Chapter 98 Against the Celtics IV
Five points behind in the first half, such a point difference is not big, but it is already big for the Celtics' head coach Rivers, and it makes him very angry.
During the half-time break, in the Celtics' locker room, everyone looked at their head coach with frustration and apprehensive. They are ready to be scolded by the head coach. After all, they were five points behind the Cavaliers at half. Although the difference was not big, they did not complete the task assigned to them by the coach before the game. It seems that the coach's scolding is indispensable. This is the voice of all the players.
"Sure enough," they all thought in their hearts when they saw that Coach Rivers was about to speak.
Rivers looked at them coldly and scolded angrily, "What are you doing in the second quarter? Where is the defense in the first quarter? Who can tell me what you are playing in the second quarter? Since the opponent got 40 points, is this still the defense of our Celtics? The opponent is the Cavaliers, our biggest opponent in the finals and the last opponent.
"If you continue like this, don't say anything about defending the title, even the stage of the finals can't step into it. Forty minutes in a single section, do you know what this means? It means that our defense is rubbish in the eyes of others. In the next third quarter, I don't think I need to say anything more. Everyone knows the defense system. After the end of the third quarter, I hope the opponent's score will not exceed 80 points, which is my lowest goal.
"Paul and Kevin, your attack in the first half was not decisive enough. Paul, you only got 12 points in the first half, while Kevin, you only got 8 points. I need you to strengthen your personal attack in the second half. Rondo, pay more attention to Kevin and Paul when organizing the team. Ray Allen is responsible for running on the outside line. And Perkins, you are responsible for covering and grabbing rebounds. Whether the team can pull back the gap in the third quarter is up to you.
"I don't think I should say too much, right? If you don't want the championship, then I won't say anything more. Speaking, Rivers picked up the tactical board directly, regardless of whether his teammates were listening or not, and arranged the tactics of the next third quarter in detail. Everyone looked at Rivers' tactical arrangement seriously. It was unwise for them to offend Rivers. If they were pressed on the bench, it would be a tragedy.
The break time in the midfield was arranged by the head coaches of all parties, and the time passed quickly. The first half of the game was very enjoyable for many fans. They never thought that such a basketball would be seen on the Celtics. In their impression, the Celtics' defense should be very good, but the current result is obviously not like this, which makes them feel very strange. But they really like this kind of game.
"Reggie, what kind of changes do you think the two sides will make in the third quarter?" Barkley, the commentator at the scene, looked at Reggie Miller and said. He was also very puzzled by the Celtics in the second quarter of the first half. This is not the Celtics he knew at all. He thought that this game must be a defensive battle, and the first quarter did prove that he was right.
However, the second quarter game made his point of view a joke. The opponent got 40 points in a single quarter. What kind of defensive battle is such a score? Anyone with eyes will think that this is an offensive war. So now Barkley doesn't dare to make any more views, because he really can't understand this game.
"The change is very simple. The Celtics want to defend their opponent's attack and put their ball into the basket at the same time. And the knights are naturally the same. We know the purpose of the two teams from the beginning of the game, as long as they know the game. Why do you ask that?" Reggie Miller said on purpose.
He didn't understand what Barkley meant. He also couldn't see through this game, but he thought that the Cavaliers might win the game. There is no other reason, because there are James and Huang Jun, who has just become superstars. These two people alone are enough to make the Celtics suffer a big loss, not to mention an Iverson, so he is optimistic about the Cavaliers in this game. It's just that Huang Jun once let him lose the bet, so now he doesn't want to talk too much about knights.
Barkley listened to this and gave Miller a straight look, and then calmed down. He doesn't want to say anything more. God knows what this guy will say. If he says something that makes him feel vomit blood, he may really vomit blood on the spot. So we can only turn to the players who have returned to the field. He is also looking forward to the next game.
"Hey, La Jane, are you scolded by your coach at halftime?" Huang Jun held the ball and looked at Rondo in front of him with a smile. Rivers's loud voice, and their knight's players naturally heard it in the locker room next door. So at this time, he deliberately said so, just to make the player in front of him feel embarrassed and disturb his heart.
"Get out of here." Rundo didn't say much. He roared a word directly from the bottom of his heart. Although there was only one word, he could know how angry Rundo was at this time. He had no objection to being taught a lesson by his coach, but he was heard by others. It's okay to hear it, but he still took it out to squeeze him. How can this make him not feel angry?
Then it seemed that it was because of excessive anger, Rundo directly rushed to steal Huang Jun's ball. Unexpectedly, at the moment he started, Huang Jun on the opposite side had also started. He said this on purpose to make Rundo lose his composure, and at the moment he lost his composure, Huang Jun started. And it's still the kind of full-speed start, which directly and perfectly gives more Rundo.
"Hey, this fool." Huang Jun couldn't help saying happily in his heart, and then came with an emergency stop jump shot without any hesitation. Originally, he wanted to break through the inside line to complete a layup or dunk. But it's too difficult to think of such a journey. Since there are no defenders in front of him, and his mid-range jump shot is so accurate, he knows what he should do in just a moment.
"brush" Huang Jun's jump shot directly into the net. The first goal in the second half was completed by Huang Jun. At the same time, the score was pulled to seven points, which was also the biggest difference between the two sides so far. The biggest one before was that the Cavaliers led their opponents by six points in the middle of the second quarter, and now the seven points is a new record for this small game.
Pir Pierce slammed the ball at the half, followed by an acceleration, but after seeing James sticking it. Pierce used his back singles decisively and cleverly. And James can only stick to Pierce's back. Is this a back mountain? Do you like to stick to your back? Of course, this is not the result. Pierce followed by a close body and then a sudden pull back, getting rid of James' personal defense.
Next, Pierce threw out the basketball in his hand under James's gaze. When he threw the ball, Pierce's body still leaned back slightly. Obviously, this is one of Pierce's stunts, a back-to-back jump shot. Although there is no comparable backward jump shot, it is obviously not so simple to become Pierce's stunt, at least the hit rate is guaranteed.
"brushing" Pierce's ball is a return to Huang Jun's ball just now.
Huang Jun dribled the ball quickly after half-time. Before his teammates did it himself, he directly accelerated. No matter how much horsepower he accelerated, he didn't know how much horsepower he had added, and went straight to the inside line. At this time, Ray Allen and Rondo are already waiting for Huang Jun's arrival on the inside line. The two of them returned to defense the first time after Pierce hit the jump shot.
"Two people just want to defend my attack?" Looking at the front of him, Huang Jun looked disdainful, and then accelerated again. I don't know how many times he accelerated. Rondo and Ray Allen in front of them looked at each other, and then understood the defensive strategy. The two quickly formed a network of trends, just waiting for Huang Jun to come in, and then the two of them were waiting to close the net.
It's just that this network is also hierarchical. Can ordinary networks network trap fierce sharks? So their defensive strategy is doomed to failure. Huang Jun, who killed the pile of two people, jumped high in the pile of two people without thinking about anything. At the same time, he threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket and brushed. The ball was hit, and at the same time, I got a chance to add a penalty.
Huang Jun, who was standing on the free throw line, threw out the basketball in his hand steadily without changing his face. The score difference came to eight points. At the beginning of the second half, Huang Jun significantly increased his attack. Huang Jun also meant to start from his own attack, and then think about scoring the ball in the middle. Because only when a threat is established will the opportunity of teammates gradually emerge. If there is no threat, who will easily pick you up?
"This boy's offensive ability is really excellent. I don't know how to defend next. If you can't do the next defense well, you will be scolded by the coach again after the pause. Rundo, who slowly pushed the ball towards the half, kept thinking in his heart. In just a few tens of seconds, the opponent hit two balls in a row, and at the same time, there is also a penalty and a five-pointer. This defense is changed to which coach, and any coach will be dissatisfied, not to mention Rivers.
At halftime, Rondo took his mind back. The next most important thing is how to close the score difference by completing the attack on his side. Rundo, who constantly commanded the team, suddenly lit up his eyes and moved the basketball in his hand to one side. He saw a bald head running back successfully, and when the ball came to this position, he successfully took the basketball with both hands. Then he jumped up quickly and shot a three-pointer without any aim.
"brush" The bald head is naturally Ray Allen, and a three-pointer is also a reply to Huang Jun's two plus one just now.