After the Celtics widened the margin to 10 points, the Mavericks called a timeout, and when the two sides returned to the court, both teams made some adjustments, and Li Yang and Rondo, the two protagonists who were in the middle of public opinion before the game, were substituted. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

It's just that the two people sitting on the bench on the sidelines are in different moods.

Rondo is naturally extremely depressed, after the start of the game, not only did his Mavericks fall into the disadvantage, but his performance was completely suppressed by Li Yang, not even suppressed, it was simply a complete explosion, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to Rondo, who was bent on returning to the North Shore Garden Arena to prove to the Celtics management how wrong their choice was this summer.

What Rondo can guess is that the Celtic management at this time must be extremely happy in their hearts, thinking that they made the right choice this summer, which deepened Rondo's depression a little.

On the other end, Li Yang's mood was very good, and after the game started, Li Yang was very satisfied with both his own performance and the performance of his teammates.

The Mavericks were obviously not too comfortable with the tactical strategy of their own side, and the fact that several teammates were in good form in this game allowed Lee to pick up 10 assists in just nine minutes.

Although the score is only 2 points, Li Yang does not mind, when his teammates can open, it does not matter whether he scores or not, in this team, his scoring ability is the best choice when the team's offense is deadlocked.

Stevens thought the same way, which is why he chose to replace Olynyk and Thorton when he just called a timeout, rather than directly letting Li Yang start scoring.

However, both Stevens and Li Yang know that the current Celtics offensive firepower is insufficient, and the performance of the rest of the players may not be stable, Li Yang cannot play the whole game as easily as the first quarter of the game, as the game progresses, Li Yang needs to stand up and score after all.

After the final three minutes of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was finally fixed at 25:32, and the Celtics ended the first quarter with a seven-point advantage.

When Li Yang went off the court, the Celtics didn't have Li Yang as a restrained player on the court, and their offensive efficiency decreased slightly, but Evan Turner performed well in the first quarter as Li Yang's substitute, so it didn't let the Mavericks completely catch up with the difference.

Stevens' coaching ability is really good, and the team has made such a big personnel change this summer, but after more than a month of training, he has done a very good job in attacking coordination and ball sharing, and every player can play his own strengths.

So after the start of the second quarter of the game, although Li Yang was still sitting on the court, the Celtics did not fall behind on the court, and even widened the difference to double digits again.

Even after Li Yang came on the court later, he played more of a role in containing the opponent's defensive firepower, and did not attack too much.

It's just that the Mavericks obviously strengthened their defense after the start of the second quarter of the game, especially paying great attention to the defense of the first receiver after Li Yang divided the ball, forcing the Celtics to get offensive opportunities by transferring the ball more, and the offensive success rate was also incomparable with when Li Yang was on the court in the first quarter.

In this case, Li Yang only got 2 assists in the second quarter of the game, and at the same time increased his own shots and scored 4 points.

Of course, the Celtics didn't make the Mavericks feel better too much, whether it was Stevens, the head coach, or Li Yang, the absolute core of the team, they were all very defense-oriented people, and the defensive enthusiasm of the entire Celtics was very high.

So in this quarter of the game, although the Celtics only scored 24 points in a single quarter, 8 points less than the score in the first quarter, they successfully limited the Mavericks' offense, allowing the opponent to only score 23 points, and still gained a one-point lead in the first quarter.

At 48:56, after halftime, the Celtics led by eight points. After the end of the first half, Li Yang scored 6 points, 12 assists and 4 rebounds, although the data of 6 points and 4 rebounds are very average, but Li Yang's 12 assists are extremely conspicuous, becoming the best player in the first half of the two teams, and also became the focus of discussion between the commentators and fans at halftime.

"Li Yang's game is more about passing the ball to help his teammates get offensive opportunities, 6 points and 12 assists, such data is still very good, but it may be different from our pre-game assumption, if it is 12 points and 6 assists, maybe we will feel more reasonable when we look at it. ”

"But it doesn't matter, in the second half of the game, Li Yang should score more, especially after the Mavericks pay more attention to defending Li Yang's passes, Li Yang should choose to score more by himself, in fact, the Mavericks are more targeted in defense in the second quarter. ”

While the commentator was talking, fans were also discussing this issue on the Internet.

"Li Yang should still score more, I really want to see how much Li Yang's scoring ability has improved this summer. ”

"Yes, whether it is the preseason or the first half of this game, I always feel that Li Yang has been keeping his strength on the offensive end, especially in terms of scoring, and hopes to have a big explosion in the second half of the game. ”......

In the midst of a discussion between commentators and fans, the 15-minute halftime break passed in the blink of an eye, and the second half began quickly as the Celtics started the third quarter with an eight-point advantage.

The advantage of 8 points is not too big, but it is not small, after all, as long as they widen the difference, they can reach a watershed of 10 points.

After the start of the second half, widening the margin to 10 points became the goal of the Celtics, but after a full quarter of stalemate, the Celtics still failed to complete this goal.

In this quarter of the game, the two teams fought a defensive battle, and the scores of both sides were relatively low, the Mavericks only scored 20 points in this quarter, and the Celtics were lower, only 18 points, and this was because Li Yang scored 6 points in a row when the Celtics suffered a scoring drought in the third quarter.

However, Stevens was also very cautious about the use of Li Yang, which is somewhat similar to Popovich's use of the main player, although the team's scoring efficiency dropped in the final period of the third quarter, but he still let Li Yang sit on the sidelines for the last four minutes of the game.

At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics' lead was only 6 points, but the Celtics were almost always on the leading side in the first three quarters, so the overall atmosphere in the arena was very good, but after entering the fourth quarter of the game, the situation on the court was abrupt.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Carlisle chose to put Rondo, who was a little too sticky in the game, off the court, and played back to their more familiar offensive mode, activating the offense at once, hitting consecutive outside shots, and after 2 minutes and 47 seconds in the fourth quarter, the Mavericks had chased the difference to 79:80, and the difference between the two teams was only 1 point.

After seeing that the situation on the court was not right, Stevens quickly called a timeout and replaced Li Yang on the court.

Stevens laid out a good strategy in the first round after the timeout, and the team's strategy did hit, but Bradley's three-pointer was "banged" out of the basket.

Back on the other end, Nowitzki hit a two-pointer with his trademark step-back jumper to put the Mavericks straight ahead.

The Celtics relaunched their offense, and after coming to the half, Li Yang took the initiative to ask Smart who was in possession of the ball to pass the basketball, and in the face of the Mavericks' onslaught at this stage, what the Celtics needed most was stable scoring.

However, the inconsistency of the rest of the team's offense is evident in this section, and it is clear that the rest of the team is no longer reliable in attack, and even tactics cannot make up for it.

Since this is the case, let's score!" Li Yang thought to himself in his heart.

As the absolute core of the team and the first point of attack, Li Yang should naturally stand up and score at this time.