Chapter 135: Please enter the urn
After a brief pause, players from both sides re-entered and the decisive moment came.
On the Grizzlies' side, Randolph, Marc Gasol, and Rudy Gay will do their best, and the Celtics will also sacrifice the starting five, and Gerard Wallace, who was active in the first half, will be on the court again.
The Celtics attacked first, with Rondo and Green on either side, Gerard Wallace sinking under the basket, and Bradley and Buss weaving back and forth around the baseline looking for a catch.
Li Ming stretched out his right foot and leaned sideways, sealing Rondo's right side in an attempt to force him to the left, as his teammate Marc Gasol was sitting on the left.
Rondo made a jump pass after a short dribble, which was directly stuffed into the hands of Wallace on the inside, Wallace still had the strength, and in the face of Randolph's defense, he directly chose to go hard, squeezed twice and then shot, but still didn't score.
The Celtics' offense stalled, and until now they have not scored points, and four and a half minutes have passed, and the rebound has been collected by Randolph and given to Rudy Gay, who is closest to him.
After getting enough rest, Guy rushed out like a snake.
"Stop him." Rivers yelled at Jeff Green on the sidelines.
Green lowered his head to speed up and finally wrapped up Guy before he reached the basket.
"You don't have a chance." Green began to verbally interfere with the other party.
Guy didn't answer, just glanced at him, took two steps back sideways, and sped up again.
Green leaned on Guy's body, and suddenly chose to retreat at the moment when he was about to shoot, this move Guy was not prepared, suddenly lost his center of gravity, and was blown away by the referee in the cold.
Green's emotionally intelligent defense drew applause from the audience, half of which was dedicated to his dedication in every round tonight, but more to his dedication.
The big screen also played videos and photos of his operation at the right time, and his long scar around his chest made people feel palpitations, what a resolute character, and he returned to the game after less than half a year of rest.
Green collected his emotions and immediately threw himself into the offense, covering for his teammates. He worked hard against Rudy Guy to clear the way for Rondo's breakthrough.
Rondo tried an open three-pointer again at the three-point line, but it was still iron, this guy's hand is really not good, too hard, and he has no shooting nerves at all.
Rivers on the sidelines slapped his head, there is no way, use this buddy is to use the one he organized, just endure these if you can. After all, there must be a player like Rondo on the field at this time.
In the past, between the Big Three, his shortcomings of not being able to shoot could still be covered by Pierce and Ray Allen, but now without the containment of strong points, his shortcomings will be infinitely magnified.
Once you get to the playoffs, it's easy to target, and yes, in a playoff series, as long as you have the slightest flaw in your lineup, you will be targeted by your opponent infinitely, and you will be beaten until you doubt your life.
The immediate consequence of the missed goal was for Guy to complete a counter-attacking layup.
One back and forth is four points.
Bass asked for the ball inside, but there was a qualitative difference between his size and Xiaojia, and after two blank shots, Bradley completed a shot under Bayless's defense, and finally got it.
94 to 89.
The Celtics finally scored five minutes into the fourth quarter, and the team still trailed by five points.
This ball is a strategic abandonment of the Grizzlies, rather than letting the interior line easily score points inside, it is better to let them choose a more difficult way to shoot, anyway, the Grizzlies are not afraid of back and forth, and their own offense is very advantageous tonight.
The outside of Dulin, Bayless and others brought a big test to the Celtic defense.
"Don't let him catch the ball in that position." Rondo yelled at Bradley as he wanted him to step forward and defend Bayless in case of his cold arrow from the outside.
However, Bradley didn't listen to him, he felt that the Grizzlies were ahead at this time, and time was in his favor, so he would not choose such an aggressive style of play, after all, there were two interior monsters standing in the middle of the court, and there was no reason not to play his advantage.
In fact, Rondo was right, as Bayless glanced at his teammates on the court and didn't hoist the ball to the two big men inside, but raised his hand and shot his third three-pointer of the game two steps beyond the three-point line.
The trajectory of this shot is very positive, and the arc is also very beautiful, which feels like training, and it is difficult to think about it.
97 to 89. There was still half a quarter left in the game.
With the capture of this three-point, the atmosphere on the scene began to drop to the freezing point.
"What's the matter with you, I said I wanted to guard against his three points, why didn't you go up?" Rondo ran angrily towards Bradley.
Bradley did not show weakness, which means that Wallace on the inside line is too difficult to defend Zach Randolph alone, and there is nothing wrong with choosing to help defend the inside line, the scene was very embarrassing for a while, and the two even nose to nose, and the referee and teammates immediately separated the two.
Rivers took advantage of the situation to call a timeout to ease the tension on the court.
"Don't argue, there's nothing right or wrong, you have to listen to Rajan, his judgment is the right judgment of the situation on the court after all, why do you think the other side won't shoot three points? Who said that when Zach went up, every ball had to go through his hand? Rivers' soul-to-soul question suddenly left Bradley speechless.
"Now my teammates are a little tired, it's okay, we have a chance to play in the next round, there is still a lot of time, nearly half a quarter." Gerard Wallace hurried up to be a peacemaker and took Rondo, who had been thinking about the words, away.
On the other hand, looking at the bench on the Grizzlies' side, "That ball you just shot was too risky, and now time is in our favor, why don't you choose to hoist the ball to Zach?" "Okay! A three-pointer displeased coaches on both sides.
Bayless didn't speak, just sat and kept wiping the sweat beads from his forehead, obviously his physical strength was also a little overdrawn, and he didn't have a short time to play tonight.
With Conley's injury, the pressure on his and Li Ming's shoulders increased sharply, and the fatigue in his limbs began to appear exponentially, and he began to experience physical exhaustion.
Seeing this, Coach Hollins waved his hand, Kenyon Dulin came out again, and Bayless rested off the court.
So this timeout is hilarious, Bayless, who scored the goal, is replaced, and Bradley, who is about to clash, remains on the field, and Rondo chooses him for the first pass!!
This operation - Sao!! The coaches on both sides are not ordinary people.