You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 521 The Lakers Are Dead! ! !

Under the leadership of Wei Xia, the Lakers dominated the second quarter.

35 is better than 21
Scoring 14 points more than the Celtics in a single quarter caused Tom Heinsohn to laugh at himself: "The only thing we can be happy about is that the Celtics' performance is very stable. They scored 20 points in the first quarter and 21 points in the second quarter-if only they could let their opponents get such a low score."

Wei Xia made 17 of 7 shots with 6 points in a single quarter, including four three-pointers.

"What's your secret to playing so well?"

Questions from reporters.

Wei Xia has nothing to hide: "To be honest, it is definitely the flag and jersey above the garden. For others, those things are sacred and inviolable honors. For me, the same is true, but not only that. I hope that one day in the future I can proudly raise the flag I won for the team at home like them. When I retire, I hope the Lakers can retire my jersey, and I will not feel ashamed."

The reporter asked: "So, you are paying tribute to the history of the Celtics."

"You can say that." Wei Xia replied crisply.

The reporter didn't talk too much about his performance, and just let it go.

Wei Xia returned to the locker room with a calm mood.

The Lakers led the Celtics by 12 points at halftime. If they keep it up, they will break their opponent's unbeaten home game tonight.

This is something the Eagles, Cavaliers, and Pistons never achieved until they were eliminated.

In the Lakers' halftime lounge, the atmosphere was lively, and it didn't look like they were playing in the finals at all.

"Don't be too happy, the Bostonians will never let us win the game so easily!" Tex Winter reprimanded loudly.

He's right, absolutely right.

In the process of breaking out of the East, the Celtics have experienced blood and fire, and they have withstood various tests earlier than the Lakers.Although the overall strength of the eastern teams is not as good as that of the western teams, they are willing to fight, dare to fight, and have the courage to fight in the playoffs.

Playing a tiebreaker with such a team has greatly exercised the Celtics' ability to fight hard.

Tonight, the problem that the Celtics encountered, in a nutshell, the offense is not as good as the Lakers.

The entire Lakers team is good at offense.

The Celtics are actually not bad, but the upper limit of the offensive end is not as good as the Lakers.

Now that I can't keep up with my performance, what can I do to change the situation of the battle?They only need to think about how those Xiao Xiaoxiao in the east fought them hard again and again, and they will have the answer.

Yes, the answer is simpler than Boston imagined.

fight.

A simple word, but what it brought to the game was an astonishing change like a head replacement.

At the beginning of the second half, the first attack with a characteristic was not as smooth as the first half, but they still maintained a "stable" touch with an average of 20.5 points per quarter in the half.

The rebound was about to bounce into Radmanovic's hands.

As a result, Kendrick Perkins actually exerted force from behind him and pushed his body hard out of bounds.Grab the rebound, although it is a foul, but pre-emptive, indicating that the Celtics will have a series of changes next.

Radmanovic was so resentful that he reacted less violently than his opponent.

The people in front directly put him to the ground, and he just fouled an ordinary thug behind him.Although they are both fouls, the blows to each other are different.

The Lakers just stepped into the trap prepared by the Celtics.

Melee combat itself is not a trap. The Lakers take the initiative to fight the Celtics, which is to use their own weaknesses to beat the opponent's strengths. How can they be undefeated?

Some people began to fall, some people began to lose their lottery, some people began to decline, and their hand feeling deteriorated.

Fisher's nose was bleeding;

Gasol and Wei Xia fell to the ground countless times, especially Wei Xia.With 17 points in a single quarter, he got Kobe's defensive treatment for the first time.

The Celtics' defense against him is not only very strong, but also fierce.

Countless times he fell to the ground in order to scramble for the ball, countless times he fought hand-to-hand with opponents to get stuck, and countless times he was harassed by the Celtics when he took the ball.

No one can guarantee their touch under this kind of defense.

Wei Xia scored in a single quarter.

How brilliant he was in the second quarter, and how dim his starlight was in the third quarter.

At the same time, Pierce became the only player in the game who can still play a normal offensive level.

The Lakers have no one who can guard Pierce well.

Radmanovic was tall enough, but the referee didn't give him face. He wanted to fight according to the European rules, but the whistle wanted to teach him to be a man.And his speed is too slow, even Pierce can't match it, let alone defending Ray Allen or Rajon Rondo.

The Lakers won't let him defend Allen or Rondo, but the Celtics will try their best to make them match.On the one hand, Radmanovic couldn't limit Pierce's pace, on the other hand, he was hurt by his opponent's constant horse racing, which hurt his self-esteem.

In the three quarters, almost every time the Celtics broke through the line and triggered the Lakers to make up rotations, it all came from Radmanovic's slow defensive pace.

Pierce and Rondo magnified this shortcoming of Europeans to the extreme.

Until Kobe and Wei Xia came to single defense at the last moment, even Rondo messed up the Lakers.He and Pierce are two misplaced points, and the Celtics do nothing else: just focus on these two points and beat them to death.

With high resistance strength and more physical contact, there will naturally be more fouls.

So far in the third quarter, the free throw ratio between the two sides is 21 to 29 (Celtics).

Remove the controversial penalty, and the Celtics have a move that has been implemented since the Eastern Conference semifinals—or, what Rivers learned from Phil Jackson back then: before entering the interior, foul people in advance, destroying the opponent’s offensive rhythm and feel.

For the second straight game, the Lakers' most insidious eccentric player, Pau Gasol, was thrown off balance by Garnett's perverted physical contact with Perkins and PJ Brown.

On the offensive end, Radmanovic frequently resorted to court evaporation.

The "smartest Lakers" seem to understand that the greatest intelligence is silence, and silence is golden!

Fisher and Radmanovic, he's only noticeable on the defensive end.

The two of them are the "crashing dragon and phoenix chicks" on the defensive front of the Lakers.What's even more outrageous is that they have the same problem on the defensive end. They are both too slow. One is too slow to be passed by the opponent, and the other is also because the opponent's foot is too slow. As long as the opponent's ball holder sees her, it is like a chicken blood. All kinds of brainless attacks-and they always succeed.

Wei Xia was targeted by the Celtics until he lost his touch. In addition to fighting hard for defense, the Lakers seem to have only Kobe on the offensive end.

However, there are also a lot of problems on Kobe's side, but most of them have nothing to do with him.

When Kobe was on the weak side, no one spaced him out and passed him the ball.

For a long time in the third quarter, Kobe had to catch the ball from the backcourt to have a chance to attack with the ball.

Game1, it can be said that the Celtics suppressed Kobe's breakthroughs without letting go, and made him seldom focus on personal attacks while taking into account the overall situation. Many offenses were relatively sloppy.

Game 2, when Kobe Bryant clearly intends to seriously play personal offense, the Lakers can't get the ball to him properly.

The visual effect of the group of shooters is great, but when Kobe moves up and down the free throw line alone, other people's positions are always piled up on the other side-too badly, the ball is also on the other side.

In a tragic quarter of the game, the ups and downs were so large that it was difficult for the elderly on the scene to digest.

The Celtics' strategy paid off.

They trailed by 12 points at the end of the first half, and after a bloody battle in the third quarter, they caught up to 3 points.

When the fourth quarter came, the Lakers made a bold decision.

Jackson decided to rest Wescia, who played the first three quarters.It's time for him to rest.

Wei Xia's general rotation schedule is like this. If the situation is tense, Zen Master will let him play for 15-17 minutes in a row, and then replace him to rest until the end of the first half.In the third quarter, it depends on the situation. If the situation is favorable to the Lakers, look for opportunities to replace Wei Xia.If the situation is still tense, Wei Xia will not have any rest time, and will either play until garbage time or until the end of the game.

Today's situation is rather special.

Wei Xia broke out on the offensive end in the second quarter and scored 17 points. It was impossible for Jackson to replace him at that time.

Although there was an intermission, in the third quarter, Wei Xia couldn't withstand the Celtics' defense like a torrent of steel.

Replacing him is not just to let him take a breather and restore his touch, but also to let him calm down and think about what to do when he returns to the court later.

No one expected that a few minutes after Wei Xia was replaced, it became a reminder for the Lakers.

The Lakers lineup at the time was Fisher, Walton, Kobe, Ryan Hollins and Gasol.

Opposite the Celtics, there is a neglected role player: Leon Powe (Leon Powe PF, ), a power forward who is not tall, but stirred up the situation inside the Lakers.

This guy will use 15 points and 7 rebounds in a single quarter to help the Celtics seal the victory in one fell swoop.

Judging from his stature, this person is a small steel cannon.Like the Pistons Mark Hill, the power forwards are too short, the small forwards are too slow, they are all fleshy, their style of play is not strong enough, and they will cause back injuries in the future-Larry Johnson and Barkley are lessons from the past.

But this night, the Lakers can't do anything: they can rely on the inside height advantage to block Boozer in the Western Conference semifinals, but this master is not Boozer: the inside skills are far from skilled enough, hard bridge and hard horse, and can rush up-and the Lakers just don't have this type of counter.The only way to deal with him is to ponder-if Andrew Bynum is still there, maybe there is a solution?

But Bynum wasn't there.

Zen master sat calmly on the court as before.

then…

"The Lakers are dead!!!"

The fans in the garden yelled at the shrillest of voices.

(End of this chapter)