Chapter 349: The Fallen Green Shirts
It doesn't look like a belly team.
There are only three strong points in this team, Buss, Rondo, Green, and no one else can be dangerous to the Spurs, and that is said that the threat that person gives the Spurs is limited. So before playing against the Celtics, Popovich arranged for Derrick Favors to defend Buss, a strong interior lineman, to free Duncan.
Chen Feng organized the attack, and Parker Parker went to the top of the arc to receive the ball. With the ball in both hands, he stepped forward with his right foot, and Parker instantly burst towards the opponent's inside. Parker may no longer be at his peak, but his ability to read games is among the top 10 in the league, so he still attracts opponents. Seeing that the opponent implemented a trap strategy, Parker waved his big hand, and the ball reached Leonard, who was outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the right.
Perhaps at the beginning of the game, the hand was not fully warmed up, and Leonard's three-point shot actually smashed directly on the rebound and was picked up by Humphries, who was standing under the basket.
Rajon Rondo controlled the ball, and the crowd burst into boos.
However, Rajon Rondo didn't care. Slowly passing the midfield, facing Parker's defense, Rajon Rondo burst in from Parker's right side with an arrow, and when Parker reacted, he crashed into a black figure, which turned out to be Buss stepping forward to block and dismantle. Taking advantage of Buss' pick-and-roll, Rajon Rondo broke through and scored a layup.
Chen Feng dribbled, and the audience burst into warm applause and cheers.
After half-time, when Derrick Favors was in position, Parker hit the ball in the first place. This is a tactic set up by Popovich, opening the situation from the inside first. Derrick Favors hit Buss strongly, but did not choose to shoot, but handed the ball to Duncan on the other side, at this time Humphries was stuck behind Duncan's strong body, so Duncan received the ball, pushed back, and made a layup, but the ball actually bounced out of the basket, and Bath grabbed the backcourt rebound.
Chen Feng looked at Rajan Rondo on the left with a solemn face. Rajan Rondo's strength is something no one can afford to underestimate. Despite not playing for a long time, Parker wasn't necessarily able to block his opponent in one-on-one.
Parker can be said to have tried his best to defend Rajon Rondo, but what he didn't expect was that he had clearly felt Rajon Rondo's breakthrough line. But it was still broken through by Rajan Rondo.
After Rajon Rondo scored inside. In the face of Derrick Favors' supplementary defense, there was no choice to pass. Instead, after making physical contact with Derrick Favors, he shot the ball out of the basket in a very strange way, which was neither like a pull rod nor a shot. The whistle blows for the ball. Derrick Favors was fouled defensively, and Rajon Rondo made a flip-in free throw, two plus one.
In the next matchup, the Celtics took some initiative. Bass and Humphries hit back-to-back inside shots, Rajon Rondo on the outside also hit breakaways repeatedly, and Elvis Presley's continued long-range shots. On the other hand, on the Spurs' side, except for Leonard who made a mid-range jumper, Chen Feng scored a layup, and Parker hit a three-pointer, the Spurs did not make any achievements on offense.
With 7:59 left in the first quarter, the Spurs trailed by 5 points at 9:14, and Popovich finally couldn't sit still and called a timeout.
The Spurs showed a decline in less than 4 minutes of the first quarter of the game, and in such a short period of time, the Celtics scored 14 points.
After the timeout, Popovich made some changes to the Spurs' lineup, as Derrick Favors was replaced by Jordan Hill after two fouls in the previous battle with Buss and the inability to contain Bass.
On the other hand, the Celtics have made a lot of changes to the lineup. But no matter how you change it, their lineup is just like that, but they were able to beat the Heat at the beginning of the season, which feels incredible.
Once the game restarted, Jordan Hill contributed a lot to the team.
Jordan Hill first blocked Buss' layup, and then received a wonderful pass from Chen Feng and made a basket under the basket.
Before the game, everyone knew that they had to guard against Rajon Rondo in this game. And at the beginning of the game, Parker, who had rested for too long, may not have adjusted his condition. When Popovich called a timeout, in the next offense, Chen Feng really switched to the defense of Rajon Rondo, so that he couldn't make two consecutive shots.
Jordan Hill grabbed the backcourt rebound, turned around and threw the ball to the frontcourt, where Chen Feng and Parker were already running, and the Celtics did not have a player to catch up with the defense, in the case of no defense, Chen Feng and Parker made an empty catch, Chen Feng dunked the ball into the basket beautifully.
Naturally, the perfect air connection between the two won the most enthusiastic cheers from the fans.
Rajan Rondo controlled the ball, slowly passed the half, came to the three-point line facing the basket, faced Chen Feng's defense, and directly accelerated to pass the opponent. However, Chen Feng's defensive intensity is very strong, his feet are extremely flexible, and his agility is also excellent, so he did not let Rajon Rondo break through.
Looking at Chen Feng's posture, Rajan Rondo was not careless, in front of Chen Feng, he made a step, and then inserted it inside, compared to speed, Chen Feng naturally did not suffer, but Rondo was better in agility and weirdness. Therefore, Chen Feng can only keep up with Rajan Rondo despite all his efforts, and he can't think about anything else.
"Man, your defense is getting stronger again." Rajan Rondo involuntarily gave Chen Feng this sentence.
Chen Feng focused all his energy on defending Rajan Rondo at this time, so Chen Feng ignored his words.
Rajan Rondo also has a certain understanding of Chen Feng's temper, so he is not annoyed when he sees that Chen Feng has nothing to say, but the speed of dribbling can't help but be much faster than just now.
Rajan Rondo dribbled with his right hand, suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Chen Feng's right side, and then made a sharp stop in front of Chen Feng, suddenly changing direction, Chen Feng's defense was really hard, but Rajan Rondo was really unstoppable. His breakthrough was extremely sharp and varied, and under Chen Feng's best efforts, he was also successfully broken through by Rajan Rondo. After Rajan Rondo got rid of Chen Feng's defense, he directly stopped and shot his shot, and the ball "swished" and went into the basket.
Chen Feng secretly sighed that Rajan Rondo's strength was strong, even if he was seriously injured at the beginning, but Rondo's reading ability for the game was indeed not comparable to that of a third-year student like Chen Feng. And Rajon Rondo's breakthrough just now has been used to its full strength, although on the surface, Rajon Rondo is extremely easy. Rajan Rondo was also extremely shocked in his heart, this kid's defensive ability is really strong now, this is the first time the two have played against each other, although they have known each other before, but he doesn't think that Chen Feng can pose such a big threat to himself on the defensive end.
"This guy is really good." This is one of Rajan Rondo's evaluations of Chen Feng, but he doesn't express it deliberately, and sometimes appreciating a person too much may make him lose his calm judgment.
Slowly dribbling, for defense, the Celtics' outside line can stop Chen Feng is naturally a limited number of Rondo, and those who can keep up with Chen Feng in speed are Rondo. Rajan Rondo in front of him half squatted down to defend Chen Feng, and Chen Feng was also slowly moving forward, and every time he took a step forward, Rajan Rondo took a step back and kept a gap of about one step, which could not only prevent Chen Feng from breaking through, but also prevent Chen Feng from shooting. But Chen Feng did not break through and did not shoot,
Chen Feng's excellent vision, naturally saw Parker running to the basket in the air, Chen Feng suddenly came to a ground pass, Rajan Rondo tried to break the ball, but failed, the ball had appeared in Parker's hand behind him, followed by a beautiful basket.
"Oh, the ...... of the buyer" The fans at the scene once again screamed for Chen Feng's performance.
Rajan Rondo stepped down to dribble, but Chen was not fooled, but Rajan Rondo's continuous change of direction coupled with the cover of his teammates, Rajan Rondo finally got rid of Chen Feng's defense and rushed into the interior to dunk successfully! Oh my God, it actually caused Chen's defensive foul. The commentator at the scene watched the game on the field and couldn't help but explain excitedly.
With 4:21 left in the first quarter, the Celtics head coach called a timeout to rest several starters.
As for the Spurs, Parker was replaced by Ginobili, Leonard was replaced by Wesley Johnson, and Duncan was replaced by Dio.
Rajon Rondo quickly stepped back to defend after an easy free throw.
Jordan Hill is very happy, this guy has been trained very well by Popovich and Duncan after joining the Spurs, although it is very hard, but his strength has grown rapidly, especially when it comes to offense. I saw that the big man suddenly turned around and came to the basket after making two beautiful shaky movements, and the defender had been squeezed behind him at this time, and Jordan Hill was about to use a two-handed dunk to end the offense.
But all of a sudden, Humphries, who was supposed to defend Jordan Hill, came out. His long arm stretched out, and a large hand slapped the basketball in Jordan Hill's hand.
At this time, Jordan Hill was holding the ball with both hands and dunk, Humphries was blocking with one hand, no matter which aspect, Jordan Hill should have the advantage, but Jordan Hill suddenly felt that Humphries's big hand at this time was extremely powerful, and the basketball was fanned out by him and fell off the court. (To be continued......)