Chapter 304: The Fourth Battle
The Celtics were jealous when they saw the Knicks' front row Ren Rong, although they are the traditional giants of the NBA, it is not easy to bring in so many business giants at one time, unless the team can get an All-Star player such as Harvard and MIT to compete with the Knicks.
But then again, it is much more difficult for these schools to come up with a good basketball player than a Nobel Prize winner, and if you look at Jeremy Lin, the best player at Harvard University now, it is difficult to even mix in the second round, and you will know the level of athletes in these universities.
Today's Knicks starting lineup is still the same: Zhang Yu, Jamal. Crawford, Gerrard. Wallace, Kenyon. Martin, David. Plum.
Celtics starting lineup: Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul. Pierce, Kevin. Garnett, Kendrick. Perkins.
Before the start of the game, major radio stations in the United States invariably strengthened their introduction to the Celtics, and even Charles, who clearly supported Zhang Yu. Barkley also focused on the Celtics today, with the Knicks deliberately ignored in the commentary as a silent protest against the league.
Charles. Barkley shouted at the top of his voice before the game began: "Knicks vs Celtics, this is their most important fourth game, we can see that the Celtics' three-point sharpshooter Ray Allen before the game starts...... Olympic gold medalist Ray Allen...... Their 8-time All-Star Ray Allen ...... The sweet shooting machine qì Ray Allen is warming up. ”
Kenny. SMITH WAS VERY COOPERATIVE, AND ALSO SHOUTED, "AND THEIR BIGTICKET - KEVIN. Garnett...... Multifaceted genius. All-Star forward Garnett ...... Their most popular powerful big front Garnett...... Garnett, a dynamic leader...... Spiritual leader Garnett. ”
Charles. Barkley thinks it might be a bit silly to do so, but the Big Three can't just introduce two, there's one left. I could only continue to pull my neck and shout: "Finally, it is their offensive and defensive suppressor Paul. Pierce...... High-scoring small forward Paul. Pierce...... Union back body machine qì Paul. Pierce...... Inglewood came out as a leading scorer Paul. Pierce...... Paul, who couldn't be stabbed to death with a dozen knives. Pierce. ”
Celtics fans were still secretly cool, thinking that TNT's attitude was not bad today, but Charles. Barkley's last words undid his previous efforts and drew another slash from Celtic fans......
The two teams greeted each other before the game, and the game started quickly, with the Knicks fielding Kenyon today. Martin came to scramble for the ball, and the old champion was replaced by three years ago. Of course, he can't pose a threat to Garnett, so it's even worse now, although the Wolf King's athleticism has declined. But they didn't have knee surgery.
The referee tossed the basketball high and Garnett jumped up to easily flick the basketball to Pierce, who then handed the ball to Rajan. Rondo, it was the Celtics who attacked first.
Pierce receives the ball in the waist position. The Celtics came up and played the leather team first. The other players pulled away to clear the Knicks defense and gave Pierce a one-on-one chance.
Wallace was behind him, and Pierce pushed back twice, then suddenly turned and dribbled through.
The Knicks and Wallace moved inside, but Pierce stepped back to create space for his shot, and he shot quickly and hit the opening shot steadily.
The Celtics Big Three, whoever is in good shape will be the main player at the beginning. Take advantage of his excellent form to quickly bring the other two giants into the rhythm. Pierce was clearly in great shape today, and his shot this time was not as aesthetically pleasing as Kobe. But the threat is no less than these players. How to say that the leather team 2k9 also has a 90 ability value, a real average of 20+ All-Stars per game, no other two giants have thinned out his shots, and Pierce brushes an average of 25 per game is also an easy and pleasant thing.
Zhang Yu dribbled forward, the Knicks' first opening shot was not unexpected, it was naturally executed by him, their Big Three was completely their own name, except for New York fans and domestic fans, no one recognized Wallace and Crawford as giants. If you count it this way, the big three of the whole league should be flooded.
There are currently no recognized Big Three in the league, only the Celtics and the Nuggets, the latter is still because of Zach. Randolph's excellent performance in the playoffs is truly worthy of his name, and even the Nuggets' Big Three were not recognized by everyone during the regular season, and Randolph can only be regarded as a pseudo-giant without the test of the playoffs.
Zhang Yu with the help of Kenyan. Martin blocked, David Lee pulled out, Crawford made up to the position where David Lee was just standing, and the cooperation between the Knicks players was more tacit, which was forced out by a strong opponent to improve, and people can only improve under enough pressure.
The Celtics retracted very quickly, and they continued to enforce Jordan's rule on the defensive end today, trying to see if they could defend against Zhang Yu first. If it doesn't work, then turn to letting Zhang Yu score and defend against his teammates.
Zhang Yu entered the Celtics' interior line, and three players, Garnett, Rondo, and Pierce, surrounded them, with three defenses and one defense.
"I'll do the same for three!" Zhang Yu felt good as soon as he appeared today, and Jordan was the same back then, three or four took care of him, and he was right!
Zhang Yu first forced back Pierce with an elbow in the crowd, and then evaded Garnett's block with his perverted ability to stay in the air, a big lever in the air and gliding, as for Rondo, he directly ignored it, and the 185cm small Zhang Yu said that he couldn't see it, what happened to the hand length? Brother's hands are not short!
However, the difficulty of this ball is simply 6 nemesis, Zhang Yu is under the defense of three people, and he doesn't even have time to aim, and he immediately throws the basketball when he finds a gap, and it is already commendable if he is not covered, and if he can't get in, he can only look at his character.
"Bang!"
The basketball bounces off the hoop, David. Lee and Kenyon. Martin hit the frontcourt rebound, the Celtics three defense Zhang Yu one, at the moment there is almost no protection for their own backcourt rebounds, Kenyon. Martin jumped straight up and dunked the basketball into the frame, and the old champion scored the Knicks' first opening point.
"Madison Square Garden" immediately rang out with a violent cheer, they were not for Kenyon. Martin's dunk shouted, but shouted for Zhang Yu's wonderful performance of the previous 1v3 Celtics, Zhang Yu's ball made them experience the usual feeling of Lakers fans in Staples. How can a "cool" person be expressed.
What, you say the ball didn't go in at all?
What's wrong if you don't enter, don't you know that there are flaws to be called beauty? Watch the Red Rabbit and the Black Mamba in action. Who doesn't know that it is the process rather than the result that is appreciated, just imagine, such a picturesque shot, what a pity?
The first quarter of the game lasted three minutes, Zhang Yu was really possessed by the god today, and he made 1 of 4 shots in three minutes, and the number of shots and hits was enough to make people hurt!
The score is 6:6. The Knicks were played by Zhang Yu like this, but they did not fall behind, and none of Zhang Yu's four shots were less than two defenders. Every time, he forced a shot against the defense of two or three people of the Celtics, and this kind of shooting is very unreasonable in the words of a reasonable master.
However, today, neither the domestic reasonable masters nor the foreign commentators have criticized Zhang Yu's profanity. Opposite. Under the defensive setup of the Celtics. That's exactly what a team boss should do, he should shoot when it's time to shoot, and he should shoot when it's time to throw.
In the face of Zhang Yu, who was crazy for the Celtics, the defense line shrank more compactly, leaving no room for the red rabbit. Zhang Yu's breakthrough suddenly passed the basketball to the outside, Crawford received the ball, opened his hand and hit a three-pointer, and the Celtics paid the price for their defense.
Coach Rivers immediately called a timeout. The price of wanting to prevent Zhang Yu from dying is too great, and now it has been proven. If this path doesn't work, then they have to turn around in time, and they have another path to choose.
"Let him score, think about how we won the first two games, and see if he can score 100 points alone?"
The strength of the Celtics in the last game, today I want to ask for change, but obviously it did not get better, the passivity of the beginning let Rivers know that against the Knicks, a move may not be able to eat the sky, sometimes the same can also respond to all changes, he may be a little too deliberate to seek change.
After the game restarted, the Celtics resumed the defense of the Knicks in the first game, focusing on the defense of the other four players of the Knicks, and the breakthrough of Zhang Yu still cannot be indulged lightly, but his mid-to-long range shooting can be appropriately relaxed, and see if the red rabbit can shoot them to death?
The Celtics took the lead in making the change, and the Knicks didn't have a way to deal with it. Li Ceying's method, the Celtics have made targeted arrangements, and D'Antoni has also come up with a lot of ways after two games, and he will try them one by one today.
Zhang Yu handed over the basketball to Crawford as soon as he passed the half, and he ran without the ball.
Celtic players are a bit flustered about this, and if the opponent reacts more than they expected, anyone will be suspicious, and the same is true for Celtic's experience.
Rivers frowned on the sidelines, holding his ground for the time being, and seeing what the Knicks wanted to do.
The Knicks' response is not complicated, with Crawford attacking and Zhang Yu responding, to see if the Celtics still ignore Zhang Yu, once the rabbit runs out of a large number of empty positions, maybe he can really shoot the opponent.
Charles. Barkley grinned: "I think D'Antoni simply did not do this, the Green Shirts have relaxed their defense of Zhang Yu and turned to strengthen the defense of the other four Knicks, so is there any difference?" ”
Kenny. Smith said: "It's different, dribbling and shooting, the two have different rhythms, and rhythm is a crucial point for a shooter, you don't understand an insider. ”
Charles. Barkley choked on enough to remain silent, using silence in protest.
Crawford's individual singles ability is also good, jumping to dodge the gap and shooting directly from mid-range......
"Huh!"
The form of the best sixth man didn't look bad today, and it was Crawford's first goal of the game.
Coach Rivers saw that the team did not pack Crawford, and the defense on the field suddenly turned into a man-marker, shouting from the sidelines: "Bag clip!" ”
The Celtics players immediately understood the coach's intentions, they were supposed to guard against Zhang Yu and contain the other Knicks players, and at this time, they could act according to the plan.
The Knicks attacked in the next round, Zhang Yu passed the halfcourt and continued to hand the basketball to Crawford, running himself to look for opportunities.
The Celtics did wrap Crawford, and their defensive strength against him was insufficient, and Zhang Yu slipped out of the baseline to get an open opportunity at the top of the arc.
Crawford passes, Zhang Yu hits a three-point shot at the top of the arc!
"Watch their passing routes!"
Garnett shouted to his teammates that the Wolves were not satisfied with the Knicks' scoring streaks, how could this kind of defense win the game?
Celtics players sometimes fear Garnett more than their own coaches, like LeBron of the Cavaliers. Like James, Garnett has very high requirements for his teammates, and as a teammate with Garnett, he often makes mistakes and will be sprayed by the wolf king!
Rondo is very depressed, Garnett's words are completely to him, Zhang Yu is a point guard, the pressure on him on the defensive end is simply calculated, he can be regarded as experiencing what the last round of depressed man feels, this guy is 2 meters tall, speed and flexibility are only slightly inferior to him as a point guard, in fact, if you count height and arm span, Zhang Yu will not be blown up against any point guard, and he has a counterpoint advantage, which is his most demonic point.
The Celtics attacked, and Rondo was depressed in his heart, dribbling and breaking through the feathers, intending to hit one on the red rabbit on the offensive end.
Zhang Yu strides to defend, his legs are long, much stronger than what bullshit long-legged Oba, take a step to catch up with Rondo two steps, even if the speed is a little slower, it is really not a loss, at least Rondo wants to kill directly from the three-point line to the basket to get rid of the red rabbit, it is difficult to do it under the premise that Zhang Yu is on guard.
Although Garnett criticized his teammates' defense, he did what he did to make people really unable to find fault, quickly moving at the free throw line to block Zhang Yu and cover Rondo Shun into the interior.
David. Lee was on the inside to make up for it, and Rondo used his feint to pass the ball to David Brown. Lee's center of gravity shook away, and then a quick layup was thrown to the basketball. Lee's block was a step slower, and the basketball flew past the tips of his fingers and bounced off the rebound into the frame.
Rondo scored this goal, and his heart suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and on the defensive end, he didn't follow Zhang Yu this time, completely let go of the red rabbit, using his flexible speed, plus a pair of long arms to block the concentrating passing route, and not let Zhang Yu receive the ball lightly.
This move made Zhang Yu extremely passive, Crawford himself is not a master of passing, this situation must not be able to pass the basketball to his hands, the Celtics can rest assured to take a bag on Crawford and cut off their contact.
The Knicks attacked this time, and Crawford really fell into Ray. Allen and Pierce were caught in the double bag, did not play the ball in time, and did not even have a chance to throw a wave. Allen reached out and slapped the basketball off his hand, and the Celtics broke the ball and counterattacked. (To be continued......)