Chapter 437: Picturesque
At the end of the first half, the players on both sides walked quickly to the locker room, although on the surface, the expressions of the players on both sides did not show obvious emotions, but it was clear that in terms of pace, the Celtics were undoubtedly much more relaxed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At 62:55, the first half of the game ended, the away Celtics led by 7 points, although this difference is not high, but the momentum between the two teams is completely different, the Celtics side is much more aggressive, all this comes from the performance of the leaders of the two teams.
Li Yang and DeRozan, as the first attackers of the two teams, had a direct conversation at the beginning of the first quarter of this game, while DeRozan, who took the initiative to provoke before the game, was completely suppressed by Li Yang in the first half of the game.
Although DeRozan's 12 points in the first half cannot be said to be too low, it cannot be compared with Li Yang at all.
After scoring 23 points in the first quarter, Li Yang scored 8 points again in the second quarter, and after halftime, he had scored 31 points!
Of these 31 points, many of the points were scored directly in conversations with DeRozan, and it is not surprising that DeRozan fell into a disadvantage under the momentum.
The momentum of the respective leaders of the two teams also affected the momentum of the two teams, so after the second quarter of the game, the Celtics' offense picked up significantly, steadily suppressing the Raptors and taking the lead after halftime.
Li Yang scored 31 points in the first half of the game, which naturally made many Li Yang fans who were watching the live broadcast very excited, and at halftime, the fans expressed their longing for the second half of the game.
"Li Yang scored 31 points in half a game, this is the rhythm of the explosion, it seems that Ben 40 is no problem today!"
"It seems that Li Yang left the Spurs without the suppression of Mr. Bobo, this is the rhythm of the sky, 32 points in the last game is not enough, this game is to score another 42?"
"Stevens is young after all, and he can't suppress Li Yang at all, Li Yang is going against the sky this season......"
Unlike Li Yang's fans, who are extremely excited, in the Raptors' locker room, Casey is arranging Li Yang's defense with a serious face.
"We have to put more defensive pressure on that guy, and when he's running off the ball, make sure to cut off his connection with his teammates and don't let him catch the ball easily!"
"The attacking power of the other players of the Celtics is not strong, so Li Yang is the focus of our defense, we must strangle him, don't let him attack like in the first half of the game, especially not let him find the feeling of attacking at the beginning of the second half!"
Li Yang was listed as a key defensive target by the Raptors before the game, but his performance in the first half made Raptors head coach Casey realize that the attention to Li Yang's defense is still far from enough, and the team's defense against him needs to be upgraded.
In the second half of the game, Li Yang soon encountered the upgraded defense of the Raptors, in order to prevent him from scoring, the Raptors spent a lot of effort, as long as they held the ball, they would pinch the ball, and even when they were without the ball, Li Yang also enjoyed the treatment of the pinch shot.
Under such a defense, Li Yang's scoring efficiency is indeed not as high as in the first half, and it is difficult for him to get the opportunity to directly enter the interior, and his shots can only be in the middle and long distances, but after halftime, his shooting touch seems to have cooled down, and he failed to hit three shots on the outside.
2 points, this is Li Yang's score in the third quarter of the game, he did not score through athletic battles in this quarter of the game, and these 2 points were also obtained through free throws.
After seeing Li Yang's offense blocked, Stevens only let Li Yang play less than 8 minutes in the third quarter of the game before taking a break so that he had plenty of physical strength in the final quarter.
However, Li Yang was not without gains in this quarter of the game, the Raptors spent too much energy on the defensive end in order to pinch him, which also allowed other Celtics players to get more offensive opportunities, and also allowed Li Yang to send 3 assists in this quarter of the game.
Overall, the Celtics' offense in this quarter was not too smooth, and after three quarters of the game, the Celtics' lead also changed from 7 points to only 3 points, and the score became 85-82.
"Watch your defense against that guy and be vigilant!"
The fourth quarter of the game started quickly, after finishing the arrangement before the start of the fourth quarter, the Raptors players walked back to the court, and the Raptors head coach Casey, who was putting away the tactical board, immediately reminded the Raptors players who were just about to play after seeing Li Yang on the other side actually walking on the court at this time.
Li Yang went down early in the third quarter, and the Raptors were chasing the score very tightly at this time, Stevens did not let Li Yang continue to sit on the court after the start of the fourth quarter, but sent Li Yang on the court at the beginning of the game.
Casey also guessed that Li Yang might play at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but he was worried that the Raptors players would take it lightly because of Li Yang's temporary slump in the third quarter, so he immediately reminded him.
With Casey's reminder, the Raptors players did attach great importance to it, and the Celtics took the lead in attacking after the start of the fourth quarter, at this time the ball was still in Smart's hands, and Li Yang hadn't even received the ball yet, but DeRozan and Rose had already come together, ready to strike at any time.
Li Yang chose to lean on DeRozan to fall into the right middle distance, Smart sent the ball to Li Yang, and Terrence Rose immediately stepped forward to start the pinch.
Li Yang was not in a hurry to shoot at this time, nor was he in a hurry to pass the ball out, he held the ball high and waited for Rose to take the initiative to leave.
Terrence Ross undoubtedly wanted to continue to pinch Li Yang, however, at this time, his opposite Marcus Thorton had already begun to run along the three-point line, which made him have to follow.
The next moment when Rose left, Li Yang's originally held ball was put down, and his back was against DeRozan and he suddenly exerted force.
The huge force forced DeRozan to involuntarily move a small step back, seizing this momentary opportunity, Li Yang turned around and jumped, turned around and jumped!
With an excellent take-off height and a slender figure, coupled with the incomparably stretched movement in the air, Li Yang's shooting at this time looks extremely elegant, which is a common word used by Chinese fans, that is...... Picturesque!
In front of Li Yang's picturesque turnaround and backward jumper, DeRozan couldn't defend at all, he could only symbolically raise his arm, and then turned his head to look at the basketball that crossed his head, and watched the orange basketball plunge into the basket with a burst of white net flowers, followed by a crisp sound.
"Huh!"