Chapter 442: The Fate in Your Own Control!
The Celtics' 15-point lead is gone, which is unacceptable to many.
Judging from the performance on the court, there seems to be no problem with the Celtic side.
Except for James's crazy backdrop for Seth Curry and Jokic in the past half of the game, there is no problem with the Celtics' style of play on the court and the performance of the players.
However, in the whole half of the game, the Celtics only scored 7 points.
The Lakers, on the other hand, scored 22 points!
Such a performance is not a grade at all.
Obviously, the performance on the pitch seems to be the same level for the two teams, but there is such a huge difference in scores?
It's incredible.
But soon, it wasn't so incredible.
"In the last less than six minutes, the Lakers took every opportunity they had and yes, they took every opportunity to score, all the key shots they shot, Jokic, Seth Curry, Kanan, they shot all the key shots, and the Celtics, we can't say Chris Paul wasn't good enough, if we ask for him by a 20+10 player standard, he's outstanding, he's shooting 50 percent, he's consistent offense, that's his strength, that's his weakness, He doesn't have that much scoring power, and when you ask him to use scoring to control the situation like Kobe Bryant and Jordan, he can't do that! ”
"Now, I finally understand why Coach D yelled 'rebounding' after Chris Paul made a shot, and Coach D didn't believe that Chris Paul was a Kobe Bryant, a player like Jordan from beginning to end!!"
"Two years ago, Coach D made a judgment on Chris Paul's quality, after defeating the Clippers in the playoffs two years ago, Coach D angrily sprayed the Lakers Big Three at that time, and now two years have passed, Coach D's words that angered them back then are still so correct!"
"The first six minutes of the third quarter of the game was a conspiracy of Coach D, he deliberately put Chris Paul in a sweet jar, in fact, this is a huge trap, the Lakers' on-court lineup is no player who can defend Paul, which allows Paul to score with good efficiency, but Paul's scoring ability can never kill the Los Angeles Lakers! This is a trap, in this sweet trap, Chris Paul still maintains strong self-confidence and ambition before the shot just now, and now, these ambitions and self-confidence are all deliberately forged by Coach D! ”
"Coach D couldn't beat Fantastic Monty, Coach D's conspiracy Magical Monty was never fooled, but, Chris Paul was fooled, he fell into the trap of fighting with Seth Curry and Jokic, and in the end, he lost, lost to Seth Curry and Jokic, and lost badly!"
The third quarter of the game went into the official timeout.
At this time, whether it is the commentary of various countries or the experts of various TV stations, they are frantically commenting and analyzing the first half of the third quarter.
After the analysis, the group of experts were all stunned.
"Teacher Huahua, according to what you said, Coach Xiao Du is killing 1000 enemies and losing 500 himself, Coach Xiao Du thinks that your grandfather St. Paul dominates and kills him 500, but he can kill the Celtics 1000!"
In the past game, Yang Huahua was frantically blowing his grandfather St. Paul, in fact, Paul's performance is also worth blowing, and Paul's performance at that time was really perfect.
However, in the third quarter, Du Kang chose to deliberately test Paul's scoring ability at critical moments, which made Paul a little exposed.
As long as it doesn't test his scoring ability in crunch time, Paul is truly one of the perfect point guard candidates.
However, the ability to score in crunch time, at this point, Paul really isn't that explosive.
You can't say bad, 50% shooting rate to get a good score, he can do it, but, in half a quarter, the whole team only scored 7 points, this is definitely not qualified.
After Paul gave up the team's organization for the sake of individual scoring, he was actually incapable of taking on the responsibility of cutting points for the whole team.
Dukang used the lineup on the court to give Paul false confidence.
Dukang bewitched Paul.
And Paul eventually helped him get the magic Monty out of the way.
Ducon is well aware of what kind of manager the Fantastic Monty is.
He's a manager who has 100 per cent trust in his players, just like himself.
If Antetokounmpo wants to prove his ability to attack on the court on the court, even if it hurts the team, Dukang feels that he is still willing to let Antetokounmpo prove himself.
Du Kang has always found it interesting.
He likes to say outside that he is the player's nanny and that the player flies with him.
And Monty Williams also likes to say things like that.
At first, Du Kang always thought that Magical Monty was mocking him.
Now, Ducon is convinced that the magic Monty really has a very unusual bond with his players, just like him.
Of all the coaches in the entire NBA, I'm afraid only he and Fantastic Monty are such head coaches.
It's a good thing to have this special bond with the players, but it's also a bad thing.
The good thing is that the players will burst out with extraordinary fighting power for you and the team.
The downside is that you can't treat the player as a tool, you need to consider the player's situation and mood.
So, Dukang said at halftime that the Lakers only had 3-5 minutes in the third quarter.
This time is actually the strength of the bond between the magical Monty and Paul and the Celtics players.
Monty Williams was able to tolerate as long as it was, and the final result was more than 5 minutes, and it was not until the official timeout came that Monty Williams chose to call a timeout.
This means that Monty Williams is sending a signal that he is telling Paul that he is telling all the Celtic players that there is nothing wrong with their style of play and that there is no need for him to adjust and change their style of play in advance.
I have to say that the magical Monty, his lifelong enemy, is indeed powerful.
In terms of the shock wave played by the Lakers in the past half quarter, coupled with Du Kang's psychological focus on the two core players Paul and James, the average head coach has long been unable to roar the scene, and the mentality of Paul and James is likely to go wrong.
As long as there are no external forces, the Lakers will win this game.
But right now, it's really hard to say.
The Lakers' bench was very happy because they caught up with the score.
The happiest of them all is Seth Curry.
Seth Curry's performance in the past half of the game has swept away the gloom of this year's Finals.
And Jokic, a very special player in the Lakers, also won the recognition of the whole team with his performance in the past half of the game.
Barkley, a guy who likes to make trouble, actually took the initiative to hand Jokic a towel, and looked at the joking-like flattering smile on Barkley's face, and all the Lakers players around him laughed.
Looking at such an almost perfect atmosphere on the Lakers bench at this time, Popovich was shocked.
15 points behind Fantastic Monty, it really only took half a quarter to tie!
And it's still the same way!
This is directly on the seven inches of the magical Monty, aren't you deeply bonded with Ling's players?
Aren't you fooled?
If you don't fall for it, your players will always be saints who are not fooled, right?
It's never just the coach, the players, and of course, the referees who decide the outcome of a basketball game.
Since you don't have office to defeat Magical Monty, it's okay to defeat the players under Magical Monty.
There is still such a train of thought!
Coaching the game can still be played like this!
Now Popovich's operation of Du Kang can only be described as breathtaking, which is very simple to say, but too difficult to do.
At the very least, he wouldn't have dared to do it when it came to creating a trap for Paul.
This is Paul!
This is Paul, who did exceptionally well before!
How dare Coach D design such a trap for Paul?
I'm not afraid of being beaten to death by Paul!
It is said that the size of gambling is the quality of a famous handsome, and there is no doubt that the quality of Coach D is definitely the highest.
Perhaps at this time period, only Du Kang in the entire NBA dares to bet like this, although it is almost difficult for him to beat the magical Monty in the simulation game, and it is also difficult for the Celtics to beat, but Paul's scoring explosiveness has been consistent.
This is the reason why Du Kang dared to use such a trap.
Compared with the jubilant Lakers bench, the Celtics are a little dull.
"The 15-point lead was tied and that's my responsibility, I didn't realize that Coach D was using Garnett as a pinch, and Jokic was the main offense, which was my problem."
The 15-point lead was erased in less than half a quarter.
The Celtics players are already waiting for Monty Williams' hair dryers.
Especially Paul and James, who are selfish on the court, are even more worried.
It's just that, unexpectedly, Monty Williams didn't actually turn on the hair dryer.
Not only did he not turn on the hair dryer, but he took the initiative to take responsibility!
And it's still this ambiguity, I don't know how to describe the responsibility!
Jokic is the main point of attack, is that what Coach D intended?
Not necessarily.
If the Lakers don't focus on strangling Garnett, I'm afraid Garnett will be the main point of attack.
The reason why Jokic has become the main point of attack in the past six minutes in the positional offense is probably not Coach D's strategy, but someone's defense, and Jokic has become the main attacker.
In the past half of the game, Paul took on the team's main offensive task and did not let the Celtics players have any opinion.
Coach D is on such a lineup, anyone who is Paul will attack and should attack.
And Paul didn't attack at the beginning, but began to cooperate with James and thick eyebrows, and only attacked after the hand was opened.
On the face of it, Paul really didn't have any problems with the game.
It was the crucial three-point point that was not scored, and finally let the Lakers fight back again.
On the surface, the real problem is James' defense and offense.
James couldn't hold off 100% of Ibencs when covering for Paul on the offensive end.
When James was defending, he was humiliated by Jokic again and again on the ball, and he was beaten by Seth Curry again and again, and he was also beaten three plus one.
Just like in the 2011 Finals, when you saw James being beaten by Barria for the first time, would you not believe that this was true, do you also think that James was undercover, James is so tall and strong, and his physical talent is so loud, how can he not beat Barria, who is the worst physically gifted in the NBA?!
No matter how you look at it, it looks like an undercover act, a deliberate undercover act!
And now, you, James, have always prided yourself as the player with the highest ball quotient in the NBA, and your opponent is Jokic, the league's recognized parallel trade, judging from Jokic's hitting on the court at every turn and saying some inexplicable things off the court, this guy is not the kind of player who is very smart at first glance.
In the face of such a player, you actually defended him into another Yao Ming, what are you doing here?
James and the capital behind him cut and expressed their willingness to sacrifice everything for the Celtics, Celtics players, fans from top to bottom are very supportive of James.
If it had been before, Celtics players and Celtics fans would have been booing James like crazy.
Even if the Celtics players are very supportive of James now, they still have problems with James.
After the game, almost no one hugged James.
And James himself, although he knew that he was cheated by Paul, was also ready to be blown down by the magical Monty hair dryer.
It's just that James himself didn't think of it.
Magical Monty actually took the initiative to take the responsibility on him!
It wasn't because of his defensive problems that Jokic exploded.
It was because of the problem with the coaching of the magical Monty that he was unable to judge Coach D's intentions, which finally made Jokic break out.
You see, when you say that, the pressure on James is gone in an instant.
James himself breathed a sigh of relief.
It's really different now than it was when I was with the Heat.
Now, he really wants Celtic to win, and only Celtic can win!
In this game, his stats are really good!
In addition, Paul was directly brought to his reputation by Coach D, and he could only pass the ball and rely on his teammates, and he couldn't lead the team to win by himself, and his reputation was damaged, plus the thick eyebrows were suppressed by Paul in this game, so as long as he can win the game, he is 100% MVP in this game!
Now, more than anyone else in this world, he wants this game to win.
He certainly hopes that the whole of Celtic will be united at this time.
Magical Monty took the initiative to take responsibility in the hope that the entire Celtic would remain consistent.
"Now the score is just a draw, just a new start, how we led by 15 points, we can do it again."
James secretly looked at the Celtics head coach at this time.
It's still so calm, as if nothing has happened in the past half of the season.
Look at the smile on his face, and as a player you want to believe that the game is still under control.
Even James himself was in a calm mood at this time.
Of course, many people next to David Stern on the sidelines were nervous at this time.
Gains and losses, tension, fear, and all kinds of emotions are constantly intertwined.
"We need to do it now!"
"Wait, wait, believe in Magical Monty, we can still believe in Magical Monty!!"
"Since Magical Monty can defeat Coach D once, he can defeat Coach D a second time!"
The suspension ends.
Players from both sides took the field again.
On the Lakers' side, there are no changes to the lineup.
And the Celtic side ......
"Oh my God!! Magical Monty actually brought Jeff Green up at this time and replaced Guy, Jeff Green, who had been sitting on the cold bench for half a quarter, would there still be such magic?!!! ”
"If I were Coach D, I would have taken Jeff Green at the beginning of the third quarter, and now it's too late, and now the situation of the game, the momentum is all on the Lakers' side!!"
The use of Jeff Green, this is a very controversial topic.
O'Neill felt it was too late.
However, the voice just fell.
On the court, Jeff Green received a pass from Chris Paul outside the 45 three-point line on the left side, and without adjustment, he shot this three-point shot against Kanan's defense!
The audience in front of the TV can clearly feel that O'Neill's face must be hurting now!
But, a moment later!
O'Neill's frantic shouts came again!
"God, Jeff Green of this game is super god, and the magic Monty of this game is super god!!"
"75-72, the Celtics once again led by 3 points, and the pressure came to the Lakers' side again!!"
"Now, the Lakers still don't have Barkley or Wade on the court, and Coach D should have replaced Wade and Barkley during this timeout!!
"Right now, the Lakers need a consistent offense, and Jokic, Seth Curry and Kanan, they can't provide consistent offense!!"
The same voice just fell.
On the court, Jokic and Seth Curry blocked and dismantled, and Jokic actually blocked James and Paul in front of him alone!!
Seth Curry hid behind Jokic like this, received a pass from the back of Jokic's head, took two steps outside the three-point line, and shot on tiptoe!
The sound of the brush came!
Hit!
“OhMyGod!!! This can all go in!!! ”
O'Neill cried out in pain, his face full of shock.
And the Lakers fans at the scene all cheered excitedly after Seth Curry hit this incredible three-point block.
At this time, Seth Curry, Dell Curry, Curry's sister, Cool's sister, Cool's mother, and all the Curry family players on the sidelines all shouted excitedly.
Especially Stephen Curry, the front-row spectator, was excited to rush onto the court and celebrate with Seth Curry.
"Incredible cooperation, Jokic and Seth Curry's cooperation is so wonderful, Coach D used Jokic to activate Seth Curry's !!!"
"The magic Monty activated Jeff Green in this game, and Coach D activated Seth Curry with Jokic!!"
"What an incredible game!!!
"It's the best game for the crowd!!"
For the spectators, it was the most exciting game.
However, for some people, this uncontrolled competition is an absolute nightmare for them!
What they need is a game where they can see the results at a glance.
And this game, apparently not!
"Magical Monty can't defeat Coach D!"
"Can't wait, can't wait any longer, Coach D has to lose this game!!!"
"We need to take our destiny into our own hands!!"
(End of chapter)