Chapter 211: The Fourth Quarter Decisive Battle (I)
At 10 minutes and 15 seconds in the fourth quarter, less than two minutes later, Rondo broke through to the edge of the box in a row and used running shots to get on the edge of the box. Robinson hit a header to tie the score at 66-68, and the Celtics took a two-point lead, and D'Antoni quickly called a timeout.
Now the problem in front of the mustache is, should I replace Zhang Yu at this time? I expected to let him rest for four minutes, and then replace the little rabbit in the eighth minute, if Zhang Yu was replaced now, it would be equivalent to half of the scheduled time, and Zhang Yu's sweat on his body didn't seem to have dried yet.
"Coach, if you keep your energy at this time, it can only come in handy when fishing."
Zhang Yu saw D'Antoni frowning on the side, and he didn't know what his coach was thinking.
"Okay, you will play the dead ball in a while, and you will shoot when you have the opportunity, and you don't have to worry too much."
D'Antoni inadvertently began to leave a way back for himself, and secretly said in his heart: Kill yourself if you die, you just wait for the media to attack after the game.
After Zhang Yu came on the court, he decisively passed a ball to Wallace first, and the latter forced Pierce to foul and hit both free throws.
"Lao Tzu let his teammates play first, and then he can't come back by himself, and I can't blame me for not being able to vote at that time, anyway, everyone is not allowed; If the teammates are awesome, it is also the credit of Lao Tzu for sharing the ball. ”
Zhang Yu is also not stupid, the abacus is dingdong, not to shirk responsibility, teammates can't do it or come by themselves, teammates OK naturally don't have to dominate the hand, the most important thing is not to be scolded.
Gerrard. Wallace scored the first ball, and Zhang Yu handed him the ball in succession. However, two of Wallace's attacks ended in failure.
"Okay, this is if you can't shoot, don't blame the boss for not passing the ball to you." Zhang Yu thought secretly in his heart. Then he passed the basketball to Crawford, who had just come on the court.
The Knicks' best sixth man was even more courageous, throwing two three-pointers from the outside, and actually hit them all, and immediately overtook the score, so scared that Rivers hurriedly called a timeout to strengthen Crawford's defense, and let Crawford explode in the last quarter. The threat is no less than Zhang Yu.
The score was 74:72, and the Knicks relied on Crawford's two consecutive three-pointers to successfully overtake the score. They still have a chance to win.
The Celtics fans in TD's North Shore Garden Stadium were holding two throat lozenges and howling like pigs, and the stadium was filled with frantic boos from Bostoners, mixed with invective. Eighty percent of them are going to Zhang Yu......
". These two three-pointers are not lost by me, you have a debt and a master, and you have to scold Jamal that guy, and I have nothing to do with it. ”
Charles. Barkley also said in the last section that the Knicks have no hope and are now being slapped in the face, but fortunately he is thick enough, and instead said: "The Celtics have a lot of options on the offensive end at key moments, but none of them seem to want to really step up. Take the basketball in your hand and compete with Zhang Yu. ”
Kenny. Smith slapped him again, took the number watch and said, "Zhang Yu doesn't seem to score in the fourth quarter?" ”
Charles. Barkley thought to himself, "My dozens of Nyorai Divine Palms. Looks like it's time to come back. ”
After the timeout, the Celtics strengthened their defense against Crawford, and the already loose defense against Zhang Yu became even thinner, Zhang Yu felt that he should be able to blow down the Celtics' defense by blowing a breath now, and his teammate's task had been completed, and it was time for him to make a move to decide the winner.
Zhang Yu's next offensive end, he didn't score the ball at the top of the arc, dribbled straight into the inside, and a one-handed slam dunk made the score more than two points again. The last time the Celtics attacked, Pierce scored two points in a single, turned his head and was immediately returned by the bunny. The Boston fans just cheered loudly, and were pressed back by Zhang Yu's dunk once.
The Celtics attacked, Pierce and Perkins blocked, and the Celtics center moved extremely fast in the screen, and when Wallace was about to squeeze past him, an elbow almost knocked Wallace to the ground, and the latter screamed in the hope of getting the referee's attention......
The referee didn't see it, so naturally he wouldn't make a penalty, Pierce scored under the basket, passed the basketball to Garnett who followed up after Anderson made up the defense, and the Wolves received the ball and also dunked with one hand, once again leveling the score of the two teams.
In the last quarter of the Celtics, the main player played Rondo off the bench, and handed the basketball to Pierce in the main final stage, and the captain of the Celtics held the ball to launch an offense and serve as the engine of the team's offensive end.
Perkins has been inconspicuous in this series, low-key on the inside to fill in the gaps for Garnett and defend David Lee. He didn't grab the rebounds himself, but focused on blocking the Knicks players, giving his teammates the opportunity to grab rebounds, basically, the dirty work was done by him alone, and the limelight work was handed over to his teammates. This slow-moving, single-defense, blue-collar interior line has done far more than fans can imagine, and his contribution is not inferior to that of the Big Three.
Now Perkins and Pierce are playing pick-and-rolls on the line, and his job is to block Wallace with his broad body, and the job of following up on the basket is not his share, it is the job of the Wolf King.
At 7:05 in the fourth quarter, the score was 79:78, and the Knicks led by one point.
Rondo dribbled to the Knicks' interior this time, disrupting the New Yorkers' interior defense, and Pierce received the ball from the outside and shot an open three-point shot......
"Bang!"
Pierce missed a three-pointer, Wallace and David Lee caught Perkins on a left and right under the basket. Lee also secretly elbowed the opponent's ribs, and Perkins's face was more like a deep hatred with the world at the moment, jumping up with pain, and relying on his big-tonnage body to carry the Knicks in the air to grab the frontcourt rebound.
David. Lee hurriedly reached out and hit the Celtics' big fat hand and shot the basketball out of bounds.
"Toot!"
The referee made an offensive foul gesture and awarded David Lee a foul.
It was the Knicks' third foul in the fourth quarter, and Perkins didn't shoot and was fouled less than the number of free throws.
David Lee was very painful, he wanted to send Perkins to the free throw line, but he didn't expect this guy to have no intention of shooting at all, and he wanted to pass the basketball to the outside and hand it over to his teammates to reorganize. This is his fifth foul, and another foul will require six fouls, and against the Celtics with Garnett, it is basically impossible for him not to have a single foul in the remaining half of the game.
D'Antoni is now starting to get on fire again, not just David Lee, Kenyon Lee. Martin also committed four fouls, and the Birdmen also committed four fouls, and in the past five games on their inside, someone was sent off in every game, but the impact of Garnett and Big Baby was too strong, and it was difficult to defend the opponent's impact without fouling.
Rondo received the serve, two steps away from the three-point line, and saw that the Knicks' interior defender was a little distracted because of the foul crisis, and immediately accelerated to break through to the basket.
Zhang Yu went to defend Lei this time. Allen, Rondo was defended by Crawford, the Big Four changed direction twice in a row, the Knicks guard was shaken off, and Rondo easily dribbled inside.
When David Lee saw Rondo come in, he didn't dare to make physical contact with Rondo, and carefully collected his strength to defend, so he was naturally easily shaken up by the opponent with a feint and scored a layup.
D'Antoni called a timeout and replaced David Lee, who had five fouls, with veteran champion Kenyon. Martin.
David. Lee was fouled five times and shrunk on the court, and at this time there was still half a quarter of the game, and if he continued to be released on the court, he would definitely be targeted by the Celtics, and he would have to be put on the court in the last three minutes to have an effect.
After the Knicks took a timeout, the lineup became: Zhang Yu, Crawford, Wallace, Kenyon Martin, Birdman Anderson.
The Celtics saw that David Lee was replaced, and they still focused on interior breakthroughs, and the Knicks now have all four fouls on the inside, as long as they play one more, even if the Knicks' interior defense and offense are paralyzed by most, the Celtics can completely widen the defense line at that time, and the offensive end can also be more unscrupulous to attack the inside.
Zhang Yu on the offensive end, the free throw line stop jump shot missed, at this time how he wanted to learn Kobe's back turn jumper, then he could hit the hinterland to attack the opponent, instead of choosing the more difficult free throw line jump shot.
The Celtics' defense saw Zhang Yu's hand drop, and immediately put 15 feet to him to shoot, as long as he missed a few more shots, the Knicks would be finished!
Garnett got the basketball on the offensive end, the wolf king leaned to the basket in the corner position, and Zhang Yu let go of Rondo and rushed over to pack the more threatening wolf king.
Rondo cut to the basket, Garnett passed a difficult ground-hitting pass, Rondo received the pass and stepped into the paint, immediately jumped to the basket, dodged the defense of Birdman Anderson in the air, and passed the basketball from the former's armpit to the unguarded Perkins under the basket.
The Celtics center was unguarded under the basket, and easily scored two points with a board, which was Perkins' 6th point today, shooting 3 of 4, the reason why his shooting rate is so high is because his shots are all unguarded shots under the basket, this kind of ball, it is difficult to think of it.
Zhang Yu on the offensive end, this time with Kenyan. Martin blocked and quickly distributed the ball to Wallace, who went to the basket and scored a difficult layup.
Today, the Knicks' second-in-command and third-in-command have extremely high luck values, and the shooting rate of the opponent's reluctant shooting in place throughout the game is no lower than that of empty shots. This is also the characteristic of the Knicks outside players, with good offensive talent and strong athleticism, even Xiao Tudou, if you don't count his height, his athletic talent is also in the top ranks, and being able to get the "dunk king" is the best embodiment.
In the final decisive period, the Celtics relied on their stable dìng at the critical moment of the extremely star, and they have been able to ensure the output of the stable dìng, and the scoring growth has not fluctuated much; The Knicks are just the opposite, whether it is their second and third leaders, or Zhang Yu, the core of the team, the offensive end is always on the right end, sometimes difficult shots can be scored continuously, and sometimes they can't even shoot in ordinary open positions...... (To be continued......)