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On the next shot, Zhang Kong's caste trait is triggered again, this time by Granger. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Granger faced Pierce and hit a two-point shot in an instant to get some face back, and the score instantly reached 7-5, only two points away, and Pierce over there was not to be outdone, hitting a mid-range shot again, turning the score into 9-5.

Pierce is not a fuel-efficient player, after the Celtic won the championship in 07, he shouted the slogan that he is the number one player in the world, and now let his juniors score in front of him, which is like slapping him in the face, making him embarrassed! So he'll have to fight back, and seven of the Celtics' opening nine points were scored by Pierce.

Then Ray Allen received a pass from Rondo and made a layup! Al Jefferson missed a pass and was stealed by Perkins, but Pierce's layup was missed, and after being grabbed by Granger, he passed to Hibbert, who hit a mid-range shot to slowly chase the score.

In the first quarter, the Celtics' defense was really tough, even after entering the bench lineup, the Green Army's bench also played the Pacers' players at the head of the bag, and Tony Allen and Glen Davis teamed up to make the score 20-10 again.

The Green Army's lead became double digits, with 1 minute and 33 seconds left in the first quarter, there was no way, and the Pacers could not only score 10 points in the first quarter, so they had to replace Zhang Kong again, and now Zhang Kong has become a firefighter.

Zhang Kong actually just got off the game for three minutes, and now he came up again, Zhang Kong came up, and the opposing players stabilized.

Doug Rivers hurriedly made a steady rhythm gesture on the sidelines, but will it be so easy to stabilize after the air comes up?

Zhang Kong's first ball after coming on the court, he directly broke with the ball, and the opposite defense Zhang Kong was Tony Allen, who had performed well recently, and the little potato Nate Robinson who was traded was completely out of place with Zhang Kong, and could only play the role of side response next to him.

And Zhang Kong had nothing to say in the face of Tony Allen, and suddenly he didn't negotiate, Tony Allen didn't have as much strength as Zhang Kong.

Zhang Kong directly broke through Tony Allen and rushed into the interior with a simple change of direction, causing Glen Davis's foul when he made a layup, in fact, let Zhang Kong shoot, he didn't have a bottom in his heart, it was better to make a foul, and the score was more stable.

It seems that he wanted to play 2+1 just now, but after thinking about it for a while, he gave up!

After two free throws and two hits, the game continued, and in the next offensive round, Zhang Kong assisted Murphy, who caused a foul on Tony Allen, and also made two free throws, and the Pacers slowly chased the score, but the Celtics' defense was really tight.

Coupled with the fact that they played the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time, these players of the Pacers really did not adapt to it, and it was inevitable that they would be nervous.

With 40 seconds left in the first quarter, the Celtics already led the Pacers by 8 points at 22-14, and the rest of the time if the Celtics held it up again, they might have to enter the second quarter with such a score, which is not what Zhang Kong wants to see.

After half time again, Zhang Kong did not hesitate, directly in front of Tony Allen, buk-shot three points, this ball Zhang Kong is still relatively sure, with a basketball into the basket, the score narrowed to five points again.

With Ray Allen's shot missed in the final moments, the Pacers trailed the Green Army by five points at 17-22 in the first quarter.

Only 17 points were scored in one quarter, which was also a shameful score for the Pacers!

But there is no way, they are too nervous here, and the defense on the Green Army's side is too strong, and the Pacers players really can't find any way, even if they are empty, they can't find an open opportunity to shoot three-pointers, and there will always be a few similar opportunities before. Although it is known as the Magic's outside defense is the strongest in the league, but when Zhang Kong met the Green Army in the playoffs, it felt that the Celtics were even more troublesome than the Magic, in the first quarter of the game, Ray Allen scored eight points, Pierce scored seven points, and the Pacers only Zhang Kong scored seven points, more than five points, which also shows that the first quarter of the two sides competed on defense.

"It's so stressful!" Granger kept wiping the sweat on his forehead with his towel off the court, and this game has been a bit difficult to play so far, and in the face of the Green Army's defense, the Pacers' players obviously can't find where the crosshairs are.

Seeing such a situation, whether it was Jim O'Brien or Zhang Kong, they all felt a little powerless.

"You have to resist it, in fact, the biggest enemy now is not the Celts, but yourself, the more pressure the other party puts on us, the more we have to resist, I don't believe that these old arms and legs can last long!" After Zhang Kong heard Granger's words, he ripped off the towel on his head, and now the Pacers need to attack, attack and attack.

An offensive team, facing a defensive team, if you don't break through their defense, then wait to die!

However, after the start of the second quarter of the game, the Pacers did not show a way to penetrate the turtle shell of the Green Army, and at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Tony Allen made a layup to turn the difference into double digits again, and the Pacers' bench was still unable to break through the Celtics' defense, a full 4 minutes and 25 seconds, the Pacers' benches did not score a point, and in an instant they fell behind the Celtics by 17-29 by as many as 12 points.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Jim O'Brien had to play first, and now he did a little bit of investigating.

"Run, run, boom!" This is what Jim O'Brien wants, as Jim O'Brien thinks, the Pacers' style of play changes instantly, Murphy appears at the center position, Granger is at the power forward position, Mike Dunleavy is at the small forward position, Dundee Jones is still a point guard, and Zhang Kong is still a point guard.

Such a lineup is modeled after the formation of the Suns, and Granger may not be as lethal as Xiao Si on the inside, but he has a projection ability that Xiao Si does not have, and no matter how wide the offensive range is, Murphy is obviously more than one block stronger than Fry.

So on the inside, the Pacers and Suns' interior line is half a pound or two, and on the outside, Dunleavy, Jones and Zhang Kong, compared with Hill, Nash and Richardson's lineup, have more defense and some deficiencies in offense, but Zhang Kong's offensive means are richer than Nash, and at this point of point guard, the Pacers still have some advantages, and now they are playing the Celtics.

The only chance for the Pacers is to speed up the tempo and let the Celtics' old arms and legs follow suit, so that the Pacers can take the lead and bring a gap in the Celtics' tortoise shell-like defense.

Zhang Kong waited for the main players to come on the field, and it immediately had an effect, Zhang Kong's pass made a contribution again, and this time Murphy hit the first one.

Murphy pulled Rasheed Wallace to the perimeter and then hit a mid-range shot after blocking Wallace.

With this mid-range shot, the morale of the Pacers has rebounded, and they have begun to steadily pursue the score of the Green Army.

Granger, Dunleavy, Dundee Jones, these people are all starting to feel warmer, after Zhang Kong's layup, they chased the score to 31-35, the original 12-point gap instantly narrowed to 4 points, but will the Green Army let them catch up so easily? Then the Celtics' two Allen, Ray Allen and Tony Allen teamed up to hit two three-pointers, instantly playing a 6-0 small ** to pull the score away again, and at this time the game was about to end, Zhang Kong dribbled the ball after half court, and glanced at his teammate's position, this time he did not choose to come alone, but after thinking about it, he passed the basketball to the hand of Granger next to him, and then ran to the side, this is Zhang Kong's idea, let Granger play Garnett.

If it scores, then the morale on the Pacers' side will come back, and if it doesn't score...... Then let's talk about the problem of not being able to score.

may have sensed Zhang Kong's thoughts, Granger, who has always been very introverted, also surprisingly encouraged himself, dribbling and staring at Garnett, both Granger and Garnett know very well that this playoffs are not the regular season after all.

In the regular season, the Celtics may sometimes deliberately release water in order to save physical strength, and in the playoffs, the Celtics will definitely not release water, all they have to do is win the game, and these old guys put too much pressure on the young people of the Pacers.

"Come on! I'm going to break through you! Granger muttered as he looked at Garnett, who was bowing down in front of him to defend him.

"Want to break through me? Try it and find out. "How can an old bird like Garnett be intimidated by the words of the opposing player to motivate him, and after listening to Granger's words, he still has the leisure to talk trash to him, this is the mentality of the old bird.

"Yikes!" Granger let out a loud shout, and suddenly he stepped down and dribbled, and was about to rush towards Garnett's side.

Garnett immediately took a small step back, but as soon as he moved, he felt that he had been cheated! Sure enough, Granger didn't break forward, but instead retracted that foot and shot a two-pointer directly from inside the three-point line.

"Who's special!" Garnett saw Granger's movements, and immediately jumped high, and the extra-long arm span was useful at this moment, and Granger's original shot actually made him wipe it and change his trajectory...... "Rebound!" Garnett and Granger roared at the same time, both of them knew that the ball was gone, and after the basketball bounced on the basket, it slowly flew out, and Murphy and Perkins on the inside kept pushing the opponent, watching the basketball slowly fall, the two of them flew up together, grabbing the basketball in the air, and just before their two big hands were about to catch the basketball, a hand much smaller than the hands of the two of them appeared in the air, grabbed the basketball and smashed into the basket, The fans and staff in the stadium all looked at the figure who was much shorter than the center forward with a look of surprise, it was too strong!

(To be continued)