Chapter 673 Steel Defense
At halftime, an atmosphere-friendly locker room meeting was underway in the Pacers’ locker room.
Bird, who has always been calm and composed on weekdays, rarely starts to swear and curse.
"If I were to play this game, it wouldn't be like this!"
Bird yelled at everyone that he was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the first half.
Bird rarely roared, he didn't like this, he was always a calm person.
Today is just the first half of the first game of the playoffs, but Bird got so angry.
This shows a problem: Byrd attaches great importance to it in the playoffs.
He doesn't want any slackness, and the signs of underestimating the enemy appear in the team.
As a player, Bird used to be the king of force, and he pretended to be anything.
As a manager and coach, Bird was successful, but he never tasted the taste of a championship.
From Michael Jordan, to Kobe, O'Neal, to the Pistons Five Tigers, the Auburn Mountain Palace incident, and last season's transaction, every time Bird's Pacers are about to be successful, either an unsurpassed mountain stands in front of him, or an unexpected event will disrupt his deployment.
Year after year, time after time.
This year, Bird is preparing to make another three-year plan.
But Li Liang's existence proves that it may not take three years.
So in the playoffs, Bird has a desire to win more than these players.
He was originally a person who was extremely eager for victory.
As a player, he can play on the court and get rid of his opponent, but sitting on the sidelines, his sense of powerlessness will be much stronger.
When Bird finished his anger, he calmed down and said only one sentence, "Defense, guys."
No one spoke, but just gathered together silently, Garnett shouted "defence!"
The second half of the game is about to begin.
Before going on the court, Li Liang patted Bird's arm and then reappeared with his teammates.
The fans of the Consecco Arena are still enthusiastic and they still have full confidence in being able to overcome the Celtics.
The team's playoff promotional documentary is played on the big screen above the court, and this year their goal is to win the championship.
At the beginning of the second half, the Celtics took the lead in attacking.
In the first half, the Celtics' position attack was very exciting and the ball was transferred very well.
Bradley, Smart and Turner all scored three points on the outside.
Even Olynick made a three-pointer from the outside.
The Celtics fully utilized their flexibility, taking advantage of the Pacers' impatient mentality, eager to chase points and neglected the stability of defense.
The walkers in the third section are obviously different first.
One-on-one half-time staring, the whole team is highly focused.
The Celtics, who lacked personal ball-holding ability, immediately discovered that transferring the ball was useless.
When the ball arrived, the person followed like a shadow. In the end, Bradley forced his move to the top of the arc, but the ball did not touch the basket.
The Pacers defended the Celtic for 24 seconds!
If the Celtics have a top ball-holding attacker and use their personal ability to hit a ball with high intensity defense, the pressure will be all over the Pacers.
Unfortunately, the Celtics did not have that, the only one with this ability, was sitting on the bench off the court, with the 175 small men.
After playing for several rounds in the third quarter, Stevens realized that he had to let Thomas Jr. play early.
The Celtics are a team with strong willpower and discipline.
But after playing more than half of the third quarter, I almost felt like this.
The score of a single quarter did not exceed 10!
After the timeout in the middle, Bird replaced Garnett again.
The defensive combination of Li Liang and Garnett is really a nightmare for outside players.
Stevens reacted quite quickly and immediately changed his moves, allowing the players to cut the runs long and empty positions and hit the Pacers behind him.
But this move succeeded for two rounds, and Garnett immediately began to squat near the three-second zone and didn't come out much.
At the same time, the walker was staring at people as a whole and did not relax for a moment.
Two men carrying feces are watching from behind. If you relax, a mouthful of feces will come over to let you understand what the fragrance is.
The sky above the Consecco Arena was filled with roars, swear words and commanding voices.
This is something that must be seen in a high-intensity and intense competition.
At the end of the third quarter, Li Liang left the court to rest.
He only scored 6 points in a single quarter, but grabbed 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 block.
The Pacers allowed the Celtics to score only 11 points in a single quarter, leading the Celtics by 12 points at the end of the third quarter.
12 points, but it doesn't seem to be much, but the Celtics only have 11 points in one quarter, and the Pacers don't score in one quarter, so you can't catch up.
Besides, can you not score points?
Li Liang raised his defense to the extreme. The moment he put away the [Golden Shield], he felt distressed when he saw the number of angry values jumping out in front of him!
TM, I will go to Boston in two days, but I will not receive the anger value!
Li Liang was already wondering whether to scold the Celtics after the game?
Chapter completed!