Pierce's resurrection was a timely rescue for the Celts. However, it did not succeed in stopping the Knicks' offense.

On the Knicks' bench, in fact, it is mainly outside offense. Ty Gibson and Serge Ibaka on the inside are more tasked with defending.

However, in fact, the problem has now been revealed little by little, that is, Ty Gibson and Ibaka on the inside are also starting to want to demand the ball. I don't want the ball to be back and forth in the hands of the perimeter players all the time. I also hope to give myself a little bit of a chance to attack inside.

In fact, Curry is better, he will pass the ball to the inside, and he will also send the ball to the inside player, but Thorton can't, the ball in Thorton's hand generally has only two situations, the first situation is to shoot himself, the second situation is to Curry, and then reach out to ask for the ball, hoping to shoot by himself. This is quite like Nick Young's.

Every player has a unique character of each player, and being able to play that characteristic in the right place is the function of the manager.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Thorton being on the bench, and there is no problem. Thorton's scoring ability is still okay, whether it's scoring efficiency or scoring desire, it's okay.

Both Curry and Thorton are strong scorers on the Knicks' bench, but there is no such person on the Celtics' bench.

The player that the Celtics envy the most Knicks is probably Thorton, because this guy is also a second-round draft, and for the Celtics, it is still a possible player, Curry's first-round pick, and the Celtics, who have paid for many years, are definitely out of the question. At the beginning, the Celtics hated that they didn't have a good pair of eyes, and they couldn't choose this Thorton, otherwise they wouldn't have been so weak on the team's bench after House, Posey, and Cassell were gone. They don't have the right people to reinforce, and besides, the Celtics don't have enough money to sign. There are no good chips to change either. After all, in exchange for the Big Three, it has made the Celtics pay almost everything valuable in recent years.

While leading the bench forward, Pierce had to deal with Stephen Jackson's annoying defense, which was simply annoying, annoying.

In the second quarter of the game, when Chen Jiyuan reached the end of the half quarter of the game and returned to the court, the Knicks' lead was still 5 points. The score was 30:25.

Both sides defended very tightly. Especially for the Celtics against Curry and Thorton, the Celtics' two big defensive masters on the outside, Rondo and Tony Allen, defend Curry and Thorton respectively, and interfere with Curry and Thorton's shots as much as possible.

But Pierce is no better, Pierce is completely entangled by Stephen Jackson, and has a never-ending momentum. And Pierce's hand doesn't seem to be very good today, so the outside shooting crosshair is not very good, resulting in Pierce's data being ugly now. With more than two quarters left in the game, Pierce still has time to redeem himself.

After Chen Jiyuan came on the court in the second quarter of the game, he still did his job honestly, that is, he attacked to attract the opponent's defensive attention, and then passed the ball to his teammates, so that his teammates could get a good opportunity to shoot.

However, for Chen Jiyuan's style of play, the Celtics also made corresponding responses.

Chen Jiyuan came up with the first ball, and he was hit by the glove.

The Celtics are still so conscientious when defending Chen Jiyuan, and they can't relax at all. Wait until Chen Jiyuan faces the frame again. When he broke through, Garnett came up to make up for Chen Jiyuan, just like he said.

And when Chen Jiyuan wanted to pass the ball, he found that Iguodala in the opposite corner had basically blocked the passing route. Garnett's long arm is a little difficult to pass the ball through him, and Sessions behind him is also tightly defended by Rondo, and Lefou, near the free throw line, is defended by Pierce, just guarding the passing route. Stephen Jackson, on the other hand, was switched to defend by Ray Allen.

Speaking of conversations, it is easy to have problems with such a defensive formation, the coordination between the players, the understanding of tactics, the running of positions, once there is a problem, then it is very likely to be full of empty space. And now the Celtics are really playing like this, and the defense is really good. The Celtics were able to win two consecutive championships not just because of the Big Three, but also because of their tactical literacy.

Chen Jiyuan had no choice but to force the jump back and shoot under the bag of two people. Although the ball was barely blocked, it was too reluctant for both Garnett and Perkins to have their hands so far away from the basketball.

Chen Jiyuan's luck is obviously not bursting, this goal did not score. This is also normal,

After that, the Celtics have been putting up this defensive formation, and Iguodala can't also come to Chen Jiyuan's side to wait for the ball, otherwise, Chen Jiyuan's single side will be too crowded. It will only cause bigger problems. Garnett relied on his long arms and interfered too much with Chen Jiyuan's passing route. Chen tried to force a pass to Iguodala, but was touched out of bounds by Garnett.

In the second quarter of the game, taking advantage of the time when Chen Jiyuan's passing strategy was temporarily blocked, the Celtics launched a large counterattack, and even Rondo shot a mid-range shot.

Pierce and Ray Allen hit back-to-back three-pointers. It seems that the blockage on the offensive end has taken a bit of a toll on the morale of the players.

Especially when Chen Jiyuan was dealing with the ball, he became more and more anxious. The Celtics' defense of Chen Jiyuan is really expensive. If Chen Jiyuan plays the middle line, Perkins follows, Garnett makes up for the defense, but Pierce lets Stephen Jackson step forward to make up the defense. Both of them stuck to Chen Jiyuan's body with their lives, as long as Chen Jiyuan was not comfortable, their task would be completed.

As a result, in the second half of the second quarter, the Celtics not only chased back the lost points, but also achieved a comeback score.

At halftime, the Knicks trailed by three points at 42-45. Chen Jiyuan played quite anxiously in the second quarter of the game. And if the third quarter of the game does not change this situation, maybe Chen Jiyuan's mood will become more and more anxious.

At halftime, Chen Jiyuan himself was also regulating his emotions and calming himself down, and Thibodeau also changed his offensive strategy, not letting Chen Jiyuan hold the ball and distribute the ball, but choosing to attack from the outside. Let Chen Jiyuan pull it out. Pull Perkins out of the interior first, and if there is a chance, Chen Jiyuan shoots the middle distance. Love tried to contain Garnett's defense as much as possible in the bottom corner. It was Sessions and Iguodala who were in charge. It was mainly Sessions who attacked.

Giving such an important task to Sessions, Thibodeau is quite bold.

But it can't be helped, on the defensive end, if you want to say that the person with the lightest task, it is definitely Sessions. After all, no matter how Rondo grows, the threat on the offensive end can never be compared with Ray Allen and Pierce. Compared to Iguodala and Stephen Jackson, who defended Ray Allen and Pierce, Sessions is indeed an easy one.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Sessions and Chen Jiyuan blocked and dismantled, Sessions found space to shoot, dodged Rondo's defense, and made a two-point shot, and the ball went in.

44：45。

This offense came as a bit of a surprise to the Celtics, who didn't have a highly targeted defense against Sessions.

All the attention of the Celtics is still on Chen Jiyuan.

And the Knicks, with their timely change of tactics, also made the Celtics a little unbearable.

The Celtics attacked, Ray Allen received the ball outside the three-point line, shook it, and then took two steps inside, Iguodala quickly changed direction and chased after Ray Allen, who stopped again and made a two-point shot. Iguodala's interference wasn't exactly in place, and this Ray Allen hit,

44:47。

The Knicks blocked and dismantled again, after Chen Jiyuan blocked and dismantled Sessions, Rondo went to chase Sessions, but this time Sessions rushed directly into the interior, Garnett came to make up for the defense, Sessions passed the ball directly from the waist to Lefou, and after Lefu received the ball, a mid-distance from the bottom line. This ball distance is completely within the range of Lefou, and it is completely too late for Garnett to make up for it. Lefou's mid-range hit steadily.

46:47。

The Celtics attacked, Rondo passed the ball to Pierce, Pierce singled Stephen Jackson again, on the outside, Pierce took a step back, Stephen Jackson went forward, but Pierce suddenly untied the ball and continued to shoot the ball forward. It was a little late for Stephen Jackson to chase him, but Stephen Jackson didn't stand there and watched, but went to chase it. After all, a defender on the inside will still delay Pierce's moves, and then Stephen Jackson may catch up with Pierce.

Chen Jiyuan made up decisively, but Pierce almost didn't rush into the inside today, and this time the ball must be played by himself.

Pierce used his strong body to forcibly bump out of the shot space, and Chen Jiyuan didn't dare to move too much, after all, Pierce is a master of making free throws.

Chen Jiyuan raised his arms and jumped, but Pierce's ball still went into the basket. But there were no fouls.

46：49。

Sessions is blocking and dismantling with Chen Jiyuan, maybe Chen Jiyuan hasn't done anything for too long, the Celtics team Chen Jiyuan's defense is a little relaxed, Sessions gave the ball to Chen Jiyuan's hand, and Chen Jiyuan jumped directly. It was too late for Perkins to come. The ball hit it safely.

48：49。

Chen Jiyuan's feel is still good.