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In desperation, Tatum picked Brogdon, the best player.

After calling his teammates to pick and roll, Tatum met Brogdon as he wished.

But now the offensive time is about to end, and Tatum has to make a choice.

Soon, Tatum moved.

After pretending to break through, he used his big move, and made a three-point jump shot with a horizontal step.

Brogdon didn't react, and by the time he recovered, Tatum had already made the shot.

Tatum's touch is very good, the ball directly across the air a perfect curve, straight to the basket.

I have to say that Tatum's three-point ability is really good, and his shooting rate has remained at around 40%.

This ball was also played very tough and with momentum.

The Celtics fans at home were also very excited, standing up and cheering loudly, cheering for their home team.

The ball returned to the hands of the Lakers.

It was still James who dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Facing the defense of the Celtics, James did not choose to play this ball by himself.

Before the game, Vogel specifically explained that the organizational pressure in the first half of the game should be shared by James and Brogdon.

This is naturally done to maintain James' physical strength.

According to the predictions of Vogel and Lin Fei, the battle with the Celtics is likely to be a stalemate until the final critical moment.

Therefore, it is very important to keep James physically strong.

After all, at the critical moment, the Lakers have to count on James to make the final decision!

James also implemented Vogel's strategy. This round he chose to let his teammate Brogdon handle it.

Quickly passed the ball to Brogdon, and then James quietly ran near the bottom line, being a shooter squatting on the bottom line, waiting for the opportunity.

After Brogdon here received the ball, he immediately implemented Vogel's strategic deployment, called thick eyebrows to come up for pick-and-rolls, and transferred Lowe out of military training.

Soon, after Brother Nongmei came up to pick and roll, Brogdon got his wish and faced Lowe.

Brogdon's control skills are very, very good. You know, he was able to average 19.1 points and 6 assists per game in the Pacers before!
He is also a combo guard, and he was once selected to the 180 club. He is a very productive and efficient player.

Now facing Lowe, who has a knee injury, Brogdon is very confident.

Soon, Brogdon moved, shaking Lowe's defensive center of gravity continuously.

After consecutive breakthroughs and trials, Brogdon suddenly retreated and pulled back, and Baifo pretended to shoot.

As soon as Brogdon's move came out, Lowe's old habit of jumping to block shots was committed again.

Jumped high directly, trying to block Brogdon's shot.

Seeing this, Brogdon quickly dropped the ball and broke through, easily passing Lowe.

There was no one in the three-second zone in front of him, and Brogdon made a quick three-step layup.

But one didn't pay attention, and Luo Wei behind him quickly chased and defended, jumped high, raised his arm and gave Brogdon a pegboard cap!
Fortunately, Brogdon was short, and after picking up the basket, he quickly dribbled the ball to the outside and reorganized the offense.

Brogdon was a little shocked by Lowe's big pegboard hat just now.

I have to say that Lowe's pursuit is really like a beast!
After quickly easing his emotions, Brogdon continued to organize the offense.

Continue to single Lowe.

At this time, the offensive time is running out, and Brogdon seizes the opportunity.He quickly shook Lowe again, and after finding the right opportunity, he quickly connected with a step-back jumper.

Jump shot.

But the ball was a bit far away. Obviously, Brogdon must have been affected by the big cap given by Lowe just now.

The teammate James on the side saw it, and quickly comforted him:
"Dude, stay focused!"

"Let me handle the next ball!"

When Brogdon heard what James said, he nodded again and again in agreement, and then quickly returned to the backcourt to defend.

At this time, Tatum of the Celtics attacked with the ball.

Covington and Brogdon saw that Tatum was organizing the offense with the ball again, and their hearts moved.

After looking at each other, Covington and Brogdon were outside the three-point line at the same time, and catching Tatum was a direct double-team.

In the face of double-teaming, Tatum's dribbling began to become staggered, and if he continued to dribble like this, he might make mistakes.

Tatum also knew this in his heart, and quickly found an opportunity to pass the ball in his hand.

But James on the side has already pinpointed Tatum's passing route.

When Tatum passed the ball, James took a stride to seize Tatum's passing route.

Find the right opportunity directly, and stop the basketball in the air.

After successfully grabbing the ball, James took the ball and played a defensive counterattack directly.

Quickly pushing the ball to the frontcourt, James' speed is fast, and he quickly dribbles to the free throw line. James directly takes three steps, jumps high, and the windmill dunks!
This ball was played very beautifully, which boosted morale!

The Lakers bench players stood up one after another, waving towels and cheering for James.

"Whoah! Well done, LeBron, well done! Just looking at the dunk, I thought this guy was 17!"

"Yeah yeah, his steals and fast breaks are very fast."

In front of the technical stage, O'Neal and Barkley were also shocked by James' dunk, and said aloud.

Obviously, the momentum on the court is now on the Lakers side, and the Celtics' home atmosphere is a little silent.

The Celtics must respond to their next goal.

After Tatum received the ball with firm eyes, he dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and faced the Lakers' attack again.

Tatum passed the ball quickly, and the pass was very, very good, and the basketball quickly reached Smart's hands.

Since the Lakers adopted a flanking strategy, there was an open space on the field. As a transfer station for the second pass, Smart showed a very good setter ability. After receiving the ball quickly, he immediately passed the ball to the open space. Horford hands.

This season, Horford is in very, very good condition, with a very high three-point shooting rate, reaching a high shooting rate of about 40%.

Now this ball is completely open, and the basket is as wide as the sea.

Horford made a decisive three-pointer and made a direct hit.

The counterattack was very, very beautiful, even as the opponent of the Celtics, Lin Fei couldn't help but nodded.

I have to say that the Celtics' team basketball concept is really well executed, and the passing is very reasonable.

In fact, Smart was able to shoot when he received a pass from Tatum just now, but he still conducted it patiently, looking for better shooting opportunities.

The reason for this is their double pick system, and Tatum and Jaylen Brown play very reasonably.

They are happy to share the ball.

Such features are good, but there is also a fatal problem!

Once it comes to the critical moment, these two players do not have a strong offensive ability, and they are always weak at the critical moment.

Such characteristics doomed the Celtics to have no way to deal with the quagmire!
As for the Lakers, the goal that needs to be accomplished is to try not to let the Celtics play a wave and drag the game to the end.

In fact, the Lakers did exactly that.

The Celtics had just completed a wave of beautiful ball-sharing offenses, and James of the Lakers took advantage of the Celtics' unsteady foothold and directly made a tough layup!

Withstood Lowe and scored 2+1!

The situation has remained stalemate.

Throughout the first quarter, the two teams hardly made any personnel adjustments. They just used the starting lineup and fought the entire first quarter with real knives and guns.

After the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 25:24.

The Celtics led by 1 points.

From this score, we can see how anxious the game is.

Such a tense and exciting battle between yellow and green made the home fans on the scene addicted to their eyes.

Everyone is looking forward to the second quarter.