Chapter 194 Advantages must be exploited
James Posey looked at Li Cheng's shuttle figure and felt a little depressed.
"Why haven't you seen you for two days, this kid is so powerful again?"
Percy could feel that the moment Li Cheng changed his rhythm, his speed seemed to be a little faster. It may just be a feeling, but as a defender, Posey has always believed in that feeling.
Where does Li Cheng go back to care about how Posey feels, his elusive running makes the Celtics tired of it.
A player with super personal ability like Kobe Bryant, the Celtics are not very afraid. Because of their Big Three, any one of them is a guy with a lot of individual ability. They think that players like Li Cheng are very annoying, this guy wants to be like a loach, and he won't fight with you at all. He dodges back and forth, dodges and moves, and his shooting is outrageously accurate, you really can't do anything with a player like that.
At this moment, Li Cheng is like a black hole, no matter where he runs, he can always attract the attention and attention of defensive players.
Murphy gave Li Cheng a cover, and he changed the rhythm of his feet and ran to the bottom left corner. At this point, he led Percy and Pierce to the left. At the same time, Garnett's eyes were also focused on Li Cheng.
Li Cheng was alone, attracting the attention of the three opponents. In an instant, the right side of the Celtic was emptied. Tinsley seized the opportunity instantly and passed the ball to Granger, who was looking for an opportunity on the right.
This is the quintessential Pacers offensive pattern, but the Celtics are Celtics after all. Garnett immediately pounced to make up for the defense, and Pierce instantly went inside to fill Garnett's position. At this point, Granger made a breakthrough feint and immediately passed the ball.
The ball was in the hands of Murphy, who shot from mid-range. The basketball rubbed the hoop, but finally got into the basket honestly.
The Pacers are definitely in unison today, vowing to fight the Celtics to the death.
The Celtics then attacked, and Garnett ran out to cover Rondo. Rondo dribbled and just took a step inside. The referee's whistle sounded.
Li Cheng was stunned for a moment, and said secretly in his heart: "My feint against Posey was blown by the referee?" Is this bald head blowing so hard today? ”
When Li Cheng set his eyes on the referee, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart. Today's referee, Crawford didn't blow his foul, he blew Garnett's cover violation.
Li Cheng looked up at the big screen, and the ball was very far-fetched. If you insist on blowing, there is a reason, but most referees in this situation should not blow.
"Today the referee not only didn't blow the home whistle, but was unusually harsh on Celtic." Li Cheng's mind has been activated. "It seems that we will have to find a chance to try again. The scale of this bald head. ”
Li Cheng made up his mind in his heart, and he decided to take a good look at it in the next game.
The Pacers attacked, and Li Cheng directly pushed Posey with his hand when he was running without the ball, then took a small jump to the left, and then quickly ran to the left wing.
Tinsley passed the ball to Foster at this time, Foster was a response point, he saw Li Cheng run out of the opportunity, and did not hesitate to pass the ball to Li Cheng.
Foster's passing was still very accurate. Li Cheng threw the ball when he received it, without dragging his feet.
The basketball arcs and drills into the basket with precision.
"Didn't you blow it?" Li Cheng's heart jumped, and he was secretly happy in his heart.
Crawford knows very well what kind of yardstick should be used to blow the game today. So he would never blow Li Cheng's action just now. But he would never put it on his face, and now Crawford's face was completely devoid of any expression.
The Celtics' offense, this time again Garnett, hit his hook hand steadily. Scored two points again for Celtic.
Rivers' setup today is very clear, and the main thing for the Celtics today is to hit the Pacers' interior line. Because the Pacers' interior is their weakest point, Rivers will have to take advantage of Garnett's strengths. And then use the most powerful defense to make it difficult for the Pacers to move an inch.
Rivers is completely wrong with that, but there is one thing he will never be able to calculate, and that is the referee.
"You take the ball and rush them inside without thinking, just make physical contact with them and see how the referee reacts." Li Cheng said to Granger.
Granger glanced at Li Cheng suspiciously, then at Crawford, the referee in black, and instantly understood.
"I see." Granger replied.
The Pacers attacked, and as soon as everyone was in position, Granger reached for the ball.
Tinsley didn't think much of it and just threw the ball to Granger.
Granger must have Pierce when he takes the ball, and he rushes inside with the ball. He almost took Pierce for air, dribbled and ran two steps straight to the basket.
After three steps, Granger rubbed Pierce and threw the ball haphazardly in the direction of the basket.
The basketball arced, smashed into the rebound, and then got into the basket without dying.
"Grass, is this okay?" Granger cursed in his heart, but he didn't notice that the referee's whistle had already sounded.
Li Cheng was secretly happy in his heart, "It's definitely an opportunity!" ”
Granger was excited, but he stood on the free throw line but because he was too excited, he didn't have the strength to control his wrist, and this free throw was too big.
But it's big but it has big benefits, this one is a free throw without any arc at all, smashed on the blue neck and bounced back, and it bounced far away.
Li Cheng, who was in the distance, knew that the goal would definitely not be scored when he saw Gran's outstanding hand, and this was the understanding between the two of them. So, Granger just made a shot, and Li Chengcheng looked like he was running to the free throw line.
Li Cheng had just run into place, jumped up, and the basketball fell firmly into his hands.
Let Li Cheng get the ball in this place, what is the difference between that and giving away points? The Celtics naturally didn't want to give away points, so they desperately pounced on Li Cheng, but Li Cheng had already jumped at this time.
"Huh!" At the beginning of the game, the Pacers unexpectedly took the lead with the double favor of Lady Luck and the referee.
"I was really lucky today. If you can't shoot the ball, the rebound will fly towards our injury, haha! Li Cheng was very happy in his heart. If this luck can be maintained, the chances of winning today will increase a lot! ”
But even if they were lucky, the Big Three on the other side were not fuel-efficient lamps.
The Pacers got off to a great start with luck, but the Celtics also got off to a good start thanks to Garnett, the Wolves.
After Garnett started the game, he made three shots and three shots, and the Pacers' interior line was hit by the Wolves King with a big hole.
Li Cheng looked at Garnett, and after this time the ball was released, he called a timeout.
He didn't know if O'Brien had discovered anything, but he felt that he had to tell his teammates what he had discovered, otherwise everyone wouldn't know how to use it!
O'Brien saw Li Cheng suddenly call a timeout, and his heart sank suddenly, "This kid is injured?" ”
Then O'Brien saw Li Cheng walk down with a smile on his face, and his hanging heart was put down. Li Cheng's expression was definitely not injured. But he still has to ask, why did Li Cheng call a timeout for no reason?
"What's wrong?"
"Coach, just listen to me."
The other players of the Pacers were also wondering, and Li Cheng gathered everyone together with a smile on his face, saying, "Although I don't know what the reason is, the referee's whistle is very biased towards us today." We're going to take advantage of that, Kevin was in great shape today, and Rivers was definitely a game around him today, so we better get him two fouls and get him down. ”
Listening to Li Cheng's words, Tinsley was stunned for a moment and said, "That's ...... Not so good! ”
Li Cheng added his lips, looked cheap, and said, "What's wrong?" If you have an advantage, you have to make good use of it! ”
In fact, Li Cheng also had a little guess about the abnormality of today's referee.
Crawford was originally a coach who liked a flashy style of play, so Iverson and Kobe Bryant took advantage of this bald hand. And the Spurs, Celtics, and Pistons, which are defense-based teams, are the targets of Crawford's bald head, so today's bald head can become the referee of today's game.
Also, I heard that Stern was here today, and Stern must have said hello to Crawford.
Stern clearly wants the Pacers to win this game, and in such an important game, if the Pacers win. There will be a new explosion of his own fame, which will be very helpful for Stern's NBA China promotion plan.
So Li Cheng didn't feel a little guilty about using the referee at all. He was the target of Stern's use, so he wouldn't feel a little guilty about using someone else.
Besides, if the Pacers don't take advantage of the referees, won't it be a waste of Stern's good intentions, and even Stern's plan will not be implemented properly? So, the Pacers took advantage of the referees and helped Stern!
After being taught a word by Li Cheng, Tinsley rolled his eyes and said, "You kid, it's getting worse and worse." ”
"Is it bad? I don't feel it. Li Cheng said with a wicked smile.
Then Li Cheng set his eyes on O'Brien, O'Brien smiled and said, "Wait a minute, you guys will give me a crazy impact on the Celtics' inside line." Regardless of whether you can score a layup after the breakaway, try to find physical contact for me, especially with Garnett. Then do the action, be sure to exaggerate. Got it? ”
The Pacers players replied in unison, "Got it, Coach." ”
Rivers on the other side was still confused, and he also wondered if Li Cheng was injured, but he didn't know that the Pacers had used the referee to calculate them. (To be continued......)