Chapter 375: Match Point
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After Zhang Kong dribbled the ball past half court, all the Pacers players pulled their positions away and gave up to Zhang Kong to play on his own. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The player in front of Zhang Kong is Rondo, Rondo's task is very important, in fact, his defensive ability as a player is indeed very strong, on the outside, it can be said that in the No. 1 position, in addition to Zhang Kong, his defense should be ranked in the top three in the league.
Zhang Kong's position as the best defensive player of the year should have been his, because he was behind Zhang Kong.
Admired by so many coaches, Rondo's defense is naturally not covered, but Rondo has a fatal weakness compared to Zhang Kong.
Rondo is a very orthodox point guard, so his height is only 185 cm, and Zhang Kong's guy is obviously not an orthodox point guard, even if he has the name of a PG, his height is destined to be not an ordinary point guard, Zhang Kong's height is 198 cm, 198-185, Zhang Kong is half a head taller than Rondo, and in terms of bounce and arm span, Zhang Kong is much better than Rondo, so now Zhang Kong is bullying Rondo, not tall, and not jumping high.
After Zhang Kong glanced at Rondo, he jumped straight up, and then threw the basketball in his hand high.
Basketball drew a perfect arc in the air, Zhang Kong's third three-pointer of the game hit steadily, before that, Zhang Kong shot a total of four three-pointers and hit two, and now the fifth also hit, proving that Zhang Kong's hand is not bad today.
Blowing his hand, Zhang Kong slowly retreated to his half with a wicked smile, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Zhang Kong was bullying Rondo's small size, in fact, 185 cm, which is not short in normal times, but in the world of giants in the NBA, 185 cm is really small and pitiful, and only a few people will be shorter than 185 cm.
After all, Gong's height of 198 cm is in a point guard, no matter who he plays, it seems to be a misalignment, which is also his advantage.
And in the next offense, it is still Zhang Kong's point, and it is still three points...... But this didn't go in, but it didn't matter, thirty seconds later, Zhang Kong came again and hit his fourth three-pointer of the game! Turned your score into 18 points!
Looking at Zhang Kong's three points one after another, Doug Rivers' face next to him became more and more ugly, looking at the players on the court, Doug Rivers secretly made a gesture, which is an offensive gesture, and now it is impossible for the Celtics to grind the Pacers' sharpness, if Zhang Kong shoots on the outside, then the next encouraged Granger and Murphy will shoot on the outside.
In this case, as long as the Pacers form a three-point rain situation, the Celtics will not escape death.
The Pacers' three-point rain is much more terrible than the Suns and Warriors' three-point rain, because the Suns and Warriors have no defense, and after the three-point rain is over, even if they let the opponent lead by ten or twenty points, the Celtics are confident that they can chase this score back.
But not with the Pacers, Al Jefferson, Zhang Kong, and Dundee Jones on the Pacers' side are all good defenders.
Their lethality on the inside and outside is incomparably huge, even Garnett, a player who can't please Al Jefferson, Ray Allen's three-point shooting is also punctual and inaccurate, plus the presence of Zhang Kong, a defensive giant.
If the Pacers are 20 points ahead, they haven't heard of any team that can turn that score back.
Doug Rivers has a lot of confidence in the old arms and legs on the court, but he doesn't think his players can get the points back in such difficult situations, so now he needs to let the players in his hands attack.
Now that Doug Rivers has figured it out, instead of watching the Pacers slowly regain their touch on the outside, it's better to let it go! That's why now he will give such an order, so that the Celtic soldiers will turn defense into offense!
And the bridgehead of the Green Army, the first player to fire, is the Garnett who has been suppressed quite badly, since Zhang Kong came on the court, Al Jefferson's offensive pressure has plummeted, and he originally liked to defend more than attack in this team.
So he is now putting all his energy into suppressing Garnett, so Garnett is very uncomfortable.
But now Garnett has a chance to attack, and the Celtics turned defense into offense for the first time, so Garnett gave him a chance, and after receiving the ball, he glanced at Al Jefferson in front of him, turned around slightly, and wanted to rely on Jefferson's back to play.
But what tonnage is Jefferson, what tonnage is he, if Garnett is ten years younger, he may still be able to move, but now Garnett is old, and Jefferson is still in the prime of life, and the huge difference in strength makes Garnett's fight instantly ineffective.
But Garnett is Garnett after all, even if his strength is not great and the ricochet is not high, he can still fight with his own experience.
Garnett took advantage of Al Jefferson's rebound, turned slightly, and then jumped high and threw the basketball out.
rebounded and stepped back to shoot a jumper, looking at Garnett's must-kill, and used it, even Jefferson, who was fully defensive, could only look up to the sky and sigh.
The basketball hit the basket very accurately, instantly turning the six points that had been stretched into four points.
And that's not the end of it, Ray Allen, the maniacal, once again burst out with a strong fighting power, and the next time he missed a three-pointer, he dribbled directly past the halfcourt, and shot Dundee Jones one step away from the three-point line.
Deng Tai Jones didn't expect that he, a veteran, could do such an angry thing, so he could only watch him shoot the basketball in his hand, and the original four-point gap instantly narrowed the Celtics to one point!
But fortunately, there is still Granger on the Pacers' side, after Zhang Kong's dribble passed the half, he didn't dare to try to shoot three-pointers, and now he shot 4 of 7 three-pointers, and the remaining three three-pointers can only be guaranteed to score one, so let's put it first.
If the ball Pacers don't score again and are scored by the opponent, the score will be overtaken, so Zhang Su chose to break through this time, and broke through Rondo's defense with the ball like a gust of wind and rushed into the Celtics' interior line, but Garnett stood on Zhang Kong's offensive line first, and now it is not a good choice to fight hard with the Celtics' interior line.
So after Zhang Kong glanced at the two sides, he directly turned the basketball in his right hand to his back and handed it to his left hand, and then threw the basketball to the outside line with his left hand.
Granger received a pass from Zhang Kong one step inside the three-point line, and without any hesitation, he jumped directly and threw the basketball, although Pierce was in place, but he could only say that he could not do anything about Granger's long arms.
In those few games against the Walkers, Granger's performance was extremely eye-catching.
When Zhang Kong was still in the Pacers, he didn't perform well, and it can only be said that he was too lazy, because in addition to him, the statistics of the rest of the players have improved accordingly, and Zhang Kong will always be the point guard who puts passing first.
Granger's steady mid-range shot allowed the Pacers to temporarily stabilize the situation, but when he came back, it was Ray Allen again, still facing Dundee Jones's stalking, but he still blinded the three-pointer, and after a wave of 8-2 small **, the Celtics instantly tied the original score, seeing this situation, Jim O'Brien immediately called a timeout.
And the Pacers' players have also changed from the excitement at the beginning, transformed into sinking, although the Pacers are not behind now, but if the Celtics continue to play like this, then they will be dangerous, if the Celtics have been in a passive situation before, then the lead is a lead, but now the Green Army has shown its offensive means.
If the Green Army still maintains a decent defensive efficiency on the offensive side, then the Celtics will be miserable.
Dundee Jones is difficult to defend against Allen, because Dundee Jones mainly defends the break, while the Celtics' players, who are mostly on the floor, can score on the inside, while the Pacers can only try their hands on the outside, because they can't rush inside.
Even if Zhang Kong rushed into the bag, he could only pass the ball out, and the Green Army's defense was much stronger than the Pacers.
The Green Army can penetrate the Pacers' defense if they attack with all their might, and it will be even more difficult for the Pacers to break through the Celtics' defense...... This is the biggest headache for the walkers now, and Zhang Kong can only sink silently when he looks at the situation in front of him.
I said...... Don't worry so much, if they want to fight, then we'll fight it! At this time, Jim O'Brien didn't seem to care, and said to the Pacers players with a grin while playing with the tactical board in his hand.
"Coach ......" heard Jim O'Brien's words, and all the players were stunned for a moment, then looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"Needless to say, I'll just ask you one question, how old are you this year?" Hearing Jim O'Brien's words, all the players frowned, does it make sense to ask this question now? Only Zhang Kong's mind flashed with inspiration...... "Coach, you mean...... Kill them! Zhang Kong looked at Jim O'Brien, this old man is really bad!
"I didn't say anything!" Jim O'Brien shook his head, such a tactic would be scolded by the fans.
"Coach, I see!" Zhang Kong watched Jim O'Brien turn his head and couldn't help laughing, he had just entered a misunderstanding, as the saying goes, he got into the horns of the bull, and now that Zhang Kong escaped from the horns, it would be easy to do.
(To be continued)