Garnett continued to crush David Lee on the jump ball, and Rondo got the basketball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, trying to break through Nate. Robinson's defense went into the hinterland.

The other three giants of the Celtics are not in place at the moment, Rondo has already dribbled to the inside, Pierce fell to the position before Rondo, and the basketball was passed from behind by Rondo to the green shirt captain.

Wallace didn't expect the basketball to be passed to Pierce by Rondo in such a way, and the reaction was a little slower, and Pierce had already dribbled through and scored one-on-one with David Lee under the basket, relying on his individual ability to score a goal.

"What kind of play is this?" D'Antoni looked off the pitch and the Green Shirts seemed to be different from the last game, what is Rivers trying to do with Rondo?

Zhang Yu also sensed on the court that Celtic, the fourth giant, had a much stronger desire to attack today than in the last game.

The Celtics are in a period of change, and how do you arrange Rondo's role as a rising star of the team and his individual ability is enough? It's a conundrum that Rivers has been pondering this season. The original space-time Garnett was injured, and the process of Rondo becoming the core was successfully completed, but now Garnett is intact, and the Big Three are still enough to kill the enemy, and there are many more variables in how Rondo's status develops.

The Big Three model has been considered the limit of the number of stars in a team, and there are few successful examples of F4 combinations in NBA history.

Of course, in ancient times, the Lakers in 1972 and the Celtics in 1986 were both old calendars, and the NBA could no longer copy the success stories of the previous century after entering the new century.

The Lakers' fiasco in the new century proved that the stars were over-stacked. The results obtained were counterproductive. The Pistons in 04 are also not counted, they are a civilian combination, and there are no real superstars in the Five Tigers. Not as a reference.

The Celtics' defense of Zhang Yu continued yesterday's arrangement, concentrating heavily on encirclement and cutting off the Red Rabbit's connection with other players.

Ray Allen guards the three-point line, and Rondo and Pierce form a triangle defensive formation against him, and as soon as he gets within a step of the three-point line, the defense starts to press outward, more like a hybrid defense. Combination of marking and regional joint defense.

Gerrard. Wallace and Nate. Robinson interspersed runs on the interior in an attempt to disrupt the Celtics' defense and draw the defenders to his side.

Celtic players make limited moves. Regardless of the passing route, Zhang Yu still faces a triangle defensive formation, unless the basketball is passed. But once Zhang Yu handed over the ball, the Celtics would no longer let the basketball go back to the red rabbit.

Zhang Yu broke through to the three-point line. Immediately shoot in the high post. Garnett and Ray Allen blocked him at the same time.

"Huh!"

The basketball hollowed into the net, and Zhang Yu scored a goal by relying on his personal ability.

Rivers laughed on the sidelines, Zhang Yu was forced to break the formation, and the heroism was there, but how many more can you score such a ball?

Zhang Yuxin said that I TM has no other way, and the other side has made it clear that he will do his best to get me one, either I will vote myself or let my teammates vote. Of course I trust myself more in comparison, I'm the boss!

Rivers couldn't laugh after just half a quarter. Zhang Yu's shooting today is a bit outrageous, just like Kobe Bryant of the Lakers yesterday, he opened a plug-in kill, all kinds of outside nonsense and a long-distance wave of three-point shooting, but so many unreasonable shots, the basketball just "swished" into the basket!

Zhang Yu played the first quarter, and Rivers called two timeouts in a row in the hope of interrupting his hand, but Zhang Yu was like opening a VIP plug-in, scoring 16 points in a single quarter, shooting 6 of 8 and 2 of 3 three-pointers.

The score was 25:24, and the Knicks led by one point to end the first quarter.

New York fans still can't hide their worries in the excitement, Zhang Yu was in hot form in the first quarter, but his teammates didn't have much chance. If you continue to play like this, what if the later games are not accurate?

What even fans can see, D'Antoni naturally won't be unaware, but there is no way to do it with the mustache, the Celtics' rotation and defensive awareness are too good. Robinson, Crawford, and Wallace were interspersed with running, and it was difficult to disrupt the opposing formation.

The Celtics were able to take care of the defense of the other Knicks players to a certain extent while encircling Zhang Yu with heavy troops, and this defensive ability made D'Antoni helpless, and passing the ball out seemed to be a situation for other players to play alone.

During the bench period, the big baby continued to kill, and the Celtics, the wonder team, D'Antoni also had no way to deal with it, and could only use a double bag to restrict.

In this way, they can't take advantage of the bench period, their defense is far inferior to the Celtics, there is no way to encircle and suppress a certain player, and they can also take care of others, so as long as they cover the big baby, the defense of other players of the Celtics will be exposed.

The Celtics have kept at least two big men on the floor, even off the bench, which evaporates the advantage of the Knicks' bench lineup.

At 9 minutes and 30 seconds in the second quarter, the score was 28:29, Rondo broke through one after another on the court, and the Knicks were overtaken by one point.

D'Antoni replaced Zhang Yu and a main force in advance, and the mustache in this game is ready to let the team's main players play for more than 42 minutes, including Zhang Yu, otherwise the Knicks will not be able to withstand the impact of the Celtics' Big Four, it's too fucking bad.

In the second quarter, Zhang Yu's touch decreased, but the offense was still efficient. The first section is not called efficiency, it is called perversion!

To D'Antoni's relief, Zhang Yu consciously handed the ball to his teammates in the second half of the second quarter, hoping to find the Celtics' hole with the pass.

Crawford and Wallace both have strong singles ability, but they don't have any passing ability, they have a technical flow and a strong offensive flow, Zhang Yu attracts most of the defensive forces, and the Celtics' defense of these two people is completely single, so they basically choose to play alone when they get the ball, which seems to be more efficient than passing back and forth.

Ray Allen and Pierce have excellent defensive awareness, but their single defense ability is at most in the middle of the range, and it can be said that they are not single defense masters, and they are quite passive in the face of the Knicks, two single masters with equally good offensive power.

Rivers also sweated on the sidelines, which is what he worries about the most, how can there be a foolproof defense?

After the team puts most of its defensive energy on Zhang Yu, it will inevitably not be able to spare more energy on the other Knicks players, and if their defense is broken by Crawford or Wallace, then this arrangement is equivalent to being broken by the Knicks.

Although the Knicks don't have a strong interior line, they have the best outside attack group in the league, and forcing the Celtics' defense from the outside is also a way to see if the attack power is enough.

At halftime, fans on both sides watched the first half with great fear, and the score was 51:51, and the two teams were evenly divided.

Charles. Barkley was elated at half-time and said: "This is the best game of this year's playoffs, I would love to get rid of the next one, although these two teams are not particularly high-scored, but the scene is very intense, and it makes people's blood pump!" ”

Kenny. Smith looked at the stats from both teams in the first half and said: "The bunny scored 25 points in the first half, Wallace 12, Crawford 8, and the others didn't get any points, and they obviously wanted to break the turtle shell of the Celtics from the outside." But if you want to win the game purely on the outside, I'm not optimistic about that. Kenny Smith turned over the Celtics' stats and said: "The Green Shirts' scoring distribution is obviously more reasonable, Garnett 15 points, Rondo 10 points, Pierce 8 points, Ray Allen 6 points, Big Baby 6 points, they have inside and outside, it's hard to limit them at critical moments, so the Celtics are undoubtedly more advantageous in the stalemate stage." ”

Charles. Barkley agrees: "That's true, the Knicks rely on outside singles, and this tactic is easy to be limited by targeted defense in key moments, and even when no one is targeting them, the outside shooting doesn't look consistent. Especially in a game like the playoffs, once you encounter a scoring drought due to feeling problems, it may mean that the game is over. ”

The two teams did not make any changes at half-time, and D'Antoni thought that with his three muskets on the outside, he might be able to blast through the Celtic defence; Rivers believes that although his defense is no longer as stable as a mountain, it is still not breached, and if they can hold on until the fourth quarter, it will be time for them to fight back.

In the third quarter, the three players on the outside of the Knicks played confidently, taking turns to shoot, one to attack once, and replace the next one if he missed, and the cycle continued.

At this time, the fans can see who is more efficient, Zhang Yu is undoubtedly the most efficient one, his offensive success rate is the highest, and it is also a result achieved under the premise of stronger defense, which once again proves that his boss position is earned by his own strength, and the other two are convinced of him.

The Celtics rely on collective combat + individual ability, Rondo and Pierce can break through, Garnett can play strongly, Ray Allen shoots outside, the Celtics' offense is more three-dimensional, passing, delaying, breaking, blocking, and the offense is varied, even if it is replaced by the Spurs to defend, it is difficult to stop the Celtics' offense, and the Knicks can only do their best, hoping that the opponent will not feel good.

Rivers replaced the Big Three early in the third quarter, leaving Rondo alone to lead the bench.

Today, the Knicks' quick counterattack came out, and although the success rate was average under the Celtics' targeted defense, it posed a serious threat to the physical strength of the Big Three.

If the Green Shirts want to defend against the Knicks' fast break, the Big Three will inevitably spend a huge amount of physical exertion on the court, which will become a time bomb in the fourth quarter of the decisive stage, so let them rest early in the third quarter and prepare for the fourth quarter of the decisive battle! (To be continued......)