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Chapter 199
After the first quarter, the Celtics failed to get rid of the scoring drought and only scored 18 points.

As for the Thunder, Durant alone scored 19 points. It's a bit like when the Lakers and the Mavericks finished three quarters, Kobe alone scored more points than the Mavericks. There is a lot of time for catching up.

There was a pause between the festivals, facing a situation of 18 to 37 behind, the tense atmosphere permeated the entire North Shore Garden.

The Celtics bench, veteran Garnett and others spoke successively, vowing never to give up and must fight the Thunder to the end.

"Two years ago, we played against the Lakers in Los Angeles in the fourth game. We were behind by as much as 26 points, and it was after the third quarter. But in that game, we finally came back from the Jedi. We have created miracles. We have to believe in ourselves! "

"This is North Shore Garden, we can be more vicious in pressing, and we can be more vicious in covering!"

"We are a group of fighters. We have rich experience. As long as we resist the situation, we can definitely reverse it!"

After several veterans finished speaking, head coach Doc Rivers spoke in a hoarse and low voice, full of passion.

In the end, the master of chicken soup for the soul may also feel that the emphasis on tactics has little effect. Doc Rivers first said, "We want to be ourselves", and then said "We are a family", and finally told the Celtics: "Lets Go Celtics! ".

The cheers of the generals of the Kai team broke out in an instant, and the fans on the scene followed and shouted tacitly, and the North Shore Garden set off a strong fighting spirit.

Su Yang heard the sound and chuckled: "KD, you continue to play after the timeout, use the momentum you accumulated in the first quarter to create an illusion for the opponent that you want to win the game alone, the expression should be fierce , Let the opponent send someone to keep an eye on you at all times, and also distract you to block your breakthrough in the middle, so that you can help James and the others to stretch the space, understand?"

According to Su Yang's plan, after Durant successfully scored violently, it should be Harden's turn to perform singles. Three quarters to play.

Anyway, just bully the Celtics, Yangmou!

Durant nodded confidently: "Let them feel that I can always score and create mental pressure for them..."

Su Yang hummed and responded, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it. The greatest ability of a high scorer is this. For example, after Jordan switched to playing off the ball, his bonus to the Bulls was even greater than his own slashing 40+. Draws too much attention.

"In addition, insist on intercepting Rajon Rondo to connect the team first, even if he makes consecutive hits with empty baskets..."

The Celtics fell into a scoring shortage in the first quarter, half of which was because Garnett left the field with two fouls in the middle, and the system was severely damaged.

The other half is that the effect of Rondo’s connection with the Celtics was worse than the previous two games. After the Thunder led 2-0, the Celtics wanted to win more and more. Rondo wanted to create good opportunities for his teammates so that his own threat disappeared. , Let teammates play four against five.

The whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and Durant returned to the court with Harden, Green and others.

Looking at the Thunder lineup, Rivers' two big eyes rolled around, and then he froze and stayed where he was.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Van Gundy said with a smile: "Coach Su Yang initiated the challenge, and Boston may be forced to accept it..."

According to the result of the opening jump ball, the Celtics first launched an attack, and the Thunder followed Su Yang's arrangement to defend a full-court press first.

The Celtics fiddled a lot, and Tony Allen rushed with the ball. Unfortunately, his ball-handling skills were a little poor, and he still couldn't get rid of Sefolosha.

The audience cheered and cheered, Tony Allen struggled to bring the ball across the half court, and then was stabbed out of the baseline.

The referee blew the whistle to punish the violation. Sefoloza, who has always been calm, followed Su Yang's arrangement, and immediately approached Tony Allen on purpose, like a bully on the court, putting pressure on Tony Allen from the aura every second, and then Make the Celtics nervous.

Soon, the Celtics kicked off again from the sideline.

Davis placed the screen on the wall at the top of the arc, and the moment the referee's whistle blew, Tony Allen started from the free throw line, used the screen to go around the center line to receive the pass from Rashid, took advantage of the opportunity to the left wing position, and Davis went down Go to the left waist and screen for Pierce.

Pierce took the opportunity to mention the top of the arc, bent over to receive the pass, and cooperated with Rasheed who just entered the field in a pick-and-roll.

At that time, the timing was perfect. Pierce pretended to go to the right but actually went to the left, tricking Green into a flanking attack, and easily entered the paint. Facing the lateral interception of Jordan, he forced the ball to start and hit him, and the referee whistled almost simultaneously. ring.

Jordan got a blocking foul, Pierce got two free throws, and everyone on the Thunder bench shouted for a misjudgment.

Su Yang waved his hand to signal that there is no need to worry. North Shore Garden is the home court of the Celtics. It is normal for the vague judgment to take advantage first.

Immediately there were shouts of FMVP in the arena, but Pierce's first free throw sounded like an iron, which disappointed the fans.

Fortunately, the second free throw was steadily hit, and the Celtics took advantage of the situation to press the whole court, but when they saw Durant running to the front court, they automatically dispersed.

Durant simply stood at the top of the arc to support, received the pass from Harden and raised his hands high to observe, and then passed it to Green who circled out with the help of Jordan's cover. Shoot the ball and strike the iron with a bang.

The Celtics Davis grabbed the rebound and directly made a long pass to the center line.Tony Allen received the ball and rushed, Durant was too big to catch up, and the Thunder was forced to double up, but Allen made a sudden stop at the right elbow, and then divided Michael Finley, who was 45 degrees on the left.

Harden hurried back to the defense, but Finley was very good at spotting three-pointers, and the basketball slammed into the net with a hollow sound.

In more than 40 seconds, the Celtics chased for five points in a row. The cheers in the North Shore Garden Arena were deafening, and the atmosphere became hot.

"Finley can do it, he can still complete this kind of goal in the last season, he has a strong mental quality..."

Su Yang felt emotional in his heart, and reminded Duran to stop at the top of the arc and go to the flanks to pull the middle.

Amidst the defensive shouts all over the court, Harden ran across the center line with the ball, and the other four players of the Thunder started in an automatic horn formation.

Durant ran from the corner to the left wing to receive the ball, and Ibaka simultaneously lifted the wall from the elbow area for a pick-and-roll.Davis of the Celtics chose to squat to guard the elbow area and let the breakthrough, but it may be because of poor communication. Pierce chose to bypass the screen to intercept, which is also to prevent breakthroughs.

Durant was already feeling hot. Seeing such a defensive error, he decisively joined the ball and took off for a three-pointer.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 40 to 23.

The two teams switched offense and defense. The Celtics started in a bullhorn formation. Rashid lifted up to cover, then disassembled the outer bullet and stopped at the top of the arc to catch the ball. , and finally disassembled ahead of time and ran to the left bottom corner.

Seeing such a movement, Su Yang complained in his heart: "Rivers must have been confused, what kind of tactic..."

While he was complaining, Harden and Ibaka directly double-teamed, and the four long arms completely blocked Finley.

Finley's ability to hold the ball is already deficient, his position is still in the corner, his height and weight are at a disadvantage, he loses a lot of vision for a while, and he can't squeeze the space, let alone get rid of the double-team. Throw the ball quickly.

Amidst the exclamation of the audience, Davis caught the ball and turned around, kicked the ground and jumped for a layup, but unfortunately the height was limited.

Durant shot out from a short corner, slapped the basketball with his big hat, landed and took the opportunity to catch it in his hand, turned around and ran wildly.

The Thunder set off a fast break, and the Celtics almost focused on Durant, but the basketball flew to the right wing of the frontcourt.

Harden caught the ball and made an emergency stop, facing the trio of the Celtics who hastily turned their defensive attention, and threw the ball into the paint.

Jordan received the ball while running, and facing Rasheed who turned around in a hurry, he jumped up strongly to prepare for the dunk.

Naturally, Rasheed didn't want to be dunked easily, so he stretched out his long arm and slapped Jordan's arm with a cracking sound.

The referee immediately blew his whistle for a foul, and Rivers hurriedly turned his head to look at the bench, signaling Garnett and Rondo to get ready.

Garnett and Rondo got up and ran to the technical table to wait to play, but the assistant coach Brian, who was in charge of observing the Celtics' movements, gave a reminder.Su Yang turned his head and took a look, convinced that the bullying plan had initially succeeded, that Rondo hadn't had enough rest, and the team's rotation had been disrupted.

(End of this chapter)