Chapter 63: Opportunity

Extra time started, Pierce and Ray Allen both sat down on the sidelines to rest, James could not play, in their opinion there was no need to fight so nervously, let the two superstars rest a few more minutes, and when they came on the court, it was just to end the game. And Garnett's presence on the court can also ensure that the Celtics' bench lineup is still competitive and will not accidentally collapse.

It's a very safe setup.

Zhang Kong jumped hard to pull the basketball from the top of Garnett's head to his own half, Shannon Brown took the basketball, and he also lost his usual momentum after a lot of physical exertion. Zhang Kong ran to the inside line and stuck in the low position.

It was not Garnett but Parkinson who came to defend him, as an interior blue-collar worker, Parkinson's strong size allows him to easily take on the job of an interior meat shield, not weak rebounding ability, frontal defense because he can push the opposing player out of the attack range with his tough strength, and strong defensive ability.

If you want to talk about weaknesses, it is that the movement is too slow, the ability to make up the defense is poor, and the ability to prevent blocking and dismantling is not strong. But the Celtics have never needed him to make up and defend against pick-and-roll, as the league's strongest defensive power forward, Garnett is first-class in terms of defense, top defense and pick-and-roll.

Originally, in the first three quarters, Garnett has always been the main defense of Zhang Kong, but now both sides have no physical strength, in order to reduce some physical consumption, fortunately at the critical moment to put their spirit on the offensive end to play, Garnett must let go of the defense of Zhang Kong, and turn to defend Valejo, who has poor offensive ability.

Parkinson's was desperately against him behind Zhang Kong, his muscles collided, and the slippery sweat kept dripping down his forehead, Zhang Kong could feel the heavy panting sound of Da Sou Parkinson, like a bellows with a hole in it, snorting and panting.

"Hey, fatty!" Zhang Kong adjusted his breathing, half of his body was on his side, and a cruel smile appeared on his face: "I'm about to shake you over and score this ball." ”

Parkinson didn't speak, just pushed harder against Zhang Kong. Although he has been in the league for a long time, the skill of trash talk has never been related to him, and Parkinson, who is dull by nature, chooses to defend without words and grab rebounds without words.

Speechless, he is like an immobile mountain, or a black bear!

In the year when the Celtics triumvirate won the championship, although the triumvirate shined incomparably, everyone knew that this taciturn black strong man who could only defend was the one who supported the Celtics' interior sky with Garnett.

Forcefully backwards Parkinson's, feeling the strong recoil force, Zhang Kong's body suddenly turned left, cut inward in one step, and directly passed Parkinson's. If it was before, Zhang Kong chose such a neat way of turning around, Parkinson's would definitely come up and use his body full of horizontal flesh to collide with Zhang Kong's body, and press him to the bottom line as much as possible!

But this time, Zhang Kong, who turned around, did not feel Parkinson's strong and powerful oppression. There was no interfering power from his side, Garnett wanted to make up for the defense, but was blocked by Vallejo intentionally or unintentionally, and he had no way to catch up with Zhang Kong after a pause, so he could only watch Zhang Kong complete a particularly labor-saving one-handed layup.

The basketball fell into the basket, Zhang Kong breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and smiled at Parkinson, but saw that he was also looking at him, and there was no other emotion in his seemingly sluggish expression except tenacity.

As he retreated, Zhang Kong heard Garnett yelling at Parkinson.

"He still has the strength to yell?" Looking at the sweaty wolf king, Zhang Kong also had to admire his toughness, the Celtics are a team full of resilience from top to bottom, which is a heritage from the dynastic heritage, which is something that other teams do not have.

The Celts with this kind of resilience, even if they fall into the abyss of hell, will rise from the abyss again after silence, this is an enemy that must not be underestimated, if you think that everything will be all right if you defeat them, it is simply wishful thinking, this is an enemy that even if you kill them completely, you will not be able to stop him from getting up again.

Defensively, the Celtics handed the basketball to Garnett.

At Celtic, Garnett is generally not the first choice on the offensive end, Pierce is the first choice, Ray Allen is the second choice, and even Rondo, who has risen this year, is ahead of Garnett.

But this is only because the Celtics need Garnett's defense and rebounding more than Garnett's offense, and for the sake of the championship, he is willing to give up the guarantee of shots and concentrate on becoming a defensive gate on the inside.

Garnett didn't choose to attack with his back, but held the ball in the frame, and his fast-moving footsteps made Vallejo follow very reluctantly, and the continuous shaking finally shook enough space, past Vallejo, Garnett made a one-step jumper from inside the free throw line.

Vallejo fouled as he had promised Zhang Kong, and his straight palm slammed into Garnett's hand as he threw the basketball, and the crisp sound could be heard throughout the court. But his foul came a little slowly, and Garnett's basketball had already been shot before that.

"Bang·~~~Huh!" The basketball hits the front of the basket, bounces inward and falls into the net.

"Damn it!" Looking at KG who was roaring in the sky, Vallejo waved his arms unwillingly, and finally raised his hand when the referee looked at him, which was an indisputable foul, and Vallejo had nothing to defend. It's just that I secretly hate myself for committing a foul a little late, if I can foul him when he just breaks through himself, at least I won't give him a 2+1 chance, and I can't even give him a free throw opportunity.

"It's okay, Anderson, you see it right, it's like this." Zhang Kong gave Vallejo a reassuring look and said, "Your foul is ruthless enough, you see what he is called." Don't worry, he'll never hit a free throw. ”

Garnett's ears are not bad, and when he heard Zhang Kong's words, he immediately glared: "Boy, you'd better pay attention to your tone!" ”

Zhang Kong sneered disdainfully: "Old ghost, if you want to teach me a lesson, wait until you score this free throw." ”

Garnett's free-throw shooting has been consistent consistently, and considering he even has the ability to shoot high-post jumpers and three-point shots, his career free-throw percentage of nearly 85 percent is quite unsettling.

Zhang Kong stared at the ball nervously.

Garnett adjusted a few times at the free-throw line, took a deep breath, and then threw the basketball in his hand. Bang, the basketball smashed on the basket, rumbling and rolling twice, and then ...... One fell off the head.

"Didn't enter!"

Zhang Kong stuck Parkinson's position and grabbed the rebound. At the same time, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, it seems that the foul just now did have a great impact on Garnett, and the feeling was not very hot. That would have a chance, as long as they could pull the score away before Pierce and Ray Allen came on......