Chapter 691: Defense!
But after all, Chen Jiyuan still came to Curry's side quickly, worried that Rondo would really do something radical because of impulse.
Curry has always admired Chen Jiyuan, and Chen Jiyuan has always regarded Curry as his younger brother. Naturally, it is impossible to let his younger brother suffer.
Fortunately, Rondo just looked at Curry with hatred, but there was no excess. There had just been a clash, and it seemed that Rondo didn't want to attract the attention of the referee again so soon.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be worth it to be ejected.
Chen Jiyuan didn't feel good, but he and Garnett exploded each other. On the outside, the Knicks' hand felt that they comprehensively suppressed the Celtics.
However, to be able to go all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics' iron-blooded defense is no joke. Curry was quickly defended quite tightly, giving Curry a good chance in his absence. Celtic did a pretty good job. Curry was successfully limited.
The current Curry is not the Curry of 2015, and he has not yet become that perverted quasi-stard. Although the three-point shot is also very accurate now, Curry at that time was completely unsolvable, perverted, and unguardable.
Curry still has a lot of room to grow. It's just that under Chen Jiyuan's suppression, it is a question whether he can grow to that extent.
Throughout the third quarter of the game, the Knicks and the Celtics did nothing inside, including Chen Jiyuan and Garnett spent the third quarter of the game desperately defending.
The Knicks relied on the efforts of the outside line, a slight advantage, Rondo is indeed a considerable improvement from the 2007-08 season, but the same advantages and disadvantages are clear, the shooting is not good, or the shooting is terrible, which completely limits the role of Rondo.
Thibodeau's tactics of defending Rondo are very clear, completely emptying the three-point line accident, and giving Rondo a big stride away from the three-point line for him to shoot, as long as Rondo is not allowed to break into the inside, how many three-pointers he throws and how many large two-pointers he throws, Thibodeau can accept it, and Thibodeau is even more happy that Rondo has been shooting three-pointers there.
Both Sessions and Curry are very far away when defending Rondo, and this can somewhat hinder the Celtics' interior offense. After all, a point guard is nearby at any time, is it not a ball behind you, so that you have no way to attack well, who can be neat, interrupt your offensive rhythm as soon as you can, so that you can't enjoy the joy of offense at all.
Garnett and Rasheed Wallace have both suffered from this style of defense.
Whenever Garnett and Rasheed Wallace were interrupted by an outstretched break, they had the same thought, Rondo, get down and practice your shots. Can you still let me play happily on the inside?
After three quarters, the Knicks took a slight four-point lead, with a score of 69-65.
The scores on both sides were low, and both sides put a lot of energy and stamina into the defensive end.
Thibodeau himself is a head coach who attaches great importance to defense, so it is natural to leave no stone unturned on the defensive end. And the reason why the Knicks are playing well on the offensive end is more dependent on the individual ability of the players. For example, Chen Jiyuan's super individual scoring ability.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the two sides continued to see-saw, and in the first three minutes, both sides let the substitute players play on the court and let the main players rest and rest, and at this time, the Knicks originally planned to let the substitute players take the opportunity to widen the score gap. But Thorton's hand was not very good today, and Ibaka on the inside also tried to shoot a few, but it didn't go in. Not to mention Ty Gibson, this thing is really in no shape today, and I don't know if it's distracted by something. Take a break from time to time on the field. As a result, Ty Gibson not only did not contribute to the team's victory, but instead contributed a lot to the victory of the Celtics.
In this regard, it was useless for Thibodeau to lose his temper, so he could only hurry up and replace Ty Gibson.
Chen Jiyuan can actually feel that his back, every time he shoots, he pulls the place on his back, and then there is a little pain in the opportunity, and the feeling of shooting will be wrong. Although it is only a slight feeling, but sometimes, it is just a slight feeling, and if you add Garnett's defensive interference, it greatly reduces Chen Jiyuan's goal rate.
Although Garnett's offense was not much better.
However, this situation has been played out in the fourth quarter of the game, the continuous offense has not scored, and it is still in the case that he is the most dependent offensive point of the team, and now Chen Jiyuan suddenly understands Pierce's feelings in these two games.
Damn, that's how it feels, obviously I should stand up and help the team win, but I have repeatedly failed, disappointed in my failure, and hated myself for failure. All of this can cause quite a bit of anxiety.
Chen Jiyuan is okay, and he can control these emotions as well as possible. I have to say, this psychology is not in vain, Nima's, it's a good way to calm yourself down.
The game was deadlocked until there were three minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Both sides have always been two points and I got two points. Anyway, the difference has not been widened or narrowed.
And Chen Jiyuan slightly reduced his shots in the fourth quarter, but he couldn't help but shoot, otherwise, the team's offense would not be able to go smoothly. As long as Chen Jiyuan maintains the desire to attack, then the Celtics will never dare to risk betting on Chen Jiyuan's hand, and it will definitely be impossible to empty Chen Jiyuan there. In that case, Rivers will definitely be scolded and cried by all the fans the next day.
The score is now 85:82,
The Knicks also hold a three-point lead. There are 2 minutes and 55 seconds left in the game.
The outcome is not yet known, and this is not known, and the final result will be obtained in less than three minutes.
The Celtics' possession of the ball, this ball, Pierce on the outside, holds the ball, and Garnett blocks and dismantles.
The quality of this block is not good, Stephen Jackson discovered Garnett's intentions early, and then bypassed Garnett, Chen Jiyuan gave Stephen Jackson the way and let Stephen Jackson continue to defend Pierce.
Pierce saw that there was no chance to block and shoot, so he could only eat Stephen Jackson himself.
Pierce's shoulders swayed back and forth, and his feet were erratic, making it difficult for Stephen Jackson to judge which direction Pierce was going to break through next.
Pierce's left shoulder moved, and after shaking it for a while, he quickly accelerated and rushed into the interior from the right, and Stephen Jackson reacted a little slower, and was forced out of the way by Pierce. Pierce rushed all the way to the inside, and Lefou's reinforcement was not in place.
The ball, Pierce gently picked up with his right hand, and the ball flew out of his palm and flew towards the basket.
Seeing that the ball's flight path was the same as he wanted, Pierce was relieved. It's okay, the two points are already in hand.
However, it is not that simple.
Pierce felt the wind behind him only after the ball was out of his hand.
A gust of wind "swished" and flew in. It flew up with a "whoosh". Then, Pierce saw that with the interference of some bastard's hand, his ball was no longer moving in the course he had predicted.
Instead, he was nailed directly to the rebound, unable to move forward even a small step.
Although Chen Jiyuan is defending Garnett, he is also always paying attention to Pierce's dynamics, when he sees Pierce rushing into the inside, the person chasing the defender behind is not only Stephen Jackson, but also Chen Jiyuan.
There is a saying that is good, the eldest brother walks with the wind. Chen Jiyuan just rushed madly to the inner line with a gust of wind.
A slap pinned the little thing that wanted to go into his basket to the rebound. The basketball flew far and the ball was picked up by Ray Allen near the free throw line.
The Celtics organized the attack again, Ray Allen held the ball alone, shook it for a while, and then made a three-point shot, Iguodala quickly followed the defense, and Ray Allen's three-pointer bounced out of the frame.
This time, the rebounding was well controlled by Sessions.
Instead of rushing, Sessions chose to push forward little by little. Now that the Knicks have the lead, there is no need to rush to attack, as long as they find a good opportunity and score on the premise of ensuring the shooting percentage, the Knicks will be able to win the final victory.
Sessions advanced to the first half with the ball, and although Curry's performance today was indeed amazing, in the last three minutes, at the most critical moment, Sessions was still the team's first choice for point guards.
After steadily dribbling the ball through the half, Sessions and Chen Jiyuan cooperated with each other.
Whether it is holding the ball to attack or block and dismantle cooperation, Chen Jiyuan is the team's first choice, whether Chen Jiyuan is holding the ball and walking inside or outside direct jumpers, there is a considerable threat, which to a certain extent, so that the opponent's defenders rarely dare to let go of Chen Jiyuan's two people to wrap the opponent's ball control personnel, once the ball control personnel pass the ball out, then the consequence is very simple, that is, the team loses two points.
The Celtics really chose to let Rondo chase Sessions instead of Garnett to switch defenses. Garnett only delayed Sessions for a moment.
However, when Rondo went to chase, Sessions had already completed a three-point shot.
It didn't go in, but it was a chance.
The Celtics attacked again, Pierce forced a mid-range shot from the outside, and Stephen Jackson's hand was about to press Pierce's face. This ball, Pierce also threw it off.
In the process of striking iron on both sides, time passed little by little. The Knicks held on to a three-point lead until 54 seconds remained.
Celtic's possession of the ball,