Pick Westbrook

Chapter 166 Where's My Knife?

Game four.

The battle on the court has reached a fever pitch.

Kenny Smith wiped his sweat while watching, while Barkley watched intently from the sidelines.

"When the Bucks played the Bobcats in the first round of the series, they never allowed their opponents to overtake them in score. The Celtics were the first team to do this in the playoffs."

"This is a very remarkable championship team, especially Garnett and Tony Allen. In the first three quarters, the two almost held down the Bucks' offense by themselves."

on the field.

Westbrook made a strong break through Rajon Rondo to the basket and dunked.

After the goal, Westbrook growled and looked at Rajon Rondo.

The opponent put him under a lot of defensive pressure in this game, and Westbrook has always played very aggrieved, so this kind of dunk that often appeared in the past is actually only the first time in this game.

Of course, Rajon Rondo is also uncomfortable on the offensive end. He has no three-pointers from the outside and has the help of Artest and Rasheed Wallace to break through the inside. He has shown unparalleled creativity in passing. force.

Garnett, Ray Allen, Pierce and almost all of the Celtics' easy offense came from Rajon Rondo's creation.

"Russell, who has not been able to output more offensively, would like to contribute to the team elsewhere. He has worked hard, but Rajon Rondo is very smart."

Marshall praised Westbrook's performance on the court very much. In his opinion, the Bucks want to win this game, and Westbrook's next performance is extremely important.

Li Lai was still staring at the screen on the court, and kept an eye on the game time.

The Bucks have many scoring points. Of course, Westbrook's breakthrough dunk is the most used one in the regular stage, but the Celtics with Garnett are really good at protecting the inside. Westbrook broke through the basket consecutively to open the score for the team. This is definitely not the best choice.

Li Lai is waiting!

Waiting for a perfect time to show up.

Before that, the Bucks must have been biting the score.

98: 96.

Relying on the key cuts of Artest and Rasheed Wallace, the Bucks finally overtook the score with 2 minutes left in the game.

"Coach Rivers should call a timeout at this time!" Barkley reminded.

Kenny Smith on the side shook his head very proudly and said: "Unfortunately, the Celtics have no timeouts available, they have already used up all their timeouts."

"Conversely, the Bucks haven't used any timeouts in the final quarter until this point."

At this time the referee suddenly whistled.

Barkley and Kenny Smith looked back in shock at the same time.

Rivers on the coaching bench of the Celtics also looked at the technical table with hesitation.

The referee signaled that coach Li Lai of the Bucks requested a timeout.

"Oh! How could Coach Li Lai call a timeout at this time!"

Kenny Smith slapped his thigh, his face full of hatred for iron and steel.

Barkley frowned, and also looked at the court strangely, "It shouldn't be with Li Lai's coaching level."

Barkley continued: "This round is a crucial round for the Bucks. Seeing that the Celtics are a little bit overwhelmed, wouldn't it be good to continue to use this kind of offense?"

"Curry and Westbrook have played many times for Artest and Rasheed to score easily at the basket. The Celtics have gradually been unable to keep up with the restraint of the two."

"This time is called a timeout, isn't it to help Rivers quickly adjust his tactics?"

Rivers, who was off the court, closed his eyes and took a deep breath at this time, and silently recited the Lord's blessing in his heart.

He quickly rearranged the defensive tactics, and took advantage of this timeout to immediately replace Tony Allen, took down Perkins, and drew the offensive tactics for the next round at the same time
Li Lai put away the tactical board, he had already arranged the offensive tactics of the Bucks, and then stretched out his hand.

Westbrook, Yi Jianlian and all other players reached out and touched each other, except Curry hesitated for a while.

Li Lai raised his head and said, "Don't think of yourself as a rookie anymore. You shouldn't think of yourself as a rookie after you have already experienced the regular season. The Celtics' defense is extremely good, and your teammates have been greatly affected. It's time for you to take the team home."

Curry, who heard this sentence, remembered the day he was in the rookie conference. After hearing that the Kings selected him and then was traded to the Bucks, he was almost crying.

He has lived extremely well since he was a child, and he really wants to go to big cities like Los Angeles and New York to develop, and Mike D'Antoni of the Knicks is a head coach who is very good at coaching shooting point guards.

Curry hopes that he can become the MVP under the training of the other party like Nash, so he has always had a grudge against the Bucks.

Of course, these are not the main reasons. Curry's body is thin and his defensive ability is too low. This type of player is not liked by most team coaches in this era. Curry is very afraid that he will join a team. Will sit on the bench for a long time.

But Li Lai made a decision that Curry had never thought of.

With the team already having Westbrook, Li Lai went so far as to put him in the shooting guard position regardless of the objections of the two assistant coaches, and let him play the starting court throughout the regular season. It is in such an intense playoff stage now that he will hand over the next most critical game time to Curry.

Curry raised his hand and placed it firmly on the backs of all his teammates. At this time, his eyes were firm, and his eyes were even more enthusiastic when he looked at Li Lai.

He remembered what Li Lai had said to him during the offseason.

——In the Bucks, you don’t have to worry about defensive issues, and you don’t have to worry about wing defense and cover except for your own defenders. You only need to do one thing, shoot your best three-pointers, I will design many offensive tactics for you.

"Coach Li Lai, you definitely know my head coach better than Mike D'Antoni!"

The game continues.

Rivers stood nervously on the sideline of the court. He naturally didn't believe that Li Lai would be so stupid as to call him a timeout, so he was very worried about what kind of offensive tactics the Bucks would use next.

Westbrook held the ball in a high position, and Yi Jianlian also came up to play the pick-and-roll.

"What does the Bucks mean by this? They have already played this tactic, and the result is completely unworkable. Garnett and Rajon Rondo can perfectly limit this tactic."

Rajon Rondo squeezed ahead of time, Yi Jianlian was firmly resisted by Garnett, and the single-block tactic failed again.

It's just that at the same time, Curry suddenly moved around the screen from the bottom line to the top line, borrowing Westbrook and Yi Jianlian's pick-and-rolls and then going straight to the bottom line on the other side.

"Follow him!"

Rivers had already seen some clues in the scene, and shouted at the court.

Ray Allen followed Curry tightly, but finally lost Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll.

Garnett, who has excellent defensive awareness, quickly changed his defense. At this time, a human wall composed of Artest and Rasheed Wallace was already standing near the waist. Curry passed through the human wall. Sturbrook passed the ball steadily.

"The elevator is closed!!!"

Barkley finally remembered this unsolvable tactic that the Bucks occasionally used during the regular season. So far, only Popovich of the Spurs has successfully defended this tactic once, and there is no other second example.

At that time, Popovich used a small player to pounce around the wall, but now Garnett is going to follow Curry, let alone pounce, it is already very good without sending a foul.

Garnett looked at the tight wall of people, and wanted to rely on sound output, yelling at Curry who had raised his hand on the opposite side, "You can't throw garbage in!"

Curry didn't hesitate, he always had the ultimate confidence in his three-pointers, and even at this time he could glance at his coach on the opposite bench from the corner of his eye.

With his hands in his pockets, Li Lai looked calm. He also believed in this shot.

call!
The basketball was shot steadily, drawing a perfect arc.

Swish!
The melodious sound of splashes appeared, followed by a gentle flick of the net.

"Hollow into the net!"

Barkley watched this scene on the court and shook his head again and again. He really wanted to say how dare you Bucks!
They are still two points ahead of the Celtics at this time. It stands to reason that choosing a more secure scoring method close to the basket is the best way to play, but Li Lai actually took the slant forward and arranged such a three-pointer tactic.

The key is that one dares to arrange, and the other dares to vote!

Kenny Smith said: "The player Curry may reach the height of Ray Allen in the future."

The Celtics did not pause, and Rivers could only emphasize the offensive tactics he had just arranged to the players on the field.

Garnett received the ball from the free throw line, Ray Allen ran back around the baseline to attract the defense, Paul Pierce finally got rid of Artest's close defense with a screen, and turned to the other side to execute singles tactics.

Guarding Pierce was Rasheed Wallace.

"During the first half of the game, Pierce had a successful single against Rasheed Wallace. At this time, the Celtics must also come to the time when he should stand up."

Pierce hits back in a low post, with the same offensive footsteps, switching from the left fake to the right and using a small floor step back to open up space.

But this time Rasheed Wallace kept up!

"After all, he is a player who used to be one of the top five Pistons. Pierce can't use the same singles trick to single Rasheed Wallace twice in a row."

Pierce, who was being defended, had already joined the ball at this time, and it was impossible to make other offensive moves, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to perform the following continuation of technical moves, and shot backwards.

Swish!
Go in too!
"The difficulty of this ball is too high. Paul Pierce is indeed the top singles master of floor flow offense."

beep!beep!
Li Lai walked onto the court and called a timeout.

The continuous timeouts of the Bucks cut the game into pieces, and such multiple timeouts also made the Milwaukee people beat faster, and even felt that their hearts were going to their throats.

Countless spectators and fans in front of the TV, no matter which team they support at this time, are driven by the intense game scenes, and they all hold their breath and watch the game on the court attentively.

The game continues.

Yi Jianlian takes the initiative to hold the ball in a high position, which is a classic card dealing tactic of the Bucks.

Curry and Westbrook went off the line at the same time, Artest came over and executed a simple pick-and-roll tactic for Yi Jianlian.

Garnett secretly thought that he was going to suffer, knowing that Yi Jianlian's ultra-long three-pointer was also extremely accurate, so he rushed out. This pounce gave Yi Jianlian a lot of room for breakthrough.

Yi Jianlian reached the basket with the ball for the first time in this game.

The Celtics didn't have anyone to make up for, and they still believed in Garnett's one-on-one defense.

Yi Jianlian had already noticed that Garnett behind him rushed over, and at this time he decisively passed the ball in a strange direction.

Westbrook and Rasheed Wallace stood in that position, but both of them had their backs to Yi Jianlian, and they had no intention of catching the ball at all.

"Don't miss this ball!"

The basketball miraculously passed through the gap between the two, and then the familiar gap closed, and Curry had already run without the ball to get rid of Ray Allen's defense, and appeared steadily near the bottom corner.

Catch the ball, three-pointer, all in one go.

Swish!
Come on!

In the Celtics coaching bench, Rivers slumped on the bench.

"It's okay to fight like this?!"

The last offensive tactic of the Bucks was that Curry without the ball passed through the man of the elevator door tactic, and then the ball ran into his hands, which became this tactic.

But this time the ball became Curry, and Curry became the ball. It turned out that the ball passed through the gap, and Curry became the previous pass and moved to a specific position.

Barkley, who was once considered a superstar in the league, directly covered his face at this time. He really wanted to say, Lee Lai, the head coach of the Bucks, you are such a genius. How did you come up with these weird tactics!Let the ball go through the seams?Even when Jesus came, he would not dare to fight like this!

At this time, the score on the court became 104:98, and there was only 1 minute left on the court.

The Celtics can only choose a three-pointer tactic, but fortunately they also have a three-pointer in their team.

But at this time Li Lai called the team's last timeout.

At the same time, Curry, who feels hot, was replaced, and then George Hill was taken. At this time, the Bucks must greatly strengthen the team's defense, and replace Curry, who is easy to become a target.

Ray Allen continued to run without the ball beyond the three-point line. The defensive strategy adopted by the Bucks was to replace every pick-and-roll, and always let a player follow Ray Allen.

In this way, even Ray Allen, who runs extremely delicate without the ball, can hardly get an easy shot.

Of course, after deploying tactics in this way, there will be a lot of misplaced offensive points on the court, and the defense of the inside line will become a great test.

Finally, when time was running out, Rajon Rondo chose his misplaced singles and Yi Jianlian scored a layup.

104: 100.

After scoring the goal, the Celtics immediately changed their defensive stance, but there was still a 4-point difference, and the Bucks' game strategy became a time-consuming one.

In the last few seconds of the offensive round, Westbrook forcibly went inside and caused a foul by Garnett. The game can finally be over!
106: 100.

The Bucks 1:0 the Celtics and won the first game of the semifinals with difficulty.

Post-match interview.

Facing the two key three-pointers that determine the outcome of the game that countless reporters are asking, Rivers took a deep breath and said.

"No one would think that any team would choose a three-pointer at that time. The Bucks are indeed bold."

"Of course we lose, we lose, but it's just an away game, it's not the end of the world."

"And the real reason we lost the game was not because of Curry's two three-pointers. This game reminded the Celtics that Garnett alone cannot beat the Bucks."

The reporters who returned after hearing this curiously opened up the player data of this game at this time.

加内特28分15篮板，雷阿伦18分3篮板3助攻，保罗皮尔斯20分6篮板3助攻，拉简-朗多10分6篮板9助攻。

Only four of the Celtics scored in double figures.

In contrast, the Bucks.

易键联10分8篮板5助攻，威斯特布鲁克16分10篮板8助攻，库里22分3篮板2助攻，艾佛森14分2篮板2助攻，奥尼尔12分7篮板，拉希德华莱士10分6篮板，维兰纽瓦11分4篮板。

Seven Bucks scored in double figures!
Inside the Bucks locker room.

Amid the cheers of all the players, Curry took the pieces from Li Lai and embedded them in the box.

O'Neal spoke directly after this game.

"Curry is no longer a rookie player from now on, and we are not allowed to bully him anymore."

Curry, who heard the news, could finally throw away the shackles that bound him, and danced a butt dance excitedly.

O'Neal's face darkened.

Rashid said directly from the side: "Shaq, your knife is in Dragic's crotch."

Dragic: Fuck you, uncle, this has nothing to do with me.

　Only one chapter left tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)