Chapter 290 This is the Jagged Green Army
After 19:17, after both sides gave each other a few pieces of fine iron, the second team began to play, and in the second team, the advantage was still on the Knicks' side.
The combination of Feidon Studmeier who just went down has become the main attack point of the second team. Chandler is not on the court, and Studmeier can still play at the All-Star level in the inside offense.
The Celtics really lack players who can score points. Garnett cannot even be considered an All-Star offensive player. Ray Allen has long become a rotation player.
Stoudemire received a breakthrough pass from Feidun and received the aerial box. Although Feidun was beaten up every day, Ray Allen also scored two three-pointers at the beginning today. However, when dealing with the Knicks' second team, it is obvious that this small cannon-type point guard is still enough to get a salary of 9 million.
The score was once again thinking about the direction that the Celtics didn't want to see, and after the second quarter, the score difference slowly began to approach double digits.
This time the Knicks did not play a 21:6 scoring climax similar to the 76ers, but the score difference was slowly widened.
Before he knew it, the Knicks led the Celtics by 7 points 54:47 in the first half.
"Tough! Guys, don't forget what's the biggest reason we won the championship? Keep a tough defense."
Rivers felt one thing, that is, if they only play in offense or defense against this Knicks, they really have no choice. They need the team to take out all these two things at the same time.
In the second half, Ray Allen was off the court, and the Celtics tried to replace rookie Avery Bradley, hoping that he would share the team's pressure to hold the ball.
Unfortunately, Avery Bradley was shot face to face by Jeremy Lin. In the second half, the Knicks played a double defender combination, preparing to use the defender as the core to play the third quarter offense.
The Celtics, who emphasized defense, just finished speaking, they were hit by a three-pointer and widened the gap to 10 points. Rivers was so angry that he almost prepared to drop the tactical board in his hand. But after thinking about it, the game is still irreversible in the away game. If he collapsed first, the game would really not be able to be played back.
Fortunately, although the defense was not done well, the offense was still online. Garnett made a jump shot tonight and had a strong offense. He scored 12 points in the first half, and at this critical moment in the second half, he also stood up to fight Chandler alone to complete the score.
Garnett has always been criticized for his ability to attack. His highest score in the playoffs is 35 points. He has had the first three seasons of average score, but he has no signature scoring skills. His scoring distribution is very even. He is easyball, occasionally misaligned singles at the basket, facing the slow big man's ball-holding breakthrough. At the mid-range jump shot at a high position, but there is no stable ball-holding offense.
But tonight, he played very resolutely, and the jump shot that just now took the ball and single against Chandler was also quite beautiful.
But the score difference is still 8 points, so if you want to recover it, you have to defend it.
Lin Yang was not the one who played very positively at the beginning of the second half. He asked Jeremy Lin to play instead of Shampoo to let Lin Yang play for a while without the ball to take a break.
Jeremy Lin was very fast, but Avery Bradley, a small man, was not slow at all. The basketball was transferred to Lin Yang at the top of the arc for the second time.
The three-pointer raised his hand and shook Rondo. Tonight, not only the Celtics' three-pointers were accurate, but the Knicks' three-pointers were also accurate. Lin Yang's three-pointer also made 2 of 3 shots tonight. This time, Rondo made a fierce dive, which also made Lin Yang complete the breakthrough very comfortably.
Because during the breakthrough process, Lin Yang did not need to do too many moves, which gave him many choices after entering the paint area.
With a European layup, Lin Yang shook Garnett away with a European step. There was basically no pressure on this layup, but Garnett didn't want to let Lin Yang feel comfortable and then pull the score back to 10 points, so he chose to use a very tough body impact to knock Lin Yang to the ground!
This foul was very fierce, and Lin Yang was knocked out of the bottom line when he went to the left.
Even though the penalty for this game was relatively loose, the referee still gave the foul without hesitation.
But the Knicks fans were not satisfied because they believed that this was not an ordinary foul, but a malicious foul, because Garnett's foul was obviously not a ball, but a person. Of course, a big reason is that Garnett may not be able to completely block the layup when rushing the ball, and it may even turn into a 21.
The booed loudly, this is Madison Garden Plaza. His core player was criticized by the opponent like this. How can he not be angry?
However, for Lin Yang's foul, these two free throws are no different from scoring two points. With a 91% free throw shooting percentage, this is not a two-pointer! But with two points, Garnett's fierce defense has another meaning. If you can't defend yourself, you will treat you in the same way, it depends on whether you dare to break through.
This is also the treatment that every top breakthrough player will receive. Iverson, Wade, James, if these players do not have breakthroughs, they will have to be greatly reduced. Well! If Lin Yang does not have breakthroughs, his combat effectiveness will be one level short of it.
Not to mention anything else, this move is really effective. At least after Garnett's foul, Lin Yang was relatively less fierce.
Jeremy Lin is quite capable of rushing, but when he arrived at the inside, Garnett's basket protection was still a bit disturbing to him. Taking advantage of this time, Pierce first challenged Brewer and used his strength to push the penalty area to complete the one-hit distance. Then Avery Bradley received a pass from Rondo in the open space and responded with a three-pointer.
The difference between the scores reached 5 points, and Lin Yang immediately decided to fight back. This time it was not Garnett who made a foul, but Brandon Bass, who was the team's No. 4 position.
After a crossover got rid of Rondo, Lin Yang quickly rushed to the inside. Rondo, who is likely to be selected for the best defensive lineup this season, seemed to have not put Lin Yang in the defense at all.
Brandon Bass also rushed in from outside. His first idea was to block it. However, Lin Yang used a pull rod to dodge the block. If he wanted to stop this layup, Bass had to choose to make a foul. Moreover, his body hit his body, and Lin Yang was once again knocked out of the baseline.
Just at the bottom line, but the Knicks fans were all sitting there. When they saw this scene, they also asked an angry question: "Is this the Iron Blood Celtics? I think they should join the MMA together!"
Chapter completed!