who had already returned to the basket, but did not look at the man's return pass to the ball.

The "pop" ball was accurately passed to Kevin Garnett, who was following up in the back row. Garnett didn't hesitate. Pull it out on the spot, and the knife falls in your hand.

With a "brush", Kevin Garnett ended the offense with a precise jumper.

65:56

The score was stretched to nine points, and the situation began to tilt in favor of the Boston Celtics.

The Boston Celtics, a veteran powerhouse in the league, are a very tactical team. In the first game of the playoffs, they showed their "strengths" to the young Brooklyn Nets.

After the first two quarters, the two sides stalemate and fight each other. In the middle of the third section. Kevin Garnett's re-appearance greatly enriched the Celtics' entire system on a tactical level in the first place.

Offensively and defensively, Kevin Garnett has given head coach Doug Rivers more options and taken the pressure off his teammates.

Inside the Boston Celtics. Kevin Garnett never scrambles for offensive opportunities, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have offensive ability.

Garnett's pick-and-roll combination with Rondo is one of Boston's important offensive weapons.

And Kevin Garnett fully showed his value in the next games, and he teamed up with Rajon Rondo many times.

With a "clang", it was another wonderful cooperation between the two, and Rajon Rondo immediately assisted Garnett for an empty dunk after taking advantage of Garnett's block.

This is the third time in this quarter that the two have put on such a subtle performance, and their chemistry has made the Brooklyn Nets' defense take care of each other.

In the first game of the playoffs, Kevin Garnett showed enough ferocity because he knew it was exactly what the team needed him to do.

"Ah~" Kevin Garnett, who was successful in the dunk, roared loudly and waved his arms excitedly, as if he had returned to the era of the "wolf king".

The referee blew the whistle, and the third quarter of the game ended.

79:68

The Boston Celtics, who were playing away, under the leadership of "Wolf King" Kevin Garnett, played a 30-point performance in a single quarter, and also gave themselves a 10-point lead.

At this time, the noise of the entire Barclays Center arena began to slowly subside, and the enthusiastic Brooklyn Nets fans began to feel a little nervous.

Although their favorite team finished second in the East during the regular season, they realized that they were wrong when they faced Boston, a veteran powerhouse in seventh place in the East, and the "tempo" of the game was controlled by the Boston Celtics.

"Huh" returned to the rest area and exhaled heavily, but his sigh clearly reached the ears of every Brooklyn Nets player, and their immature faces began to show a solemn expression.

"Damn" the tall man clenched his trembling fists and cursed in his heart, he only happened at this moment in the cruelty of the playoffs, which is completely different from the regular season, and the opponent has already made a meticulous defensive strategy against him.

The experienced Paul Pierce defensively, the dexterous Rajon Rondo and the tough Jeff Green assisted the defense, making the tall and strong like a "bullfight" stuck in the quagmire, with no brute force but no show.

In the previous Christmas battle between the two teams, the tall and powerful man scored an astonishing 48 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists and led the team to victory.

But today, in front of the 20,000 enthusiastic home fans, Gao Dazhuang currently shot 4 of 12, 2 of 4 free throws, and only got 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

At the end of the third quarter, not to mention compared with the tall and strong in the Christmas war, it is compared with the "scoring king" who averaged 30 points per game in the regular season, it is obvious that today's tall and strong was choked by the opponent "seven inches", and the whole second quarter of the tall and strong only relied on free throws to get 1 point.

The current Brooklyn Nets' top scorer is not tall and strong, nor is it the team's second-leading scorer, Kawhi Leonard, but the veteran, the team's starting point guard, Deron Williams, who now shoots 5-of-10 from the free-throw line and has 16 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Experience plays a decisive role in this moment!

"What to do? What to do? Gao Dazhuang felt the pressure from the fans, teammates, and coaches, and the nervousness spread over him, and he didn't even listen to the next tactical arrangements of coach Johnson.

"Kyle Korver up, for tall and strong" intermission time ended, and Coach Johnson made a surprising decision.

"Good" Tall and Strong clapped his hands in a trance, and subconsciously walked to the court.

"Big Strong" Gerard Wallace grabbed Gao Da Zhuang, and at this moment Gao Da Zhuang came back to his senses, and when he saw the surprised eyes of his teammates, he came back to his senses, and it turned out that the coach had replaced him off the field.

"You sit down on the court first and calm down," Coach Johnson said with a blushing face as he looked at the tall man.

"Toot" With the referee's whistle, the game starts again.

Although the absolute core is tall and strong, it does not mean that the Brooklyn Nets have given up the desire to win, and in front of the 20,000 fans in the stadium, the young Brooklyn has played his own blood.

The offense was weak, and they made up for it by defending.

Kaulvay Leonard made a successful steal of Jeff Green's pass, Kenneth "Pon" Faried squeezed Rajon Rondo off the field with a sideways move, and even new Cole Korver made a flying save...... The Brooklyn Nets inadvertently showed their "resilience."

Nearly four minutes into the fourth quarter, the Boston Celtics scored for the first time on Paul Pearce's mid-range jumper, but despite the tough and effective start of the defense, the young, lacked tall and strong Brooklyn Nets couldn't take advantage of the opportunity offensively.

While keeping a clean sheet in four minutes, they only managed to score three points of their own.

The referee's whistle sounded again, and the entire Barclays Center let out a sigh, and the usually calm Couwai Leonard actually walked in the dribble break.

The agitation has affected every Nets player, including the tall and strong, and the Brooklyn Nets have committed 20 turnovers in this game.

That's a very high number, considering that the Thunder, the team with the highest turnovers in the league this season, has only averaged 16.4 turnovers per game.

"You have to stand up" Just as Gao Dazhuang was watching the big screen in a daze, Brooklyn Nets Coach Johnson sat next to Gao Dazhuang and suddenly said: "I always think you are the strongest, but now you have to think so"

'You can't be afraid to shoot, you took 42 shots on Christmas Day and you led us to victory, but today you only shot 12 times and now you have 30 shots left to complete' Coach Johnson continued: "You have to play like ' Black Mamba', Kobe Bryant is never afraid to shoot, he is attacking the opponent like crazy at all times, you have to show this kind of ruthlessness, this is your team, when the most critical moment of the team is to show your value, be brave and shoot bravely, at all times, I fully support you"

"Coach ......" looked at Coach Johnson with some "teary eyes", but couldn't say anything after he spoke.

"Let's play, let them see you crazy," Coach Johnson stood up decisively.

The referee's whistle blew, followed by a burst of cheers at the Barclays Center, and their "No. 1" was back on the pitch.

The tall stride strode over to his teammates with outstretched arms, "Fight!" Defeat them," roared the tall and powerful. (To be continued......)