471 crucial game
The Celtics' strength was expected by the Knicks, but at the beginning of the second quarter, both sides also sent their own substitutes to compete on the court. Basketball began to pass again and again in the attack and defense of both sides. The Celtics are quite strong, and their substitute lineup is also It's good, but the Knicks' bench is not weak. They have Wilson. Chandler and Tony. Douglas, and Chris. Anderson, plus David with excess energy left on the basketball court. Li, such a lineup is also a little difficult for opponents.
The players on both sides compete on the basketball court, and the substitute lineup is also powerful. The Celtics have one of the most powerful substitutes on the planet, and people like Shaquille O'Neal are definitely not easy to mess with.
Soon, when the game came to the seventh minute, the score of the Knicks and the Celtics was 38:37, and the two sides were still a little difficult to win, and then their main lineup was about to play.
After the main lineup came out, the Knicks began a counterattack. They just fell one point behind their opponents, and now they want to get this score back.
Zhang Chen himself was not very anxious. He was still leisurely brushing assists, and at the same time grabbed a few rebounds. Zhang Chen didn't do much, and the other players of the Knicks also played a little tee, so at the end of the first half, the score of the two sides was 45:48, and the Celtics led. Three points into the second half of the game.
Zhang Chen sat on the bench with a faint smile on the corners of his mouth. In the first half of the game, he got a total of 11 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. In fact, this was an ordinary play for him, but it was just a little less in scoring.
Zhang Chen also lifted all his scoring ability to attack his opponent when facing the Bulls. In fact, he has not completely lifted the ban. In fact, this is what the Celtics are more worried about - they see that Zhang Chen has been a little leisurely in the first half of the game, as if they don't care about the team's gains and losses at all. Although such Zhang Chen keeps the score very close for the time being, the Celtic players know that Zhang Chen If they really do it, although they may not be defeated by the Knicks immediately, the game is definitely not as it is now.
Therefore, the Celtics are actually a little worried. They are afraid of Zhang Chen's sudden power. They and a teb Zhang Chen and a teeky Knicks can only score three points. If Zhang Chen recovers, it is difficult to imagine what kind of ending they will be waiting for them.
But what they were afraid of came from. When they were a little worried that Zhang Chen would suddenly show his power, the second half of the game also began. Zhang Chen, who worried them, also suddenly stood on the stage. In the second half, Zhang Chen completely changed his slightly timid image of the first half and made the Celtics. The tepid score that could have been maintained and the power advantage collapsed in an instant!
The first goal in the second half of the game, there is still a three-point gap between the two sides. The Celtics are ahead of the Knicks, and now it is still the right of the Celtics. For the Knicks, this matter is a little worse. The Celtics began their first serve, and the basketball was controlled by Ron to the half. Then, Rondo passed the basketball to Garnett on the inside.
"That's it..." Zhang Chen looked at this scene and made a corresponding reaction in his heart. He observed the cooperation of the other party several times in the first half. He also saw that Rondo always passed the basketball to Garnett on the inside line at this time, and then he quickly passed the ball. When he rushed in the inside line, Garnett was also an all-round king who could assist or even soar to 6 per game when he was young. He was the most flexible big man in the NBA. Now it is also easy to cooperate with Rondo. At this time, he often passed the basketball to Rondo who entered from the outside line. At that time, Rondo could play Nick. Si was caught off guard. Next, whether he chose to lay up or pass the ball to his teammates, it was not good news for the Knicks.
Now Zhang Chen saw the passing route between Rondo and Garnett at a glance. His body jumped up directly near the free throw line, easily held the basketball in his arms, and then shouted, "Quick attack!"
The moment Zhang Chen grabbed the basketball, Rondo still didn't understand what happened. After all, his cooperation with Garnett has been completed countless times, reaching a familiar level. Now he is a little confused for a while. However, Du Hong and the others seemed to have heard some conditioned instructions and retreated directly towards the half.
Du Hong, David Lee and Gallinari formed a fast attack lineup, and the three of them plunged directly into the opponent's half-time three-point line like a wedge! It's cool to prick them! They rushed back to defend, but in the end they had no choice. Du Hong attracted the attention of the defender and threw the basketball directly into the sky. David Lee, who caught up with him, grabbed the basketball and Pierce, who ran back to defend through the other side, and dunked directly.
"What a damn..." Pierce was buckled by David Lee. For a moment, he left the place angrily and patted his jersey, cursing something.
The Celtics seemed to see something dangerous for a while. It seemed that something was going to happen to the Knicks? When they think of this, they look at Zhang Chen's direction with a little lingering lingering. This season, almost every team has the image of Zhang Chen in the depths memory. Of course, this image is naturally not a kind image of saving the world, but an angry King Kong that makes people feel that their team is going to suffer!
Soon, bad luck happened to the Celtics again. In the next ball, Pierce excitedly shook off Gallinari's defense. He used a combination of a change of direction and a shooting fake action, which made it impossible for Gallinari to distinguish between right and wrong. Pierce quickly squeezed into the inside line. He jumped and threw directly near the penalty line, and then Zhang Chen, who suddenly appeared in front of him, scared him! Zhang Chen came too suddenly, but his jump shot was already something that the arrow had to send on the string, so he had to jump to the shot according to the original plan, but he felt that the moment the basketball left his right hand, there was a sound of his finger scratching the ball skin. When he heard this sound, he was not in his heart. Unconsciously, it sank slightly. Sure enough, the basketball flew out and finally hit the basket, and the rebound was caught by Randov, who was inside, roaring.
Landoff grabbed the rebound and passed it to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen quickly controlled the ball for the first half. His speed was very fast. In a blink of an eye, he came outside the opponent's three-point line. Then he took advantage of the power of the long-distance attack and kicked hard outside the three-point line, and his body also rose into the sky.
Zhang Chen's body is extremely close to the sky at this moment. Naturally, he has his own reason for choosing a jump shot outside the three-point line during this kind of fast attack - first of all, the opponent's inside line did not expect to jump directly, and a net was arranged in their inner line waiting for him to enter. Secondly, it is best to use a three-pointer now. The ground can defeat their defenses.
Moreover, he has absolute confidence in his shooting. This self-confidence is not mixed with any water, which is a natural belief that every ball can easily fly into the basket.
In this confidence, his basketball seemed to feel Zhang Chen's wish, directly through the basket and landed on the ground.
Zhang Chen just used a steal to get the score back two points. Now he uses an interference to the opponent and a three-pointer to overtake the score in an instant!
"This guy is really starting to be powerful!" Some Celtic people are evaluating this matter with an attitude of predicting success. Zhang Chen's performance is definitely not good news for them. And the audience in the stadium saw that Zhang Chen finally started to kill, and they were excited as if it were the Spring Festival.
Zhang Chen hit a three-point jump shot, and his right hand still maintained the gesture of shooting and retreated to the half to participate in the defense. At this time, the Celtics were also ready to reverse their lost momentum with a shot. So after the cooperation of some people, the basketball came to the place of the big baby Davis on the inside line. Davis used a Basket to complete the task assigned to him by the organization.
However, Zhang Chen's attack and counterattack are often a series of crackling combinations of punches. For example, now, he has seen through the idea of the big baby, so he immediately came to the place under the basket and covered his basketball to the ground with his right hand at the moment of his layup!
"SHIT... This man really has him everywhere!" Big baby Davis muttered in his heart, and he was also a little ashamed. After all, he was accidentally blocked by Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen once again controlled the ball and rushed to the other side's half. He passed the basketball to David Lee on the inside line with a long pass. David Lee hit the layup, and the score gap widened to four points!
This series of counterattacks made people feel dazzling. Zhang Chen's combination of punches was quite beautiful. At the moment when the opponent had time to defend, Zhang Chen made them lose the power of resistance one after another.
After such a goal, the situation of the Celtics today is a little bad.
Zhang Chen's sudden power was expected by the Celtics, but there must be a solution if some things were not expected. There are many insoluble things in the world. For example, now Zhang Chen, after he started killing, a series of actions came one after another, which made people a little dazzling and dazzling. Looking at Zhang Chen seemed to be able to appear in many different places in the basketball court, and the cheers of the audience were getting louder and louder.
What the audience saw was that soon after the beginning of the third quarter, Zhang Chen incarnated into the omnipotent wind god, hanging an offensive frenzy in the court that the opponent could not resist. He shot accurately, passed the ball just right, the attack made the opponent unable to resist, the defense was impenetrable, and the kind of control to the peak. Lidi rebound control, coupled with horrible blocks and steals - when these things are combined with Zhang Chen alone, the opponent really can't solve his puzzle... Therefore, the final winner of this game is the Knicks, of course, the difference between their winning points is not too big: 107: 100 The Knicks lead by seven points, but the NBA is not about the score. Everyone only pays attention to the final victory. As long as you can win, even if you are one point ahead of your opponent, you will become a veritable winner.
The Knicks won their first victory against the Celtics. In the locker room, everyone laughed happily, and D'Antoni also laughed with everyone. Many people's eyes and mouths were full of smiles.
Zhang Chen also laughed with everyone, but he was still a little worried - he knew that the strength of the Knicks was definitely not only on the surface now. They have a strong offensive and defensive strength. Their lineup is well-organized, and this team is definitely not so easy to conquer.
So Zhang Chen did not dare to relax in the next game. Every game was played as the finals, and he did his best in every attack and defense. Under Zhang Chen's performance, the Knicks won by 4 points ahead of their opponents in the second game. This difference is still a little reluctant, but after all, they still won. In the Knicks VS Celtics series, the Knicks are currently the winners. They maintain their dignity with a score of 2-0.
However, everyone knows that the advantage of two points is not so useful. Sometimes the two games can be quickly overtaken by the other side, and the Knicks are also likely to be suddenly defeated by the other side. After all, the 2:0 win gap is really unsafe.
Therefore, the third game between the two sides can be said to be a life-and-death battle between the two teams.
If the Knicks can win this game, they will basically have the certainty of winning - I have said countless times that few teams can complete the overtaking in a 3-0 situation. But if the Celtics win, whether the Knicks can beat them will be another question.
Therefore, the third game is related to the survival of the two teams. Not only the Knicks, but also the Celtics began to prepare crazily. They came to Boston. The weather in May made the place warmer and warmer.
The third game was held at the North Shore Garden Arena in Boston. Many Celtic home fans watched the game, wearing the team's jerseys and logos to cheer for their team. The Knicks and the Celtics also completely collided together!
This game is about everyone's life and death. Everyone works very hard. In the first quarter, the two sides fell into a struggle as if it were life and death. In this game, Zhang Chen was no longer careless, but showed his strongest strength as soon as he came on the game - in the first two games, the data was different. It is the person who can get such beautiful data with 35 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks and later 38 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks. At the beginning of the game today, he fell into the fight with the greatest strength he can play. Every assist, every pass, every attack is punched. Go to the meat and do your best.
So, he scored 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter. However, today, the Celtics may have gained the strength of the team's home city at the root of their bloodline. Their offensive defense is also well organized. In the cheers of the audience on both sides, their score is gradually surpassed. Passed the Knicks and began to pull away.
At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two sides was 29:22, and the Knicks were 7 points behind!
The Knicks players were uncontrollably affected by this defeat. They had a smooth journey this season, and now they have encountered difficult bones. In the first quarter, the Celtics let them have a good look. At the beginning of the second quarter, a group of substitutes were cheered by the home fans. The more brave he fought, the big shark O'Neal also had two strong dunks, and his face hanging on the basket was full of a face that seemed to be ten years younger, full of **.
So, the Celtics' substitutes have also suppressed the Knicks's substitutes, and the game has become more and more difficult.
At the beginning of the second half of the second quarter, Zhang Chen began to really power. His steals, blocks and assists were quite threatening. He finally caught the score to within 5 points. At the end of the first half of the game, the score difference between the two sides was only 4 points.
The second half of the game began. The Knicks had just recovered some scores and their morale was like a rainbow. However, the Celtics' morale has always been a tragic, enthusiastic and satisfying attitude today. With the cheers of the audience, such morale is getting higher and higher, and soon reached a Knicks's's incompetence. To the point.
At this time, the Knicks' team combat effectiveness also appeared. The cooperation again and again included the solid results of their countless training and actual combat training this season. The rebounds of the insiders in the inside also proved their strength again and again. The Knicks also maintained their combat effectiveness at this time, but not Today's Celtics are too fierce.
After the third quarter of the game, the Knicks still collapsed, and Zhang Chen's hand feeling was not very good. Coupled with the influence of a momentum, the Knicks' players also couldn't stand the opponent's attack and defense. Therefore, at the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides was that the Knicks were 8 points behind.
In this way, there have been many problems with the morale of the Knicks at the beginning of the fourth quarter. In this quarter, the Celtics seized their momentum, their strong desire to win the game, launched a charge to your defense, and also launched an iron defense against their attack.
The Knicks finally failed to break through the opponent. In this game, Zhang Chen scored 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, which was still a triple-double. His average data in the playoffs also reached triple-doubles. Celtics' Rondo seems to have such an honor.
But these are not the point. The point is that the Knicks lost for the first time in the playoffs of this season!
The 2:1 data makes them dangerous again. If they don't win the next game, their advantage at home will disappear.
Of course, the Celtics are still more passive now - as long as they lose the next game, there is basically no hope, but they also won a lot of power through the victory of the third game.
The Knicks must win the next game! Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the championship will become a floating cloud.
The Knicks started the pre-match mobilization meeting, and the game must be won at all costs.
(To be continued)