Chapter 369: Begin to fight back
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When there were 0.5 seconds left in the half, the person who completed the super dunk was none other than Zhang Kong, the huge No. 88 jersey, which was gently blown by the wind, and then Zhang Kong and the two inside lines landed, and saw Zhang Kong's dunk. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The morale of the Pacers players has risen rapidly, while the morale of these old demons of the Celtics has not fallen.
Naturally, these people will not fall back in morale because of a small pre-final deduction, and they are still leading now! In the end, Rondo's shot missed, and the Celtics led the Pacers by five points at 41-36 into the second half.
The five-point gap is not big, and in this quarter of the game, the Pacers played okay, scoring 17 points in each quarter and 19 points in this quarter, after all, is there progress, that is, the shooting rate on the Celtics' side is also not high, otherwise the half game may be over, looking at such an ugly defensive battle, the fans in the whole court did not show dissatisfaction.
Even the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, or the fans on the American side, are not as dissatisfied as they were when the Pistons played the Spurs, and the ratings are still steadily improving, which also makes David Stern feel strange.
At halftime, the Pacers had a summary meeting, and the Pacers played very ugly in the first half.
did not show the strongest side of his team, in the first half of the game the Pacers made a total of ten three-point shots, only Zhang Kong hit one ball, the remaining nine shots did not hit any of the other nine, and Zhang Kong shot four three-pointers in the first half and only hit this one.
In other words, according to Zhang Kong's calculations, he should hit about four of the six three-pointers in the second half.
If the opponent's defense is very strong, the shooting percentage of the empty may go down.
But fortunately, Doug Rivers of the Celtics has always thought that joint defense or wrapping is a very unmanly behavior, he once said openly in front of the media that he thinks the league is very unmanly, and he also hates this kind of defense, he feels that when the opponent shoots, no one clings to their body, and no one follows to grab rebounds, he has always believed that the use of joint defense is also a compromise of changing direction, in fact, he is also right, in the face of Zhang Kong, few teams will not compromise!
Even the Magic, known as the league's No. 1 outside defense, was forced to use a two-person parallel position or a three-person package to deal with Zhang Kong, and Doug Rivers was much easier to deal with Zhang Kong, swinging Rondo in front of Zhang Kong, and that's it!
However, this also gave Zhang Kong a lot of opportunities, and Zhang Kong felt that the start of the second half was the best time for him to attack!
In the second half, the Pacers' lineup did not change, and it seemed that they were ready to run and bomb to the end in order to speed up the pace of the game! At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Kong directly made a three-point shot, and the opposite Rondo was not as tall as himself, and the bounce was not as good as himself.
The first ball after the opening was Zhang Kong himself, and the hit rate was really good, and he hit it with a straight brush!
Helped the Pacers hit the second three-pointer, and then Zhang Kong came again, in just 3 minutes and 11 seconds, Zhang Kong himself played six consecutive offenses, shot four three-pointers and hit two, and a violent dunk after a breakthrough, after one person scored eight points in a row, he successfully helped the Pacers chase the score to 42-43, only one point behind the opponent! Seeing this situation, Doug Rivers immediately called a timeout, and in the face of Zhang Kong's indiscriminate bombardment, he really didn't have much to do, but to reformulate his strategy.
After the pause, the Celts, who had been shrunk inside the turtle shell, actually stuck out their heads and began to attack!
Yes, they gave up their defense and started a strong attack on the Pacers, and the Celtics completely opened up on the offensive end, and they all revolved around the Big Three to find the offense next, and soon played a 17-8 score**, stretching the score to more than 10 points again, but don't forget, the Pacers still have a gap.
Two consecutive three-point shots, Rondo was successfully beaten into a sieve by Zhang Kong today, and Zhang Kong's four three-pointers in the third quarter were extremely important, but the Pacers had Zhang Kong, and the Celtics also had Ray Allen and Pierce.
There are many scoring points, this is the strongest ability of the Celtics, the first quarter relied on Pierce and Ray Allen, the second quarter relied on Ray Allen, and the third quarter stood up with Pierce, Pierce scored as many as 13 points in this quarter, although it was not as terrifying as Zhang Kong's 16 points in the first quarter, but he successfully completed the task of counteracting Zhang Kong's score.
At the end of the third quarter, the Green Army still led the Pacers by as many as 5 points at 74-69, and it was not easy to overtake the five points in the final quarter, at the beginning of the final quarter of the game, Hibbert relied on his height to cause Wallace two fouls in a row on the inside, but the latter hit a long-range shot from outside the three-point line to color, after Wallace hit two free throws, the Pacers' bench group finally found an opportunity and blew the horn of counterattack, and Watson and Luther Hyde, who came on off the bench, hit two three-pointers in a row, By the time the Pacers' main players got on the court, the Pacers trailed the Celtics by just two points, 77-79!
After that, the two slaves started a tug-of-war at this level, and when there were 6 minutes and 51 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Zhang Kong returned to the court! At this time, Zhang Kong's statistics have reached 28 points, 9 assists, 7 blocks and 4 rebounds.
Less than five seconds after he came on the court, he scored 30, after Zhang Kong came on the court, Doug Rivers still didn't use the tactics of wrapping to deal with him, just let Rondo stare at Zhang Kong, a Rondo wanted to stare at Zhang Kong, it was simply an impossible task, Zhang Kong made a simple dribble, and directly burst Rondo, and then easily entered the Green Army's basket and made a layup, and on the premise that he broke through the 30-point mark, he also turned the score of the two teams into 88-88.
The Pacers fell behind from the opening to the present, and finally at this point, they chased the score back with Zhang Kong's offense.
Seeing that the score was tied, Doug Rivers chuckled in his heart, he felt a little uncomfortable, but at this time he had just called a timeout, and he didn't really want to call a timeout, and just when he hesitated, the Pacers launched a counterattack against the Celtics, saying that blowing the horn of counterattack was not in vain! By this time, the veterans on the Green Army's side were tired! The young people on the Pacers' side finally withstood the pressure from the veterans in the first game, and the physical advantage was brought into play, and when the second offense passed, Zhang Kong directly played the breakthrough ball, and Garnett felt the pressure of Zhang Kong, and immediately came over to make up for Zhang Kong, and at this time Zhang Kong handed the ball to Deng Tai Jones, who was on the outside.
Deng Tai Jones faced Ray Allen, made a feint for the first time, and then rushed directly inside, Ray Allen's defense is not very strong, especially the defensive breakthrough, so he can only run behind Deng Tai Jones, and at this time, the defensive gate of the inside line is Zhang Air Conditioning to the side, you can't watch Deng Tai Jones make a layup to overtake! So Ray Allen can only foul.
After Ray Allen fouled, he also successfully sent Deng Tai Jones to the free throw line, Deng Tai Jones' free throws were still relatively reliable, and after two free throws and two hits, he successfully helped the Pacers overtake the score back, 90-88, the Pacers overtook for the first time in this game, and this thing is not over, in the next offense, Zhang Kong found Granger in the bottom corner.
The skill of increasing the touch took effect again, and after Granger received the ball, he hit a three-point shot directly in the face of Garnett, hitting the first three-pointer of the game except for Zhang Kong, 93-88, and the Pacers overtook the Celtics by five points in just three minutes.
At this time, Doug Rivers couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately called a timeout, and after the timeout, although Ray Allen's three-point shot was missed, it allowed Garnett to grab an offensive rebound on the inside, and then Granger missed the shot, and was grabbed by Perkins and handed it to Pierce, who hit a layup, and with 1 minute and 21 seconds left in the game, the Pacers and Keller New Tech fought to 93-92, only one point on both sides, and the ball was in the hands of the Pacers at this time.
Jim O'Brien called a timeout, and now they need to look at how to play those last few balls. If the time is passed, the Pacers will have at least two chances to attack, but the Celtics will also have two chances to attack, and there is also a chance to kill, which is the success rate, or else it is to press one round, play the success rate, and then grab a round, and finally keep the chance to kill himself, now Jim O'Brien's heart is very chaotic, and he can't make up his mind!
So he called a timeout, hoping to hear what the Pacers had to think, especially Zhang's thoughts.
Because no matter how he plays, Zhang Kong will become the Pacers' offensive guarantee, and the ball will always be in his hands.
"That's the way it is, now it's up to you to settle this matter!" Looking at his teammates, Jim O'Brien decided to leave the final offensive option to the players on the court, and after hearing Jim O'Brien's words, the Pacers players all looked at each other, and then at the same time turned their eyes to Zhang Kong next to him, although Zhang Kong did not grab the position of Granger's boss.
But at the critical moment, it is obvious that the backbone of the walkers on the field is this usually calm Chinese!
(To be continued)