"It's a little cold, the air conditioning is so low, no matter how much we warm up, it's useless!"

"Don't worry, the air conditioner is about to break, when the game starts, I'm sure you'll be killed!"

"Haha, playing at TD North Shore Gardens is about taking on an unusual challenge."

"Find out what's wrong with the floor while warming up, don't dribble and dribble and suddenly lose it."

"Let the league staff check the basket first, shall we? Anyway, it's so cold, and the warm-up doesn't have much effect, so it's better to check it first, okay? ”

May 24 at TD North Shore Gardens Arena, Boston.

The Bulls and Celtics have not yet played in the Eastern Conference Finals G3, but the war has already started long before the game starts.

The Celtics have more off-the-board moves than other teams, and the air conditioning in the team is one of them.

Because the air conditioning is relatively low, the Bulls players can't move, and the shooting feel has also been affected.

Add to that the fact that the Celtics' home court is notorious, and whether it's the regular season or the playoffs, the floor and hoops at TD's North Shore Garden Arena tend to have some problems.

In order to avoid losing the game, the Bulls took the initiative to apply to league officials to inspect the court and basketball hoops in the warm-up session.

However, after a delay of more than ten minutes, nothing unusual was detected.

Perhaps the Celtics also guessed that the Bulls would be suspicious, so they deliberately put up an empty plan, using the trick of lowering the temperature of the air conditioner to make the Bulls suspect that there was something wrong with the venue, and then waste some warm-up time.

"It's okay, there's nothing wrong with being careful."

"Doon is right, everyone should pay attention to the next, the trap may be in another half."

Doon and Scott Skells comfort the rest of the Bulls.

Because the Celtics players are also warming up, it is impossible for the Bulls to let league officials inspect the entire court because of their suspicions, thereby delaying the warm-up work of the Celtics players.

If players on both sides don't warm up, then there will also be a delay in the game time, which will have some adverse effects on the interests of the league.

For this reason, league officials can only check the situation on the floor and basket on the bull's side.

With the rest of the Celtics players warming up in the half, are there any traps lurking? For the Bulls, everything is still unknown at the moment, and it will only be clear if they are hit in the game.

'We have to get a good enough lead in the first half to be prepared.

It may be a tough game to play next, but we will definitely be the winners.

Let's overcome the difficulties together and win everything! ”

After the warm-up and returning to the locker room, Doon, as the boss of the team, also opened his mouth to motivate.

"Come on! No one can beat us! ”

"We're number one in the East and number one in the league!"

"We are unstoppable!"

Garnett and others echoed one after another, even if the Bulls players failed to fully warm up their bodies before the game, the overall morale of the Bulls was still very hot.

Soon, the Bulls players returned to the courtside, and the temperature in the arena seemed to have risen compared to before.

You know, it's the end of May, and even at night, the temperature in the stadium will get higher and higher as the air conditioning stops working, which will adversely affect the condition of the players.

In addition, in the previous two games, the Bulls deliberately accelerated the pace of the game against the Celtics.

If there is no air conditioning in this game, but they still run like the previous two games, the main players of the Bulls are likely to have symptoms such as vomiting and cramps, which will affect the future games.

In short, even if the Bulls win tonight's battle, they won't win too easily.

"Doon, you're dancing with me again? Shaq is going to get real tonight! ”

O'Neill didn't giggle anymore, but got into the groove early and got serious.

Boston fans have always been more vitriol, not only shouting at players from other teams, but also being very "harsh" on their own stars.

Decades ago, even Russell, the Lord of the Rings, was denied access to certain hotels, hostels, restaurants.

Now O'Neal is not performing well, so he immediately unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and was scolded by a large number of fans.

Even tonight in the arena, there were many fans pointing at O'Neal as he entered and exited the players' tunnel.

Of course, it may also be because O'Neal was the Lakers' star before.

In short, in order to avoid being scolded, O'Neill had to play better. After all, no one wants to be scolded by their own team's fans.

Getting back to the point, after the game officially started, O'Neal made a strong effort to help the Celtics jump the ball.

The Celtics' first offense is also the main point of O'Neal.

Back at home, the whistle side is definitely dominant.

Therefore, the Celtics played very simply, O'Neal blocked the dismantling and Rondo passed the ball directly.

At this time, Garnett was still delaying Rondo, and if the Bulls wanted to limit O'Neal, they would have to be pinned by Roel Deng and Josh Smith.

However, O'Neal played hard, even if he was trapped, he still rushed desperately to the basket, and finally held it high and dunked the ball into the basket in front of Josh Smith's block.

At the same time as the ball was scored, the baseline referee also blew the whistle in his mouth.

Did Josh Smith foul? It did foul, and in the face of O'Neal's offense, it was not okay not to foul.

But now it's the playoffs, and the scale of the game is different.

Usually, this kind of ball that can be blown or not depends on whether it can be scored, and then decide how to blow it.

The ball goes in, and for the sake of the flow of the game, the referee usually doesn't blow it.

If the ball doesn't go in, it makes more sense to make up two more free throws.

But now, O'Neal has scored the ball and Josh Smith is ready to serve, when the referee suddenly blows the whistle.

I have to say that the alliance still shot.

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With O'Nealgar hitting a free throw, the Celtics took a three-point lead in one round.

And the transition offense that the Bulls could have taken advantage of the chaos was also defused because the Celtics were prepared to return to the defense early.

In this way, the bull can only fight positional warfare.

Cassel dribbles past half court and Doon takes the ball at the top of the arc.

However, before he could single Pierce, Ray Allen's pinch arrived.

Instead of incarnating as Kobe Bryant and making a strong shot, Doon chose to give the ball to Roel Deng, who was in the open position.

Luol Deng has already practiced an open three-pointer, and the basket has been checked before the game, Luol Deng has no worries in his heart and shoots directly from three-pointers.

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The sound of a basketball entering the net is crisp! On the Bulls' side, it was Roel Deng who hit the three-pointer first, which is undoubtedly a good sign.

However, the Celtics' offense was also very hot tonight.

In turn, Ray Allen relied on O'Neal to attract the defense and responded with a three-pointer after receiving the ball.

Seeing Ray Allen hit a three-pointer, Doon breathed a sigh of relief.

"Looking at this posture, the basket here shouldn't have moved or moved."

Most of the shooters rely on muscle memory to score goals!

Ray Allen usually practices the standard frame, and if the Celtics temporarily adjust the basket, even if Ray Allen practices shooting today, it is unlikely that he will not be affected in any way and shoot three-pointers as soon as he comes up.

Without that concern, Doon is ready to get into the groove and help the Bulls build a lead.

Doon gets the ball at the top of the arc and gets a pinch, so go and get the ball in the low post.

Anyway, Cassel and Luol Deng both have the ability to handle the ball and shoot the ball, Doane doesn't take the ball on the outside, and the Bulls are not afraid that no one will open up space on the outside.

And once Doon gets into the low post, the Bulls outside players will have more shooting opportunities.

Luol Deng just made a three-pointer, and while he feels good, he can't strike while the iron is hot?

Just as Doon thought, Cassel saw Doon running to the low post as a cover to attract the Celtics' defense, so he directly looked for Rohr Deng on the outside to block and dismantle.

At this time, Doon was still asking for the ball with his back, attracting O'Neal's defense, and as Cassel went straight to the basket, Roel Deng covered Cassel and pulled away from the three-point line.

With Doon's singles threatening and Kassel holding the ball into the box, it was naturally clear how Celtic would defend.

However, the Celtics are not ready to let go of Rohr Deng, who has just made a three-pointer.

Also because there was someone in front of Roel Deng, Cassel passed the ball to Josh Smith in the bottom corner, who took the ball and immediately burst to the basket.

Because Doon and Garnett were also near the box, the Celtics were under a lot of pressure in the box, and the perimeter players had to shrink to the basket.

Josh Smith noticed that Ray Allen had finally let go of Rohr Deng, so he broke through and passed the ball to Rohr Deng at the top of the arc.

After receiving the ball, Luo Dang once again shot confidently.

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Another quick and accurate three-pointer, the Bulls relied on two consecutive three-pointers from Roel Deng to tie the score.

Seeing the scene in front of him, O'Neill felt a little familiar: "Triangle attack? ”

I have to say that Doon was somewhat influenced by the Zen master, and the bull was also influenced by Doon.

The Bulls' breakouts and crosses are tinged with the shadow of a triangular offense.

Now these five people on the Bulls court all have a certain ability to hold the ball and projection.

In this way, the Bulls' offense can be infinitely combined, ever-changing, and unguardable.

Aside from O'Neal, though, the rest of the Celtics apparently didn't notice this.

In everyone's impression, the Bulls are still the team that relies on Doane to win the game.

It's just that now there is Garnett, which makes it easier for the Bulls to win.

In fact, if you look at the data, you will find that this year's bulls are "one big and four small" configuration.

Doon averaged 30 points per game, with the other four starters all scoring between 12 and 16 points.

The Bulls can score almost 90 points just as a starter.

If it is a single game, except for Doon, the other four starters have the ability to score 20 points in a single game.

In this year's playoffs, the Bulls have not had individual players who are out of shape.

On the one hand, it is because Doane is too stable and has never scored inefficiently, and on the other hand, it is also not enough ball, except for Doane, the Bulls have the ball and the ball is evenly wet, and it is relatively difficult for others to score 20.

But tonight, Doon was happy to sing for the rest of his teammates.

Luol Deng's excellent touch is worth Doon's bet.

If there is another Ben Gordon in the bench lineup, then Doon's number of shots in a single game will be reduced to less than 15, which is actually okay.

It was with this mentality that Doon continued to run low to attract the defense and leave the stage to his teammates.

However, Roel Deng's excellent touch was still valued by the Celtics.

Luol Deng is no longer empty, and as the game time goes by, the temperature in the stadium is getting higher and higher, the physical consumption is intensifying, and Luol Deng, who is sweating all over his hands, has also experienced a significant decline.

After two consecutive shots, Deng also began to switch to breaking through the split-ball play.

Fortunately, Garnett stepped up tonight as well.

Especially after O'Neal was out of the court after the first quarter was halfway through the break because the temperature in the arena was too high, Garnett began to take charge of the interior line and showed off at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

Seeing that his teammates were playing so well, Doon also stepped down to give way to Hyun, retreating to the second line, and handing over the ball to the other teammates.

However, in terms of playing time, Doon played even longer than the first two games.

Originally, after eight or nine minutes of the first quarter, Doon was about to go to rest.

It was also because he didn't shoot much, Doon chose to play the full first quarter.

Even though the temperature in the stadium was relatively high, Doon didn't make much of a move, and he was already sweating profusely.

Still, Doon's fitness level is pretty good.

In the final minutes of the first quarter, Doon scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting to help the Bulls establish a significant advantage.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Doon did not stagger the trip, but Roel Deng regained some touch and made another three-pointer, and Ben Gordon, who came off the bench, also played well, so it can be said that the two shared the work of Doane.

However, just as Doon was about to return to the game, there was a sudden surprise on the field.

O'Neal seemed to be stepping on the sweat on the floor when he hit him with his back, and then the soles of his feet slipped and fell on Garnett.

Garnett didn't expect this to happen, and O'Neal knocked him to the ground.

As a result, he was pressed to his knees by O'Neill's steel and iron bones.

O'Neal's weight, everyone knows, Garnett was pressed to his leg, and he immediately screamed.

However, O'Neal himself did not fall lightly, and the two were eventually carried down by the team doctor.

This undoubtedly made this game particularly tragic.

"I don't know if KG will ever come back, and I hope KG will be okay.

But the game is still going on and we have to finish the game before we can do anything else.

Taking a step back, if KG is injured and reimbursed for this season, then we, as teammates, should also want KG to win this game!

Win this series and win the championship!

KG is missing a championship, and that's what he won! ”

I have to say that Garnett was injured, which is still a bit hurtful for the Bulls.

However, morale is important at times like these. Just like in the 16 Finals, Green was suspended, and the Warriors lost the interior defensive gate, and their morale plummeted, and they were reversed by the Cavaliers.

After Garnett was carried down, Doane, as the leader of the team, had to stabilize the morale of the team, cheer on the other players of the Bulls, and lead everyone to win the game.

The edge of the sword is sharpened, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold.

Even if there are many difficulties, the strong will always get stronger and stronger! (End of chapter)