Chapter 52 Latlief's Defeat

"What a difficult guy!" This is Chris Paul's first impression of Rondo.

Just like his sigh at this moment, Rondo is so difficult to deal with. According to Chen Feng, when Rondo defends those defenders with outstanding skills and fast speed, he is the close care of his broken trousers and legs.

It doesn't give the opponent space to start quickly, and it also interferes with the opponent's dribble. Every time he fights within the team, West always complains to others, and he is harassed by Ron.

Now Rondo is dealing with Paul in this way, close to him, and pursues a physical collision. Such a collision will not cause any harm, but it is enough to make people feel uncomfortable, at least it will make you impetuous.

Although Paul can keep his mood unaffected by the other party, the defense of Rondo does make him a little uncomfortable, especially the breakthrough he is good at, which is completely delayed by this boy.

Rondo's speed is not as fast as lightning, but his footsteps are very fast, and his two long arms can always make him try to break through his opponent, and he feels that he will cut the ball at any time.

If Rondo defends once, it may still be lucky, but Paul has hit the wall here in Rondo two or three times in a row, which makes Rivers, who has always been a little uneasy on the sidelines, take a breather.

"Damn, the bet is right!" Seeing that the Hornets' fast attack was contained, Rivers tightened his nerves for a long time and finally showed some signs of relief. At least he was not worried about being defeated by his opponent.

Especially for Rondo to keep an eye on Paul, it is finally thrilling, and the effect looks good.

Alex, who is in charge of the commentary, described Rivers's move as a strange soldier. The Celtics, who had been beaten for half a day, could finally take a breath of relief after the opponent's stormy attack.

However, the score between the two sides is still in the stalemate. The Hornets have been leading by relying on the previous impact. Although the gap is not big, Paul's needle lead makes the team's offensive success rate always high.

And the entanglement between David West and Jefferson has begun to enter the white-hot stage. Both guys are full of firepower. West's jump shot at the middle distance can be called his deadly killer.

But Jefferson turned his back and hit near the three-second zone, which can also cause enough damage to West.

The fight between these two guys has almost become the main theme of the second quarter of the game. Especially in the few minutes when Pierce was just replaced, the two of them almost got all the points.

"Al showed his strength in the face of a strong opponent, and he also let us see the future of the Celtics." This is Alex's constant sigh on the commentary table.

In the first quarter, Jefferson's performance was already excellent, so now, he can describe his performance in the past few minutes.

However, Jefferson still suffered a little loss in the basketball confrontation with West.

Jefferson has been fighting hand-to-hand with the other party under the basket.

This also caused Jefferson to carry a third foul in less than ten minutes in the second quarter. Rivers had no choice but to replace him with Perkins temporarily.

Jefferson won the applause of many home fans when he came off the game. It was also because of his excellent performance that many people temporarily forgot that there was still a bald boy sitting on the Celtics' bench.

Not everyone forgot the existence of Chen Feng. Auerbach, who had been paying close attention to the game, glanced at Chen Feng, who was rubbing his hands on the bench from time to time.

"That boy's buttocks always seem to have something, and he can never sit still."

Although Auerbach has never seen Chen Feng play a few games, just two or three games have made Chen Feng's shadow imprinted in the bishop's mind.

Jefferson's excellent performance did not make Auerbach look excited. The stalemate was very troublesome to him. At least the Celtics don't have much advantage now.

The cunning Auerbach is now a little hopeful that such a idle guy can do something.

Otherwise, in such a stalemate, if it is delayed until the fourth quarter, the Celtics' life will be very sad. After all, the Hornets still have a slight advantage in the simple competition for strength.

However, just when many people thought that in the first half of the game, Paul, who had been silent for five or six minutes, suddenly exerted his strength in the periphery at the end of the entanglement between the scores of the two teams.

Paul, who had been pestered by Rondo for a long time, made a beautiful block near the three-point line with West without warning. He wipinged it deftly at the top of the arc and passed by.

Although this block did not make Paul completely get rid of Rondo's entanglement, the moment left was enough for Paul to do something with the basketball in his hand.

When Rondo was catching up with Paul's footsteps again, he wanted to stick to his opponent and prevent him from making a breakthrough, but he didn't expect that in the second he was pasted, he only saw Paul throwing the basketball high.

It's not a shooting! This is the first thought in Rondo's mind. When he looked back at the where of the basketball, he also proved that his previous judgment was correct.

But judgment alone can't stop the basketball from going. Similarly, it can't stop a tall figure from soaring under the Celtics' basket.

A big guy is grasping the basketball with his own hands and hitting the basket crazily. Under him, there is only a blank and a pair of unprepared hands left on his face.

"What the hell! It's Tyson Chandler!" When Rivers saw this scene, his hand hit the tactic board fiercely, but now he can't take care of his hand. Does it hurt?

"Bang!" The powerful force pulled the basket and drove the whole basketball rack to shake.

The sound of pulling the basket with both hands expanded infinitely along the microphone. For the first time, the Celtics fans felt that the air relay really had no beauty, only this harsh sharpness.

Ratliffe's hands just raised have been pressed under Chandler's fierce air relay.

When Chandler fell down, he had been knocked to the ground, and his hand subconsciously covered his old knee, although Perkins quickly pulled him up from the floor.

Under the basket ignored by everyone, Chandler, who was called the "King of Fighters", was also looking at Ratliff with a fierce face. He tightened his arm hard, showed his strong biceps, and began to roar at Ratliff like a gorilla.

"Don't stop me! You soft guy!" Chandler not only roared hard for his offensive hands, but also waved his thick arms like a demonstration against Latlief.

"Hey, man, don't be too rampant! This is not New Orleans. It's not your turn to be wild!" Pierce couldn't see it at the sidelines, and he shouted at Chandler.

"Then you can come up and guard against me. Don't let that guy get in the way under the basket! I won't take care of other people's mood when I dunk. It's better to let him get out of here, otherwise he will definitely get hurt!"

Chandler is a little rude, so he will not be polite in the face of Pierce's warning. If it hadn't been for the referee watching, he would have been more presumptuous.

As for the boos made by the home fans to him, I don't think this guy will care about it.

But what Rivers has to care about now is not the quarrel between Chandler and Pierce, but he looks at Ratliffe's current expression with great anxiety.

Although it still looked normal, Rivers noticed that Ratliffe's hand had been pressing his injured knee, and he did not respond to Chandler's provocation.

Many bright-eyed people can see that Latlief's mental state suddenly became very bad, as if he was stunned by Chandler's beating. He didn't even react to Rondo's bottom line.

If Perkins hadn't reacted quickly enough to catch the basketball in time, Paul would have cut the ball and layup.

Helpless and depressed, Latlief's face was full of such expressions, and he always subconsciously touched his knees, as if the place began to feel pain again.

"I hope that guy doesn't have a problem at this time." Rivers can only pray that Latlief can survive these two minutes in addition to worry.

At least it can be dragged to the end of the second quarter, so that when you enter the locker room, many things can be relieved.

But God seemed to be very busy. He didn't hear Rivers's prayer. Szebiak failed to win in this round of the Celtics' attack.

This is not bad news. The main reason is that both Siebodeau and Rivers have noticed that in the rebound competition, Ratliff is obviously a little afraid of fighting with Chandler again.

He is obviously avoiding physical contact like a protective action. It is difficult for him to grab a rebound. His height is not the advantage in the first place, not to mention deliberately avoiding such an impact.

"Dogg, this won't work. Ratliff hasn't recovered from his injury. He is no longer the block king for three consecutive years. He is just a veteran with a history of injury."

When Rivers was still hesitating, Thibodeau had taken the lead in talking. As a coach who guided the player's defense, he knew very well what role a big man with fear could play in the inside.

"Man, there are still two minutes left. I only need this guy to last two minutes. I will think of a solution until the end of the second quarter!" Rivers understood Siberdu's idea, but now he really doesn't want anything annoying at the critical point of the first and second half.

"Theo, you guy should take out the prestige of the block king, and don't let Tyson be wild in front of you!" Rivers' heart is roaring at this moment.

Unfortunately, Latlief couldn't hear Rivers' call at this moment, and Paul didn't give him this opportunity.

Just after half-time, Paul made a sudden shot with almost no hesitation in front of Rondo. The basketball was passed high and fluttering by him, but the goal was very clear, straight up the basket.

Chandler is still in that position, but this time he glides farther than last time, and there is also a very fierce downward movement when he grabs the basketball.

Under the Celtics' basket, Perkins was stuck by West and didn't have time to defend back.

Only Ratliff jumped against Chandler, but he was very hesitant, and everyone could see that he seemed to avoid such a direct collision.

But Chandler, who had been vacated, did not give him the opportunity to avoid himself, head-on, hit, dunk!

"It's over!" When he saw Latlief fall on his back, Rivers lamented.

(The third update! I will do my best!)